Colonial-era schools , originally the Bethlehem Female Seminary • 1727:
Ursuline Academy in New Orleans, Louisiana is the oldest Catholic school and the oldest school for women in the United States. It now provides primary and secondary education for girls. • 1742:
Bethlehem Female Seminary was founded in
Germantown and later moved to
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It received its collegiate charter in 1863. It became the Moravian Seminary and College for Women in 1913. In 1954, it merged with the male institution Moravian College and Theological Seminary and became the
coeducational school,
Moravian College • 1772: Little Girls' School (now
Salem College) in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina was originally established as a primary school. It later became an academy (high school) and finally a college. It is the oldest female educational establishment that is still a women's college and the oldest female institution in the
Southern United States.
1780s–1820s • 1787:
Young Ladies' Academy of Philadelphia was the first government-recognized institution established for women's higher education in the United States. • 1792: Mrs. Rowson's Academy for Young Ladies was in
Boston, Massachusetts. Prolific writer and actress
Susanna Rowson founded this progressive school for middle-class young women. • 1792:
Litchfield Female Academy,
Litchfield, CT:
Sarah Pierce founded the school and developed its
curriculum. It closed in 1833. • 1803: Bradford Academy (now
Bradford College) in
Bradford, Massachusetts was formed as a
coeducational secondary school. It became a college-level women's institution in 1836 and became coeducational again in 1972. • 1814: Louisburg Female Academy (now
Louisburg College) was founded in
Louisburg, North Carolina. It became the Louisburg Female College in 1857. It merged with Franklin Male Academy to form Louisburg College. • 1814: Nazareth Academy (now
Spalding University) was founded near
Bardstown, Kentucky. It was given degree-granting authority in 1829. It opened its current
Louisville campus in 1920; all instruction moved to Louisville in 1971. It became coeducational in 1973. • 1814: Middlebury Female Seminary (now
Troy Female Seminary) was founded by
Emma Willard in Middlebury, Vermont. It moved to Troy, New York, and was renamed Troy Female Seminary. It became the
Emma Willard School in 1895. It is now a primary and secondary school. • 1818:
Elizabeth Female Academy was the first female educational institution in
Mississippi. It closed in 1843. • 1821: Clinton Female Seminary was a public institution in
Clinton, Georgia. It was the forerunner to Georgia Female College in
Macon, Georgia, now
Wesleyan College. • 1822: Gummere Academy in
Burlington, New Jersey was founded by Quaker Samuel Gummere. He sold the school to
George Washington Doane, founder of
St. Mary's Hall. • 1822: Athens Female Academy (now
Athens State University) was established in
Athens, Alabama. • 1823:
Hartford Female Seminary was located in
Hartford, Connecticut. It closed towards the later half of the 19th century • 1827: The Linden Wood School for Girls (now
Lindenwood University) was formed in
St. Charles, Missouri. It became coeducational in 1969. • 1828:
Ipswich Female Seminary in
Ipswich, Massachusetts was founded by two female educators,
Zilpah Grant and
Mary Lyon. It was the first
women's seminary in the nation to be
endowed and to offer its graduates diplomas. It closed in 1876.
1830s (Mount Holyoke Female Seminary) in 1837] • 1831: LaGrange Female Academy (now
LaGrange College) was founded in
LaGrange, Georgia. It became LaGrange Female College in 1851 and coeducational in 1953 • 1833: Columbia Female Academy (now
Stephens College) was originally established as an academy (high school). It later became a college. It is the second oldest female educational establishment that is still a women's college • 1834:
Green River Female Academy was founded in
Todd County, Kentucky as an all-female preparatory school. It became coeducational in 1861. It is located in the late 19th century. • 1834: Wheaton Female Seminary (now
Wheaton College, Massachusetts) was founded with the help of
Mary Lyon. Wheaton became a college in 1912 and coeducational in 1987 • 1835: Livingston Female Academy and State Normal College (now
University of West Alabama) was established in
Livingston, Alabama. It became coeducational in the 1950s • 1836:
Holly Springs Female Institute was in
Holly Springs, Mississippi. It was destroyed by the
Union Army in 1864. • 1836:
Washington Female Seminary was in
Washington, Pennsylvania. It closed in 1948 • 1836:
Wesleyan College was chartered as the Georgia Female College on December 23, 1836. It's the world's oldest operating women's college. • 1837: St. Mary's Hall (now
Doane Academy) was originally established as a female seminary by
George Washington Doane, the
Bishop of the Episcopal Church of New Jersey. It was the first academic school for women in the United States founded on church principles. • 1837: Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now
Mount Holyoke College) in
South Hadley, Massachusetts, is the oldest (and first) of the
Seven Sisters • 1837:
Sharon Female College was a church college in
Sharon, Mississippi. It closed in 1873. • 1837: Female Collegiate Institute was founded in
Georgetown, Kentucky. It moved to
Millersburg, Kentucky in 1848 and was renamed Millersburg Female College in 1862. In 1931, it incorporated into
Millersburg Military Institute, now defunct • 1838: Judson Female Institute (
Judson College (Alabama)) was founded in
Marion, Alabama. It became Judson College in 1903. • 1839: Farmville Female Seminary Association (now
Longwood University) was founded in
Farmville, Virginia. It became coeducational in 1976.
