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A college or university may change it's name. Here are some of the changes.

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  • Current school name: Changed from:


  • Alliant International - U.S. Intnational; Cal Western

  • Arcadia - Beaver

  • Arkansas-Pine Bluff - Arkansas AM&N

  • Armstrong Atlantic.......................................................................................Armstrong St.

Auburn......................................................................................................Alabama Poly
Augusta St. .......................................................................................................Augusta


B

Bemidji St. ............................................................................................Bemidji Teachers
Benedictine (Ill.) .........................................................................................Ill. Benedictine
Bradley.......................................................................................................Bradley Tech
UC Davis .............................................................................................California Aggies


C

Cal St. East Bay .....................................................................................Cal St. Hayward
Cal St. Fullerton .................................................Orange County State College; Orange St.
Cal St. L.A. ........................................................................................Cal St. Los Angeles
Cal St. Northridge .......................................................................San Fernando Valley St.
Case Reserve .........................................................................Case Institute of Technology
Central Okla. ......................................................................................Central St. (Okla.)
Charleston So. ............................................................................................Baptist (S.C.)
Charleston (W.V.)......................................................................................Morris Harvey
Charlotte..................................................................................................UNC Charlotte
Chattanooga ................................................................................................Tenn.-Chatt.
Cleveland St. ..........................................................................................................Fenn
Colorado St. ...........................................................................................Colorado A&M
Colorado St.-Pueblo ..................................................................................Southern Colo.
Columbus St. ..................................................................................................Columbus
Concordia (Calif.)..............................................................................Christ College-Irvine
Concordia (Ill.) ..................................................................................Concordia Teachers
Crown........................................................................................................St. Paul Bible


D

DeSales...........................................................................................................Allentown
Detroit.....................................................................................Detroit Mercy; Detroit Tech
Dist. of Columbia....................................................................D.C. Teachers; Federal City
Dominican ...........................................................................................................Rosary
Drexel ..........................................................................................................Drexel Tech
Duke...........................................................................................................Trinity (N.C.)


