List of women presidents or chancellors of co-ed colleges and universities

Current and former female presidents or chancellors of co-ed colleges and universities are listed in order of the inaugural year.

United States Julia Sears, 1872–1873, Mankato Normal School (now Minnesota State University, Mankato) Mary A. Hill, 1900–1901, Anna Draper, 1901–1903, Bertha Pinkham Dixon, 1903–1904, and Matilda Atkinson, 1904–1909, Training School for Christian Workers (now Azusa Pacific University) Lucy Robertson, 1902–1913, Greensboro Female College (now Greensboro College) Mary Hayes Allen, 1906–1908, Virginia Theological Seminary and College (now Virginia University of Lynchburg) Emma Elizabeth Johnson, 1925–1927, Johnson University (Kimberlin Heights, TN) Mary Elizabeth Branch, 1930–1944, Huston–Tillotson University (Austin, TX) Kate Galt Zaneis, 1935–1937, Southeastern Oklahoma State Teachers College (now Southeastern Oklahoma State University) Miriam Parker Schumacher, 1944–1967, Southwestern University (now Southwestern Law School)Kate Galt Zaneis Mary McLeod Bethune, 1941–1942 and 1946–1947, Bethune-Cookman College (now Bethune-Cookman University) Isabel McKay, 1951–1965, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Institute Gertrude Shapiro, 1952–1971, New Hampshire School of Accounting and Secretarial Science, then renamed New Hampshire College (now Southern New Hampshire University) Dora E. Kirby, 1959–1977, Woodbury University Sr. Doris Smith, S.C., 1972–1992, College of Mount Saint Vincent Lorene Rogers, 1974–1979, The University of Texas at Austin Marjorie Downing Wagner, 1974–1976, Sonoma State College Alice Frey Emerson, 1975–1991, Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Virginia Radley, 1977–1988, SUNY Oswego, https://ww1.oswego.edu/president/profile/virginia-radley Hanna Holborn Gray, 1977–1978, Yale University (acting); 1978–1993, University of Chicago Gail Fullerton, 1978–1991, San Jose State University Barbara Uehling, 1978–1979, University of Missouri, and 1987–1994, University of California, Santa Barbara Sister Thomas Welder, 1978–2009, University of Mary (formerly Mary College in Bismarck, North Dakota) Janet Eisner, 1979–2022, Emmanuel College Betty Siegel, 1981–2006, Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, Georgia) Julia M. McNamara, 1982–2016, Albertus Magnus College Sharon Y. Hart, 1997-2000 (Middlesex Community College, CT); 2000-2006 (North Dakota State College of Science); 2011-2016 (Northern Marianas College); 2016-2019 (Rochester Institute of Technology (A.U.K) Kosovo. Sharon C. Diaz, 1982–2018, Samuel Merritt University Juliet V. García, 1986–1991, Texas Southmost College Diana Natalicio, 1988–2019, University of Texas at El Paso Donna Shalala, 1988–1993, University of Wisconsin-Madison Blenda J. Wilson, 1988–1992, University of Michigan - Dearborn; 1993–1999, California State University, Northridge Rita Bornstein, 1990–2004, Rollins College Juliet V. García, 1991–2014, University of Texas at Brownsville Jahnae H. Barnett, 1990–2021, (co-ed from 1996), William Woods UniversityJahnae H. Barnett , William Woods University. Retrieved November 26, 2017. Mary L. Smith, 1991–1998, Kentucky State University Dale Rogers Marshall, 1992–2004, Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Jean A. Dowdall, 1993–1995, Simmons University (Boston, MA) Nannerl O. Keohane, 1993–2004, Duke University Sister M. Elise Kriss, 1993–2019, University of Saint Francis (Indiana) Karen W. Morse, 1993–2008, Western Washington University Donna M. Carroll, 1994–2021, Dominican University (River Forest, Illinois) Mary Sue Coleman, 1995–2002, University of Iowa Sandra Featherman, 1995–2006, University of New England Karen S. Haynes, 1995–2004, University of Houston-Victoria Paula M. Rooney, 1995–2022, Dean College Kathleen H. Goeppinger, 1995–2025, Midwestern University Linda J. Kaminski, 1995–2024, Yakima Valley College Jane O'Meara Sanders, 1996–1997, Goddard College, 2004–2011 Burlington College Portia Shields, 1996–2005, Albany