AB-001 · 2022
Women's college · California
Mills College — The Women’s College That Saved Itself in 1990 and Was Absorbed in 2022
merger (Northeastern) · Merged
AB-002 · 2020
Liberal-arts college · Vermont
Marlboro College — The Self-Governing College That Gave Itself Away in 2020
merger (Emerson) · Merged
AB-003 · 2018
Education college · Massachusetts
Wheelock College — The Kindergarten College Folded Into a Research University in 2018
merger (Boston University) · Merged
AB-004 · 2020
Liberal-arts college · Massachusetts
Pine Manor College — The Finishing School Turned Lifeline, Acquired in 2020
acquisition (Boston College) · Acquired
AB-005 · 2024
Catholic university · Pennsylvania
Cabrini University — The Saint’s College That Villanova Bought and Closed
acquisition (Villanova) · Acquired
AB-006 · 2023
Liberal-arts college · New Jersey
Bloomfield College — The Minority-Serving College a State Saved by Absorbing It
merger (Montclair State) · Merged
AB-007 · 2021
Lutheran college · New York
Concordia College — The Lutheran College a Catholic Neighbor Bought and Closed
acquisition (Iona) · Acquired
AB-008 · 2022
Health-sciences university · Pennsylvania
University of the Sciences — The Nation’s First Pharmacy College, Absorbed Into Its Jesuit Neighbor
merger (Saint Joseph's) · Merged
AB-009 · 2021
Liberal-arts college · Delaware
Wesley College — The Private College an HBCU Bought to Save
merger (Delaware State) · Merged
AB-010 · 2024
Liberal-arts college · New York
Marymount Manhattan College — The Upper East Side Arts College That Became Northeastern’s 14th Campus
merger (Northeastern) · Merged
AB-011 · 2021
Private university · Connecticut
University of Bridgeport — A Saved University That Was Finally Carved Up and Absorbed
decline → programs split/absorbed · Absorbed
AB-012 · 2022
Public university system · Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s PASSHE Universities — Six Historic Teacher Colleges Folded Into Two
state-system consolidation (enrollment + budget) · Merged
AB-013 · 2018
Public university system · Georgia
The University System of Georgia — A Decade of Merging Colleges Out of Existence
state-system consolidation · Merged
AB-014 · 2023
Public state system · Vermont
The Vermont State Colleges — Five Campuses, One Name, and a Library Revolt
state-system consolidation (budget + enrollment) · Merged
AB-015 · 2018
Public two-year system · Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin Colleges — Thirteen Campuses Absorbed, Then Quietly Closed
system restructuring (enrollment decline) · Absorbed