1840s in Roanoke, Virginia • 1841:
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College was founded as an academy for young women in 1841 by a French nun, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. It is the nation's oldest Catholic liberal arts college for women. In 1846, it was granted the first charter for the higher education of women in the state of Indiana. It conferred its first Bachelor of Arts degree in 1899. It became fully coeducational in 2015. • 1841: Academy of the Sacred Heart (now
Manhattanville University) was founded in New York City. It became coeducational in August 1971. • 1842: Fulton Female Academy (later
Fulton Female Synodical College) was founded in
Fulton, Missouri. It closed in 1928 • 1842: Valley Union Seminary (now
Hollins University) was established in
Roanoke, Virginia as a coeducational school; it became a school for women in 1852. It was renamed Hollins Institute in 1855, Hollins College in 1911, and Hollins University in 1998. • 1842: Augusta Female Seminary (now
Mary Baldwin University) was founded in
Staunton, Virginia. It became the Mary Baldwin Seminary in 1895, Mary Baldwin College in 1923, and Mary Baldwin University in 2016. While the school has had a coeducational adult degree program since 1977 and later added coeducational graduate degree programs, its traditional Residential College, was not open to men until 2017. Its Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership cadet corps remains women-only. • 1843: Memphis Conference Female Institute (later
Lambuth University) became coeducational in 1923. It closed in 2011; the former Lambuth campus now houses a branch campus of the
University of Memphis. • 1843:
Port Gibson Female College in
Port Gibson, Mississippi closed in 1908 • 1844:
Saint Mary's College (Indiana) was founded by the
Sisters of the Holy Cross. In the mid-1950s, it became the first college in the U.S. to grant advanced degrees in theology to women. • 1845: Baylor Female Department (now
University of Mary Hardin–Baylor) was established alongside
Baylor University and obtained separate charter in 1866. It moved to
Belton, Texas in 1886. Later names were Baylor Female College, Baylor College for Women, Mary Hardin-Baylor College, and finally the
University of Mary Hardin–Baylor. • 1845: Limestone Springs Female High School (now
Limestone University) was founded in
Gaffney, South Carolina. It began accepting non-residential male students in the 1920s and became fully coeducational in the late 1960s. • 1846: Greensboro Female College (now
Greensboro College) was charted in 1838 in
Greensboro, North Carolina. It is now a coeducational school. • 1846: Illinois Conference Female Academy was founded in
Jacksonville, Illinois. In 1969, it merged with the MacMurray College for Men, forming the coeducational school
MacMurray College. It closed in May 2020. • 1847:
Kentucky Female Orphan School (now
Midway University) was the only women's college in
Kentucky until 2016 when it began admitting male undergraduate students. • 1847: Academy of Mount Saint Vincent (now
University of Mount Saint Vincent) was founded by the
Sisters of Charity of New York. It moved from Manhattan to its current
Riverdale, Bronx site in 1850. It became a degree-granting, four-year liberal arts college in 1911. It became coeducational in 1974. • 1848: Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now
Moore College of Art and Design) is the first and only art school which is a women's college. • 1848: Chowan Baptist Female Institute (now
Chowan University) is in
Murfreesboro, North Carolina. It became Chowan College in 1910 when it began awarding
baccalaureate degrees. It began admitting male students in 1931. • 1848:
Drexel University College of Medicine in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is now, after several changes, the coeducational
medical school of
Drexel University. in
Worcester, Massachusetts, 1849 • 1849: The
Oread Institute was it
Worcester, Massachusetts. It closed in 1881. • 1849: Forsyth Female Collegiate Institute: It became
Tift College, which is now a part of
Mercer University.