E

Eastern Mich. ......................................................................................Michigan Normal
Emporia St. ........................................................................................Kansas St. Normal
FDU-Florham...............................................................................................FDU-Madison
Fresno St. ..................................................................................................Fresno Pacific
Ga. Southern .......................................................................................Georgia Teachers
Ill.-Chicago...........................................................................................Ill.-Chicago Circle
Illinois St. ......................................................................Illinois St. Normal; Illinois Normal
Indiana (Pa.) ...........................................................................................Indiana St. (Pa.)
Indianapolis.............................................................................................Indiana Central
Iowa............................................................................................State University of Iowa
Iowa St. ................................................................................................................Ames
James Madison .................................................................................................Madison
Johnson C. Smith........................................................................................Johnson Smith
Kansas St. ...............................................................................................Kansas Aggies
Kent St. ..................................................................................................................Kent
La Sierra .......................................................................................................Loma Linda
Current school name: Changed from:
Lamar ...........................................................................................................Lamar Tech
Liberty ............................................................................Lynchburg Baptist; Liberty Baptist
La.-Lafayette...........................................................................................Southwestern La.
La.-Monroe .................................................................................................Northeast La.
Loyola Marymount..................................................................................Loyola U. of L.A.
Lynn..............................................................................................College of Boca Raton
Lyon.....................................................................................................Arkansas College
Maritime (N.Y.) .........................................................................................N.Y. Maritime
Martin Luther.....................................................................................Northwestern (Wis.)
Marycrest Int’l........................................................................................Teikyo Marycrest
Md.-East. Shore ...........................................................................................Maryland St.
Massachusetts.........................................Massachusetts St.; Massachusetts Agriculture Col.
Mass. Liberal Arts...................................................................................North Adams St.
Mass.-Dartmouth.................................................................................Southeastern Mass.
Mass.-Lowell........................................................................Lowell; Lowell St.; Lowell Tech
McDaniel....................................................................................................Western Md.
Memphis .....................................................................................................Memphis St.
Minn. St. Mankato............................................................Mankato Teachers; Mankato St.
Minn. St. Moorhead ....................................................Moorhead St.; Moorhead Teachers
Missouri St. .........................................................................................Southwest Mo. St.
Mont. St.-Billings ....................................................................................Eastern Montana
Montana St.-Northern ..........................................................................Northern Montana
Murray St. ............................................................................................Murray Teachers
Neb.-Kearney................................................................................................Kearney St.
Neb.-Omaha ......................................................................................................Omaha
New England U. ....................................................................................St. Francis (Me.)
New Jersey City .........................................................................................Jersey City St.
N.J. Inst. of Tech. .............................................................................Newark Engineering
New Mexico St. ................................................................................New Mexico A&M
New Orleans ....................................................................................Louisiana St. (N.O.)
North Ala. ...................................................................................................Florence St.
N.C. Central ....................................................................................North Caro. College
UNC Pembroke...........................................................................................Pembroke St.
North Central (Ill.).......................................................................................North Central
North Central Texas...................................................................................Cooke County
North Texas ...............................................................................................North Tex. St.
Northeastern St. ............................................................................Northeastern Okla. St.
Northern Ariz. ......................................................Arizona St.-Flagstaff; Flagstaff Teachers
Northern Colo. ...............................................................................Colorado St. College
Oklahoma St. ........................................................................................Oklahoma A&M
Old Dominion...........................................................................William & Mary (Norfolk)
Pepperdine........................................................................................George Pepperdine
Phila. Sciences ..............................................................................Philadelphia Pharmacy
Philadelphia U. ..................................................................................Philadelphia Textile
Polytechnic (N.Y.)................................................................New York Poly; Brooklyn Poly
Post .......................................................................................................Teikyo Post; Post
Rhodes ............................................................................................Southwestern (Tenn.)
Rice .............................................................................................................Rice Institute
Richard Stockton............................................................................................Stockton St.
Rochester Institute of Technology ....................................................................................Mechanics Institute
Rowan.......................................................................................................Glassboro St.
Salem Int'l ........................................................................................Salem-Teikyo; Salem
Southern Ind. ..................................................................................Indiana St.-Evansville
Southern Me. ..................................................Maine Portland-Gorham; Gorham St. (Me.)
Southern N.H........................................................................................New Hamp. Col.
Southern U. ...............................................................................................Southern B.R.
Southwest Minn. St. ....................................................................................Southwest St.
Stevens Institute ............................................................................................Stevens Tech
Taylor-Ft. Wayne....................................................................................Summit Christian
Tex. A&M-Commerce..................................................................................East Texas St.
Tex. A&M-Kingsville .........................................................................................Texas A&I
Tex.-Pan American .....................................................................................Pan American
Texas St. .............................................................................................Southwest Tex. St.
Towson..........................................................................................................Towson St.
Truman...............................................................................Northeast Mo. St.; Truman St.
Tulsa.........................................................................................................Henry Kendall
Washburn ...............................................................................................Lincoln College
Washington-St. Louis ............................................................................Washington (Mo.)
Washington St. ..............................................................Washington Agricultural College
West Ala. .......................................................................................................Livingston
West Tex. A&M........................................................................................West Texas St.
Western Mich. ............................................................................Western State Teachers
Western N.M. ...............................................................................New Mexico Western
Western Ore. ................................................Oregon Tech; Oregon College of Education
Western St. ..................................................................Colo. Western; Colorado Normal
Westmar ............................................................Western Union College; Teikyo Westmar
Wichita St. .....................................................................................................Fairmount
Widener .............................................................................Pennsylvania Military College
Wm. Paterson ...............................................................................................Paterson St.
Wis.-Eau Claire .................................................................................Eau Claire Teachers
Wis.-La Crosse ...................................................................................La Crosse Teachers
Wis.-River Falls...................................................................................River Falls Teachers
Current school name: Changed from:
Wis.-Superior ........................................................Superior Normal; Superior St. Teachers
Xavier..............................................................................................................St. Xavier
SCHOOLS also known as
Current school name: Also known as:
Air Force ....................................................................................U.S. Air Force Academy
Apprentice School....................................................................................Newport News
Army...........................................................................U.S. Military Academy; West Point
Baruch ...............................................................................................Bernard M. Baruch
Case Reserve.................................................................................Case Western Reserve
CCNY......................................................................................City College of New York
City Tech .............................................................................NYCCT; New York City Tech
Coast Guard .........................................................................U.S. Coast Guard Academy
GC&SU ......................................................................Georgia College & State University
Hawthorne .....................................................................................Nathaniel Hawthorne
IPFW ......................................................................................Indiana/Purdue-Ft. Wayne
IUPUI....................................................................................Indiana/Purdue-Indianapolis
Lehman ..............................................................................................Herbert H. Lehman
Lipscomb ................................................................................................David Lipscomb
Long Island...................................................................................................LIU-Brooklyn
LSU.............................................................................................................Louisiana St.
Merchant Marine..........................................King’s Point; U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
MIT..........................................................................Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Navy..............................................................................................U.S. Naval Academy
TCNJ .............................................................The College of New Jersey (was Trenton St.)
NYIT......................................................New York Institute of Technology; New York Tech
Rochester Inst. ...........................................................................................................RIT
Sewanee .......................................................................................University of the South
TCU ........................................................................................................Texas Christian
UAB......................................................................................................Ala.-Birmingham
UCF ..................................................................................Central Fla. (was Florida Tech)
UCLA ........................................................................University of California, Los Angeles
UMBC...................................................................................................Md.-Balt. County
UMKC...................................................................................................Mo.-Kansas City
UNI...........................................................................Northern Iowa (was Iowa Teachers)
UNLV..............................................................Nevada-Las Vegas (was Nevada Southern)
UTEP ...........................................................................Texas-El Paso (was Texas Western)
VMI..............................................................................................................Va. Military
WPI..................................................................................................Worcester Poly Inst.
SCHOOL MERGERS
Current school name: Two Schools Merged & Year:
Case Reserve.......................................................Case Tech & Western Reserve; 1971-72
Mass.-Lowell .................................................................Lowell St. & Lowell Tech; 1975-76