This page includes colleges and universities that have closed in New York state. Since 2015, at least 20 colleges have closed in the state of New York.
Institutions SchoolLocation(s)AffiliationTypeFoundedClosedNotesAlliance Theological SeminaryNew York City and NyackChristian and Missionary Allianceseminary19742023Alliance UniversityNew York City and NyackChristian and Missionary Alliancemaster's university18822023formerly Nyack CollegeArt Institute of BuffaloBuffaloPrivate non-profitart school19311956ASA CollegeNew York City (Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn)Private for-profitbaccalaureate college19852023Auburn Theological SeminaryAuburnPresbyterianseminary18181939Still exists as a non-degree granting 501(c)(3) located in the Interchurch Center in New York City.Barleywood Female UniversityRochesterPrivate non-profitwomen's college 18521853Bennett CollegeMillbrookPrivate non-profitwomen's college18901977Briarcliff CollegeBriarcliff ManorPrivate non-profitwomen's college19041977Briarcliffe CollegeNew York City (Long Island City)/Bethpage/PatchoguePrivate for-profitbaccalaureate college19662018Bramson ORT CollegeForest HillsWorld ORTjunior college19792017Cathedral College of the Immaculate ConceptionNew York City (Brooklyn) (1914–1967); Douglaston (1967–1987)Roman Catholicseminary19141987Cazenovia CollegeCazenoviaPrivate non-profitbaccalaureate college18242023Later served as a police academy site for New York State Police from 2023 to 2025Christie's EducationNew York CityPrivate for-profitgraduate school19932020College of InsuranceNew York CityPrivate non-profitmaster's university19012001Merged into St. John's UniversityCollege of New RochelleNew RochelleRoman Catholicmaster's university19042019Merged into Mercy UniversityCollege of Saint RoseAlbanyRoman Catholicmaster's university19202024Concordia CollegeBronxvilleLutheran Church–Missouri Synodmaster's university18812021Dowling CollegeOakdalePrivate non-profitmaster's university19682016Eastman Business CollegePoughkeepsiePrivate for-profitbusiness college18591931Eisenhower CollegeSeneca FallsPrivate non-profitliberal arts college19681982Merged into Rochester Institute of Technology Falley SeminaryFulton, Oswego CountyPresbyterianwomen's seminary; later seminary18361883Finch CollegeNew York CityPrivate non-profitwomen's college19521976Genesee Wesleyan SeminaryLimaMethodist Episcopal Church seminary18311941closed; campus now houses Elim Bible CollegeGibbs CollegeNew York City/MelvillePrivate for-profitbaccalaureate college19112009Glasgow Caledonian New York CollegeNew York CityPrivate non-profitgraduate school20132023IE University took over building for a New York campus.Globe Institute of TechnologyNew York City (Manhattan)Private for-profitbaccalaureate college19852016Harlem Hospital School of NursingNew York CityPublicnursing school19231977Ingham UniversityLe RoyPrivate non-profitwomen's college18361892Institute of Design and ConstructionNew York City (Brooklyn)Private non-profittechnical college19472015Jamestown Business CollegeJamestownPrivate for-profitbusiness college18862025The King's CollegeNew York City non-denominational Christianliberal arts college19382025Kirkland CollegeClintonPrivate non-profitwomen's liberal arts college19651978Merged into Hamilton CollegeLadycliffe CollegeHighland FallsRoman Catholicbaccalaureate college19331980United States Military Academy at West Point acquired the property, and it is the location of the West Point Museum.Lincoln School for NursesNew York CityPrivate non-profitnursing school18981961Long Island Business InstituteNew York City (Flushing)/CommackPrivate for-profitjunior college19682024Long Island College Hospital School of NursingNew York City (Brooklyn)Private non-profitnursing school18992011Maria Regina CollegeSyracuseRoman Catholicjunior college19341990Marymount CollegeTarrytownRoman Catholicbaccalaureate college19072007Merged into Fordham University in 2000; closed in 2007Marymount Manhattan CollegeNew York CityPrivate non-profit, formerly Roman Catholicbaccalaureate college19362026Merged into Northeastern UniversityMedaille UniversityBuffaloPrivate non-profitmaster's university19372023New York Career InstituteNew York CityPrivate for-profittrade school19412017New York Central CollegeMcGrawBaptistbaccalaureate college18491860New York Hydropathic and Physiological SchoolNew York CityHydrotherapymedical school18531875Moved to Florence, New Jersey in 1869New York Conservatory for Dramatic ArtsNew York City (Manhattan)Private non-profitdrama school19802025New York Theological SeminaryNew York City (Manhattan)Non-denominational progressive Christianseminary19002024Notre Dame CollegeStaten IslandRoman Catholicbaccalaureate college19331971merged with St. John's University in 1971. Campus closed in 2024.Oneida InstituteWhitesboroPresbyterianbaccalaureate college18271843Packard Business CollegeNew York CityPrivate for-profitbusiness college18581954Building purchased by Stern College for WomenPentecostal Collegiate InstituteSaratoga SpringsPentecostalBible college19001903Rutgers Female CollegeNew York CityPrivate non-profitwomen's seminary18391894St. Anthony-on-Hudson SeminaryRensselaerRoman Catholicseminary19121988St. Pius X Preparatory SeminaryHempstead, then UniondaleRoman Catholicseminary19611968Seminary of the Immaculate ConceptionLloyd HarborRoman Catholicseminary19262012State and National Law SchoolBallston Spa (1849–1852); Poughkeepsie (1853–1865)Private non-profitlaw school18491865Technical Career Institute College of TechnologyNew York CityPrivate for-profitjunior college19092017Theological School of St. Lawrence UniversityCantonUniversalistseminary18561965Troy UniversityTroyMethodist Episcopal Churchbaccalaureate college18581861Union Graduate CollegeSchenectadyPrivate non-profitgraduate school20032016Merged into Clarkson UniversityUtica School of CommerceUticaPrivate for-profitbusiness college 18962016Wells CollegeAuroraPrivate non-profitliberal arts college18682024Wood Tobe-Coburn SchoolNew York CityPrivate for-profitcareer college19372017
See also List of colleges and universities in New York
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