1850s in Oakland, California in Raleigh, North Carolina • 1850:
Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania (now part of
Drexel University) trained and graduated the first female physicians and the first black female physicians in the country. • 1850: Carolina Female College was established in
Anson County by an act of the North Carolina legislature. It closed in 1867 for financial reasons. • 1851: Christian College (later
Columbia College) was the first women's college west of the Mississippi River to be chartered by a state legislature. • 1851:
Cherokee Female Seminary is the first institute of higher learning exclusively for women west of the Mississippi River. Along with the Cherokee Male Seminary, this was the first college created by a tribe instead of the United States federal government. • 1851: Tennessee and Alabama Female Institute (later
Mary Sharp College) was the first women's college to grant college degrees to women that were the equivalent of those given to men. The college closed due to financial hardship in 1896. • 1851: Yalobusha Female Institute was later known as the Emma Mercer Institute and
Grenada Female College. It closed in 1936 for financial reasons. • 1852: Young Ladies Seminary (now
Mills College at Northeastern University) was the first women's college in the United States west of the
Rocky Mountains. It merged with
Northeastern University in 2022. • 1853: Beaver Female Seminary (now
Arcadia University) became coeducational in the late 19th century. In 1907, it became Beaver College and enrollment was again limited to women. It became coeducational again in 1973. • 1853:
Ohio Wesleyan Female College merged with
Ohio Wesleyan University in 1877 • 1853: Mt. Carroll Seminary became Frances Shimer Academy and
Shimer College. It became coeducational in 1950. In 2017, it became part of
North Central College in
Naperville, Illinois. • 1853: Hagerstown Female Seminary (later
Kee Mar College) was in
Hagerstown, Maryland. It closed in 1911. • 1854:
Columbia College in
Columbia, South Carolina was a women's liberal arts college. It became fully coeducational in 2020. • 1854: Andrew Female College (now
Andrew College) was in
Cuthbert, Georgia. It became coeducational in 1956. • 1854: Transylvania Female Institute (now
Sayre School) in
Lexington, Kentucky was renamed Sayre Female Institute in honor of its founder in 1855. It was chartered in 1856 to confer collegiate degrees; and continues today as a private coeducational college preparatory school. • 1854:
Florence Synodical Female College, one of the largest colleges for girls in the South, declined after the establishment of the State Normal School, and closed before the turn of the century. • 1855: Elmira Female College (now
Elmira College) is the oldest college still in existence which, as a women's college, granted degrees to women that were the equivalent of those given to men. It became coeducational in 1969. • 1855: Mansfield Female College merged into
Centenary College of Louisiana in 1930. • 1855: Western Female Seminary became
Western College for Women. It merged with
Miami University in 1974. • 1855: Davenport Female College was in
Lenoir, NC. It was chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1859. It later became the Davenport College and merged with
Greensboro College in 1938. • 1871:
Ursuline College was founded by the Catholic
Ursuline Sisters of
Cleveland in
Pepper Pike, Ohio. It was
Ohio's first women's college. • 1884: Industrial Institute & College (now
Mississippi University for Women) was the first public women's college. It became coeducational in 1982 as a result of the
Supreme Court's
Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan case, but maintained its original name. • 1884: Vernon Seminary (now
Cottey College) was founded as a day and boarding school for girls. • 1885:
Bryn Mawr College is a Quaker college in
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. It was the first women's college to offer a Ph.D. It is one of the
Seven Sisters. • 1885: The Woman's College of Baltimore (now
Goucher College) was a sister school to
Johns Hopkins University. It became Goucher in 1910 and coeducational in 1986. • 1886:
H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College at Tulane University was the first coordinate women's college within an American university. It closed in 2006; a lawsuit by descendants of the founder lasted until 2011 when the plaintiffs gave up the case. • 1886:
Mary Allen Seminary was founded in
Crockett,
Houston County, Texas. It became coeducational in 1933. • 1887:
Evelyn College for Women was the coordinate women's college of
Princeton University in
Princeton, New Jersey. It closed in 1897 • 1887: St. Joseph's Normal School (now
Alverno College) was a
private Roman Catholic women's college in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It became Alverno Teachers College in 1936 and adopted its current name in 1946. It offers a coeducation graduate program. • 1888: Women's College of Western Reserve University became Flora Stone Mather College in 1931. It ultimately merged with several other colleges to form the
Case Western Reserve University Federation in 1967. • 1889:
Colorado Women's College, known as the "Vassar of the West", was founded in
Denver, Colorado. It merged with the
University of Denver in 1982. • 1889: Decatur Female Seminary (now
Agnes Scott College) was founded in
Decatur, Georgia. It became the Agnes Scott Institute in 1890 and Agnes Scott College in 1906. • 1889:
Barnard College is a
private women's
liberal arts college in
Manhattan in
New York City. It is one of the
Seven Sisters. • 1889: Georgia Normal and Industrial College (now
Georgia College & State University) is the coordinate college for
Georgia Tech. It awarded its first degrees in 1917 and became coeducational in 1967. • 1889: Converse College (now
Converse University) was founded in 1889 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It gradually transitioned away from single-sex education, adding coeducational graduate and online programs. Its residential undergraduate program became coeducational on July 1, 2021, with the school adopting the University designation at that time.