State University Deborah F. Stanley, 1997–2021, State University of New York at Oswego Molly Corbett Broad, 1997–2006, University of North Carolina Davie Jane Gilmour, 1998–2022, Pennsylvania College of Technology Marye Anne Fox, 1998–2004, North Carolina State University; 2004–2012, University of California, San Diego Lisa Rossbacher, 1988–2014, Southern Polytechnic State University (Marietta, Georgia) Jennifer L. Braaten, 1999–2002, Midland Lutheran College, 2002–2016, Ferrum College, interim, 2017–2020, Blackburn College Shirley Ann Jackson, 1999–2022, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Pamela Brooks Gann, 1999–2013, Claremont McKenna College R. Barbara Gitenstein, 1999–2018, The College of New Jersey Jolene Koester, 2000–2011, California State University, Northridge; 2022–2023, California State University System (interim) Jerilyn McIntyre, 2000–2009, Central Washington University Judy Genshaft, 2000–2019, University of South Florida Mildred García, 2001–2007, Berkeley College; 2007–2012, California State University, Dominguez Hills; 2012–2018, California State University, Fullerton; 2023–present California State University System Jane A. Karas, 2001–present, Flathead Valley Community College Shirley C. Raines, 2001–2013, University of Memphis Donna Shalala, 2001–2015, University of Miami Ruth Simmons, 2001–2012, Brown University Shirley M. Tilghman, 2001–2013, Princeton University Mary Sue Coleman, 2002–2014, University of Michigan Elaine Tuttle Hansen, 2002–2011, Bates College Karen A. Holbrook, 2002–2007, Ohio State University Kay Norton, 2002–2018, University of Northern Colorado Beverly Daniel Tatum, 2002–2015, Spelman College Denise Trauth, 2002–2022, Texas State University Nancy Cantor, 2004–2013, Syracuse University; 2014–present, Rutgers University Jo Ann M. Gora, 2004–2014, Ball State University Amy Gutmann, 2004–2022, University of Pennsylvania Karen S. Haynes, 2004–2019, California State University San Marcos Susan Hockfield, 2004–2012, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Denice Denton, 2005–2006, University of California, Santa Cruz Martha Dunagin Saunders, 2005–2007, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; 2007–2012, University of Southern Mississippi; 2017–2025, University of West Florida Sandra Kurtinitis, 2005–present, Community College of Baltimore County Zorica Pantic, 2005–2019, Wentworth Institute of Technology Lou Anna Simon, 2005–2018, Michigan State University Susan C. Scrimshaw, 2006–2008, Simmons University (Boston, MA) Janet Cunningham, 2006–2022, Northwestern Oklahoma State University Maria Klawe, 2006–2023, Harvey Mudd College Danielle N. Ripich, 2006–2017, University of New England Ann Weaver Hart, 2006–2012, Temple University; 2012–2017, University of Arizona Drew Gilpin Faust, 2007–2018, Harvard University Sally Mason, 2007–2015, University of Iowa Gail Carberry, 2007–2017, Quinsigamond Community College Barbara Snyder, 2007–2020, Case Western Reserve University France Córdova, 2007–2012, Purdue University Virginia Hinshaw, 2007–2012, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Judith A. Bense, 2008–2016, University of West Florida Margaret Drugovich, 2008–present, Hartwick College Helen G. Drinan, 2008–2020, Simmons University (Boston, MA) Linda P. Brady, 2008–2015, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Carolyn Martin, 2008–2011, University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2011–2022, Amherst College Susan Martin, 2008–2015, Eastern Michigan University; 2015–2016, San Jose State University (interim) Elsa A. Murano, 2008–2009, Texas A&M University Renu Khator, 2008–present, chancellor of the University of Houston System and president of the University of Houston Pamela Trotman Reid, 2008–2015, University of Saint Joseph Paula Allen-Meares, 2009–2015, University of Illinois at Chicago Bernadette Gray-Little, 2009–2017, University of Kansas M. R. C. Greenwood, 2009–2013, University of Hawaiʻi System Linda Katehi, 2009–2016, University of California, Davis