These Colleges Have Closed Since 2020
Education Dive took a look at the trends in college consolidation since 2016. They analyzed mergers, acquisitions and other consolidation since 2016 at public and private institutions here.
Here is a summary they provided (also see their post linked above for a US map showing these as well as further information on each specific college) (Date shown is the date of the initial announcement):
9/16/24 – Ursuline College merging with Gannon University and combining under the Gannon name.
8/14/24 – Peirce College will close in Summer 2025.
8/1/24 – Mount Mercy University will be acquired by St. Ambrose University Summer 2025 and being operating as Mount Mercy Campus of St. Ambrose University at that time.
7/1/24 – Clarks Summit University ceased classes in August 2024 due to financial issues.
6/25/24 – Eastern Nazarene College will discontinue operations at the end of the 2024/2025 year.
6/18/24 – Union Institute and University ceased operations in June 2024.
6/10/24 – Pittsburgh Technical College ceased operations in August 2024.
6/2/24 – University of the Arts ceased operations after 150 years in June 2024 due to financial issues.
5/29/24 – Marymount University of New York will be absorbed by Northeastern University after regulatory approval by the state.
5/23/24 – Delaware College of Art & Design closed Fall 2024 due to financial issues.
5/16/24 – Oregon College of Oriental Design closed September 30, 2024, due to pending problems from the pandemic which created financial hardship.
4/29/24 – Wells College closed due to financial issues .
4/25/24 – University of Saint Katherine closed due to financial issues.
4/9/24 – Goddard College closed after 86 years due to financial hardship.
3/27/24 – Oak Point University closed due to years of declining enrollment.
3/26/24 – Birmingham-Southern College closed May 31st due to financial hardship.
3/18/24 – Bluffton University is merging with the University of Findlay.
3/11/24 -Fontbonne University will close after the Summer 2025 term.
2/29/24 – Notre Dame College closed at the end of the Spring 2024 semester and cited declining enrollment and costs.
2/27/24 – Cambridge College was acquired by Bay Path University – June 2024.
12/1/23 – The College of Saint Rose closed in May 2024 after a century due to financial stress.
11/10/23 – Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts closed at the end of the Spring 2024 semester due to declining enrollment.
11/7/23 – Multnomah University became of campus of Jessup University in May 2024 due to financial issues.
10/26/23 – Maryland University of Integrative Health was acquired by Notre Dame of Maryland University in 2024.
10/11/23 – Lincoln Christian University closed in May 2024.
8/31/23 – Alderson Broaddus University declared bankruptcy and closed its doors in August 2023.
8/29/23 – Cox College plans to close after the Spring 2025 term.
8/25/23 – Hodges University closed in August 2024 due to ongoing financial issues.
6/30/23 – Alliance University closed in August 2023 due to the pending loss of its accreditation.
6/29/23 – Compass College of Film & Media was acquired by Calvin University in the Fall of 2023.
6/23/23 – Cabrini University closed in June 2024 due to loss of enrollment and financial challenges.
6/13/23 – Salus University merged with Drexel University in the Summer of 2024.
5/15/23 – Medaille University closed in August 2023 due to financial difficulties.
4/25/23 – St. Augustine College was taken over by Lewis University in December 2023.
4/10/23 – Cardinal Stritch University closed in May 2023 after enrollment challenges due to the pandemic.
3/28/23 – Iowa Wesleyan University closed in May 2023 due to financial issues.
3/2/23 – Finlandia University closed in the Summer 2023 after 126 years due to financial issues and declining enrollment.
2/6/23 – B.H. Carroll Theological Institute will become part of East Texas Baptist University in January 2025.
1/18/23 – Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences was acquired by St. Joseph’s University in January 2024.
1/17/23 – Presentation College closed in August 2023.
12/19/22 – Holy Names University closed in May 2023.
12/7/22 – Cazenovia College closed at the end of the Spring 2023 semester.
12/1/22 – Presidio Graduate School was acquired by University of the Redlands in June 2023.
10/26/22 – Bloomfield College was acquired by Montclair State University in June 2023.
9/12/22 – Chatfield College ceased operations on January 1, 2023.
8/12/22 – St. John’s University Staten Island campus ceased operations in the Spring of 2024.
6/29/22 – Wave Leadership College ceased operations on June 29, 2022.
4/22/22 – Marymount California University closed August 31, 2022.
3/29/22 – Lincoln College shut down in May 2022 after 157 years due to declining enrollment.
12/7/21 – Ohio Valley University closed December 15, 2021.
9/14/21 – Mills College was acquired by Northeastern University on July 1, 2022.
9/11/21 – St. Louis Christian College was merged with Central Christian College of the Bible on May 31, 2022.
7/7/21 – Sierra Nevada University merged into the University of Nevada, Reno on July 1, 2022.
6/9/21 – University of the Sciences merged into Saint Joseph’s University on June 1, 2022.
5/6/21 – Judson College closed on July 31, 2021 after 183 years.
3/29/21 – Becker College closed on August 31, 2021 due to financial issues.
1/28/21 – Concordia College of New York closed on August 31, 2021.
9/17/20 – Pacific Northwest College of Art merged into Williamette University on August 31, 2021.
8/28/20 – Ancilla College was acquired by Marian University in July 2021.
7/23/20 – Marlboro College was acquired by Emerson College in the Fall 2020.
7/9/20 – Wesley College was acquired by Delaware State University in July 2021.
5/13/20 – Pine Manor College was acquired by Boston College in 2022.
5/4/20 – Holy Family College closed Summer 2020.
4/21/20 – Urbana University closed Summer 2020.
4/2/20 – Nebraska Christian College closed Spring 2020.
3/27/20 – MacMurray College closed Spring 2020.
2/10/20 – Concordia University – Portland close Spring 2020.
1/28/20 – Walker College of Art merged with Belmont University Fall 2020.