1890s • 1890:
Mount Saint Agnes College was a Catholic women's college in
Baltimore, Maryland. It closed in 1972. • 1891:
Pembroke College was the coordinate women's college for
Brown University in
Providence, Rhode Island. It merged with Brown in 1971. • 1891: Randolph-Macon Woman's College (now
Randolph College) in
Lynchburg, Virginia became coeducational and changed its name to
Randolph College in 2007. • 1891: State Normal and Industrial School (now
University of North Carolina at Greensboro) in
Greensboro, North Carolina became a college in 1896. It became the North Carolina College for Women in 1919 and the Women's College of the University of North Carolina in 1932. It became the coeducational
University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1963. • 1891:Baptist Female University (now
Meredith College) was founded in
Raleigh, North Carolina. It became the Baptist University for Women in 1891 and Meredith College in 1909. • 1893: The Woman's College of Frederick (now
Hood College) was founded in
Frederick, Maryland. It became coeducational in 2002. • 1893:
Chicora College was a Presbyterian women's college in
Greenville, South Carolina and
Columbia, South Carolina. In 1930 it merged with
Queens College, Charlotte. • 1896: Barber Memorial College (now
Barber-Scotia Junior College) was an
historically black college that was founded in
Anniston, Alabama. It merged with Scotia Women's College (formerly Scotia Seminary) in
Concord, North Carolina in 1930 to become Barber-Scotia Junior College. • 1897: Trinity College (now
Trinity Washington University) was founded by the
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as the nation's first Catholic liberal arts college for women. It became Trinity Washington University in 2004. • 1897: Bay Path Institute (now
Bay Path University) started as a coeducational institute in
Springfield, Massachusetts. It became a women's college in 1945 when it moved to
Longmeadow, Massachusetts and was renamed Bay Path Secretarial School. • 1899: Simmons College (now
Simmons University) was a private women's college in Boston, Massachusetts. Today, its undergraduate program is
women-focused while its graduate programs are
co-educational. • 1899: College of Saint Elizabeth (now
Saint Elizabeth University) is a Catholic college that became coeducational in 2020. It achieved university status in 2021.
1900s • 1901:
Sweet Briar College is a
private women's
liberal arts college in Sweet Briar,
Amherst County,
Virginia. • 1901: Girls Industrial College (now
Texas Woman's University) was founded in
Denton, Texas and has been known as
Texas Woman's University since 1957. Technically coeducational since 1994, it still has a primarily female student body. • 1901: St. Clara's College (now
Dominican University) was renamed Rosary College in 1922. It became coeducational in 1970 and changed its name to
Dominican University in 1997. • 1903:
Margaret Morrison Carnegie College was the coordinate
women's college of
Carnegie Mellon University between 1903 and 1973. • 1903: Young Woman's Industrial Club (now
Skidmore College) would become Skidmore College of the Arts in 1911, and then shortened its name to Skidmore College in 1922. It went coeducational in 1971. • 1904: College of St. Angela (now
College of New Rochelle) was founded by Mother Irene Gill, OSU of the
Ursuline Order as the first Catholic women's college in New York. The name was changed to the College of New Rochelle in 1910. • 1905: Florida State College for Women (now
Florida State University) originated from the coeducational West Florida Seminary that was formed in 1851. After multiple name changes, it was converted into a women's college in 1905. The school returned to coeducation in 1947 and changed its name to the current Florida State University. • 1905: College of St. Catherine (now
St. Catherine University) is a private Catholic university in
Saint Paul, Minnesota. It became a university in 2009. • 1907:
College of Saint Teresa was a Catholic women's college in
Winona, Minnesota. Started a
women's seminary, it became a college in 1907 that was operated by the
Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester, Minnesota. It closed in 1989. • 1908:
Marymount College, Tarrytown became part of
Fordham University in 2000. It closed in 2007. • 1908:
All Saints' College was an
Episcopal women's college in