Nancy L. Zimpher, 2009–2017, State University of New York System Barbara Couture, 2010–present, New Mexico State University at Las Cruces Waded Cruzado, 2010–2025, Montana State University Dana G. Hoyt, 2010–2020, Sam Houston State University Nivine Megahed, 2010–present, National Louis University Carolyn Meyers, 2010–2016, Jackson State University Mary Jane Saunders, 2010–2013, Florida Atlantic University Teresa Sullivan, 2010–2018, University of Virginia Regina Stanback Stroud, 2010–2019, Skyline College (San Bruno, CA) and 2019–present, Perlata Community College District Sandra K. Woodley, 2010–2017, University of Louisiana system; 2017–present, University of Texas of the Permian Basin Cheryl Evans, 2011–present, Northern Oklahoma College Susan Herbst, 2011–2019, University of Connecticut Carolyn Long, 2011–2022, West Virginia University Institute of Technology Mary Ellen Mazey, 2011–2017, Bowling Green State University Joy McDaniel, 2011–present, Murray State College Carol Quillen, 2011–2022, Davidson College Renée M. Wachter, 2011–present, University of Wisconsin-Superior Angela L. Walker Franklin, 2011–present, Des Moines University Phyllis Wise, 2011–2015, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Judy L. Bonner, 2012–2015, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa Jane C. Conoley, 2014–2025, California State University, Long Beach Cynthia Jackson Hammond, 2012–present, Central State University Mary A. Papazian, 2012–2016, Southern Connecticut State University; 2016–2021, San Jose State University Christina Paxson, 2012–present, Brown University Dianne F. Harrison, 2012–2021, California State University, Northridge Wendy Robinson, 2012–present, Helene Fuld College of Nursing Cheryl B. Schrader, 2012–2017, Missouri University of Science and Technology Clayton Spencer, 2012–2023, Bates College Rebecca Blank, 2013–2022, University of Wisconsin-Madison and President-designate of Northwestern University Barbara A. Farley, 2013–present, Illinois College Carol Folt, 2013–2019, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Morna K. Foy, 2013–present, Wisconsin Technical College System Glenda Baskin Glover, 2013–2024, Tennessee State University Karen M. Scolforo, 2013–present, Central Penn College Janet Napolitano, 2013–2020, University of California System Jeanie Webb, 2013–present, Rose State College Robin E. Bowen, 2014–2023, Arkansas Tech University Gwendolyn Boyd, 2014–2016, Alabama State University Rebecca Chopp, 2014–2019, University of Denver Sheri Everts, 2014–2024, Appalachian State University Carine M. Feyten, 2014–present, Texas Woman's University Leigh Goodson, 2014–present, Tulsa Community College Elmira Mangum, 2014–2016, Florida A&M University Melody Rose, 2014–2018, Marylhurst University Lisa Rossbacher, 2014–2019, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt Cynthia Teniente-Matson, 2014–2022, Texas A&M University–San Antonio; 2023–present, San Jose State University Colette Pierce Burnette, 2015–2022, Huston–Tillotson University (Austin, TX) Ana Mari Cauce, 2015–2025, University of Washington Kina Mallard, 2015–2020, Reinhardt University Jaquie Moloney, 2015–present, University of Massachusetts Lowell Andrea Lewis Miller, 2015–2019, LeMoyne-Owen College (Memphis, TN) Fayneese Miller, 2015–present, Hamline University (Saint Paul, Minnesota) Valerie Smith, 2015–present, Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania) Marion Terenzio, 2015–present, State University of New York at Cobleskill Margaret H. Venable, 2015–present, Dalton State College (Dalton, Georgia) Erika D. Beck, 2016–2020, California State University, Channel Islands; 2021–present, California State University, Northridge Laura Casamento, 2016–2023, Utica College Soraya M. Coley, 2016–2025, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Gayle E. Hutchinson, 2016–2023, California State University, Chico Karla Hughes, 2016–present, University of Arkansas at Monticello Ellen Junn, 2016–present, California State University, Stanislaus