Vicksburg, Mississippi. It began accepting male boarding students as All Saints' Episcopal School in 1971. It ceased operating as a traditional school in 2006. Currently, it provides training to
AmeriCorps students. • 1908:
Georgian Court University was founded by the
Sisters of Mercy in
Lakewood Township, New Jersey. It admitted its first male day students in 2012. It became fully coeducation in the fall of 2013. • 1908: William Smith College (now
Hobart and William Smith) is a
private liberal arts college in
Geneva, New York. It eventually became a coordinate college known as Hobart and William Smith • 1908:
The State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg: Founded as a junior college, it began awarding bachelor's degrees in 1916, and changed its name three times in its first 30 years. In 1946, when it was known as Madison College, it admitted its first male day students, becoming de facto coeducational, although it would not officially be recognized as a coeducational institution until 1966. In 1976, it adopted its current name James Madison University. • 1908: State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Fredericksburg (now
University of Mary Washington) developed as a normal and manual arts school and was later renamed Mary Washington College. It became the coordinate women's college of the
University of Virginia (UVA) in 1944. In 1970, UVA and Mary Washington became fully coeducational. The two schools were separated due to changes in mission and geographic distance in 1972. • 1908: Oklahoma Industrial Institute and College for Girls (now
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma) became Oklahoma College for Women in 1912. It became coeducational in 1965 and was simultaneously renamed Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts. • 1909:
Lesley College is
private university in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. It became coeducational in 2005
1910s • 1911:
Pine Manor College became coeducational in 2014.
Boston College took over it in 2020, with it becoming the Pine Manor Institute for Student Success and now Messina College. • 1911:
Connecticut College is a
private liberal arts college in
New London, Connecticut. Originally chartered as Thames College, it was founded as the state's only women's college in response to
Wesleyan University closing its doors to female students in 1909. The college became
coeducational in 1969 and adopted its current name. • 1912:
Saint Joseph's College of Maine is a
private Catholic college founded by the
Sisters of Mercy in
Standish, Maine. It became coeducational in 1970. • • 1913:
College of Saint Benedict has been partnered with the all-male
Saint John's University since 1955. The two schools have operated a common academic program with fully coeducational classes since 1961. CSB and SJU remain legally and administratively separate, with separate residential facilities and athletic programs. • 1914: Westhampton College (now
University of Richmond) was founded as the coordinate college for Richmond College and a component of its growth into the University of Richmond in 1920. Today, the academic operations of the two colleges are merged, but Westhampton College remains the co-curricular program for undergraduate women and curricular women's studies. • 1914: Johnson & Wales School of Business (now
Johnson & Wales University) started as a business school for women. • 1916:
Russell Sage College in
Troy, New York was formerly a part of
The Sage Colleges, which consolidated as one institution. It became coeducational in 2020 after the merger with
Sage College of Albany. • 1916: St. Joseph's College for Women (now
St. Joseph's University, New York) was founded by the
Sisters of St. Joseph of
Brentwood in response to the need for a day college for young women. It is the only
historical women's college in
Brooklyn, New York. It was renamed, became coeducational in 1970 and a university in 2022. • 1918: New Jersey College for Women (now
Douglass Residential College) was founded as the coordinate college for
Rutgers University and became Douglass College in 1955. In 2007, it was merged with the other undergraduate liberal arts colleges at the main Rutgers campus, becoming a non-degree granting unit of Rutgers called Douglass Residential College. • 1919:
Emmanuel College in
Boston was founded by the
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as the first women's Catholic college in
New England. It became coeducational in 2001.
1920s , Doheny campus in Claremont, California • 1920:
College of Saint Rose was founded in
Albany, New York by the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and became coeducational in 1969. • 1920: College of Mount St. Joseph (now
Mount St. Joseph University) in
Delhi, Ohio was founded in 1920 by the
Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati. Although chartered as a college in 1920, its predecessor institutions had offered two years of college education for females for several decades. It became coeducational in 1986 and adopted its current name Mount St. Joseph University in 2014. • 1920: Villa Maria College (now
Immaculata University) in
East Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania was founded by the
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Its name changed to Immaculata College in 1929 and
Immaculata University in 2002. It became coeducational in 2005. • 1921:
Rosemont College in
Rosemont, Pennsylvania was founded by the
Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus. Its undergraduate program became coeducational in the fall of 2009. • 1921: Villa Madonna College (now
Thomas More University) was affiliated with the all-male St. Thomas More College. In 1945, it absorbed St. Thomas More College and became coeducational. The school moved to a new campus in 1968, becoming Thomas More College at that time. It became Thomas More University in 2018. • 1922:
Notre Dame College in
South Euclid, Ohio was established by the Sisters of Notre Dame. It has been
coeducational since January 2001. • 1923:
College of Saint Mary is a private Catholic college in
Omaha, Nebraska. • 1923: Marymount Junior College (now
Loyola Marymount University) became Marymount College of Los Angeles in 1948 when it began offering bachelor's degrees. It merged with Loyola University of Los Angeles in 1973 to create the coeducational
Loyola Marymount University. • 1923: Mount St. Scholastica College in
Atchison, Kansas, was a liberal arts college formed by the
Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica. It merged with the all-male St. Benedict's College in 1971 to form the coeducational
Benedictine College. • 1924: Mount Saint Joseph College (now
Chestnut Hill College) was founded by the
Sisters of St. Joseph in the
Chestnut Hill section of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It started a coeducational graduate program in 1980 and became fully coeducational in 2003. • 1925:
Albertus Magnus College in
New Haven, Connecticut was founded by the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs (now
Dominican Sisters of Peace). It became coeducational in 1985. • 1925: Mount Saint Joseph College for Women (now
Brescia University) was originally located in the
Daviess County, Kentucky community of Maple Mount. It opened a coeducational extension branch in nearby
Owensboro. The extension branch eventually grew into its main campus, and the school became coeducational when the two campuses were merged in 1950. It became Brescia College in 1951. • 1925:
Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles was founded by the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. • 1926: Mercyhurst College (now
Mercyhurst University) in
Erie, Pennsylvania became coeducational in 1969. It adopted its current name in 2012. • 1926:
Sarah Lawrence College is a
private liberal arts college in
Yonkers, New York. It became coeducational in 1968. • 1926:
Scripps College was founded as a member of the
Claremont Colleges in
Claremont, California. • 1927:
Regis College was founded by the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston in
Weston, Massachusetts. It became coeducational in 2007 • 1928: College of Our Lady of the Elms (now
Elms College) in
Pittsfield, Massachusetts was founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Diocese of Springfield as the Academy of Our Lady of the Elms in 1897. It became a college in 1899 and was chartered as a women's liberal arts college in 1927. It became coeducational in 1998.
1930s • 1930:
Mundelein College in
Chicago, Illinois became coeducational in 1968 but remained primarily women-serving. In 1991, it became an affiliated college of
Loyola University Chicago. • 1932:
Bennington College in
Bennington, Vermont became fully coeducational in 1969. • 1932: Saint Joseph College (now
University of Saint Joseph) was founded by
Sisters of Mercy in
West Hartford, Connecticut. It became coeducational in 1969. • 1936:
Marymount Manhattan College was founded by the
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary as a two-year women's college as a New York City extension of
Marymount College, Tarrytown. It is currently coeducational. • 1938: Ursuline College (now
Bellarmine University) in
Louisville, Kentucky, merged into the previously all-male Bellarmine College in 1968.
1940s • 1941:
Annhurst College in
South Woodstock,
Connecticut was founded and administered by the
Daughters of the Holy Spirit. It became coeducational in 1972 and closed in 1980 • 1941: Mercy College of Detroit (now
University of Detroit Mercy) opened as a women's college and later became coeducational. It merged with the University of Detroit in 1990, creating the University of Detroit Mercy. • 1946:
Mount Sacred Heart College was originally a junior college in
Hamden,
Connecticut that was operated by the
Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It closed in 1997 • 1947:
Garland Junior College in
Boston, Massachusetts was absorbed into
Simmons College in 1976.
1950s to 1980s • 1954:
Stern College for Women is the undergraduate women's college of arts and sciences of
Yeshiva University. It is located in
Manhattan. • 1963:
Pitzer College in
Claremont, California is one of the
Claremont Colleges. It became coeducational in 1970. • 1968:
Kirkland College in
Clinton,
New York was a female counterpart to
Hamilton College. It merged with Hamilton College in 1979 • 1982:
Women's College of the University of Denver reclaimed its historical name
Colorado Women's College in 2013. It closed in 2020 ==See also==