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College Name City State Start Date End Date Affiliation Other Information Source
Alliant University Fresno, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco California 1969 founded in 1969 as California School of Professional Psychology; merged in 2001 with United States International University to form Alliant International University December 15, 2000 Chronicle of Higher Education
Alma College Los Gatos California 1934 1969 Society of Jesus relocated to Berkeley and adopted new name, The Jesuit School of Theology Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges:  A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Ambassador College Pasadena California 1947 1997 Worldwide Church of God January 24, 1997 Chronicle of Higher Education;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassador_College
American College of Applied Arts Los Angeles California 1970 for-profit also operated campuses in Atlanta, London and Dubai; sold to EduTrek Internation in mid-1990's and name changed to American InterContinental University; sold in 2000 to Career Educational Corporation January 13, 2006, The Chronicle of Higher Education
American College of Neuro-ophthalmology and Ocular Myology Los Angeles California 1909 adopted name of West Coast University in 1936 Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges:  A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Antioch University San Francisco California 1989
Arlington College Riverside California 1954 1968 Association of Churches of God in Southern California merged with Azusa Pacific College www.apu.edu/about/history/
Balboa Law College San Diego California 1924 later Balboa University, then California Western University, later U.S. International University Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges:  A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Beulah College Upland California 1920 Brethren in Christ Christian C. Burkholder (1865-1931) organized a Brethren in Christ congregation at Upland, Calif. He was the architect and its builder. He was the prime mover in the organization of Beulah College and was the only president. later, Upland College Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO) located at http://www.gameo.org/ 
Brawley Junior College Brawley California 1924 1947 www.imperial.cc.ca.us/administration/accreditation/contents/descriptiveback.htm
British-American University Santa Ana California 1998 2006 founded by Roger Agajanian; operated law school
California Baptist State Normal School Los Angeles California http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
California Christian College Los Angeles California 1920 Christian Church founded as California School of Christianity at Wilshire Cristian Church; moved to Vermont Ave. location in 1921 and in 1923 became California Christian College; in 1934 became Chapman College that later relocated to Orange, CA after 1954 www1.chapman.edu/library/archives/chrono.pdf
Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
California Christian University Los Angeles California 1940's successor to City Temple Institute; California Christian University opened in 1957 and closed in the 1990's; program focus primarily on degrees in
divinity and nursing, one of first to offer BS in Medicine
California College of Medicine Irvine California 1967 merged with University of California-Irvine http://www.ucihs.uci.edu/com/index.html?top.html&menu.html&com02.htm
California College of Osteopathy San Francisco California 1898 1912 consolidated with American School of Osteopathy http://history.aoa-net.org/Education/collegehist.htm
California Concordia College Oakland California 1906 1973 academic records moved to Concordia University, Irvine; see www.cui.edu for contact information Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
California Literary & Bible College Kings County California 1908 Cummins, D. Duane.  The Disciples Colleges: A History.  1987.
California State University-Hayward Hayward California 1957 renamed Cal State East Bay in 2005; previously, State College for Alameda County, Alameda County State College, California State College at Hayward; in 1972 became California State University, Hayward, and in January 2005 CSU East Bay Los Angeles Times, January 27, 2005
California Wesleyan College Stockton California 1851 Methodist Episcopal Church became University of the Pacific in 1852, then the College of the Pacific in 1911 and readopted the University of the Pacific name in 1961 Hunt and Carper, eds.  Religious Higher Education in the United States. 1996.
California Western University San Diego California 1952 founded with assumption of charter of Balboa University; name changed to U.S. International University in 1966; merged with Mauna Olu College of Maui, Paia, Hawaii in 1972 Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges:  A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Central Junior College El Centro California 1922 name change to Imperial Valley College in 1951 www.imperial.cc.ca.us/administration/accreditation/contents/descriptiveback.htm
Christ College Irvine California 1976 Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod name changed to Concordia University after 1993 Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
http://www.cui.edu/
Christian Brothers College Sacramento California 1876 1924 Christian Brothers founded as Saint Patrick Institute at 12th & K Streets; known as Sacramento Institute from 1879-1904 and as Christian Brothers College from 1904-1924; continued as Christian Brothers School until 1964 at 21st & Broadway http://www.delasalle.org/new/history-of-the-district.shtml
Christian College Santa Rosa California 1872 Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Cummins, D. Duane.  The Disciples Colleges: A History.  1987.
Christian Heritage College San Diego California 1970 Southern Baptist name changed to San Diego Christian College in 2005 http://www.sdcc.edu/ 
Coalinga College Coalinga California now West Hill Community College? http://www.crl.edu/collcat/collcatC.htm
College of California Oakland California 1853 founded as Contra Costa Academy; merged with Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College in 1868 creating the University of California www.berkeley.edu/about/history;
sunsite.berkeley.edu/CalHistory/brief-history.html
College of Medical Evangelists Loma Linda California 1909 now Loma Linda University Medical Center www.llu.edu/llu/handbook/hist.htm
Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons Los Angeles California 1914 see entry for Pacific College of Osteopathy; predecessor of University of California, Irvine College of Medicine http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/special/bibcom.html
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Pomona California 1977 proprietary name change to Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in 1996 http://www.westernu.edu/university-history
College of Our Lady of Mercy Auburn California Sisters of Mercy founded for education of Sisters, probably never admitted lay students Schier and Russett.  Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002.
College of Our Lady of Mercy Burlingame California Sisters of Mercy founded for education of Sisters, probably never admitted lay students Schier and Russett.  Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002.
College of our Lady of Refuge of Sinners Solvang California 1844 1846 Catholic Santa Ines Mission was the nineteenth mission founded in the state in 1804; named for Saint Agnes who was killed in Rome for her beliefs; served as temporary quarters for the college, the first institution of higher education in California; later moved near Santa Ynez as Guadelupe College, where it stayed open until 1883; initially Franciscan and then led by Christian Brothers http://www.missionsofcalifornia.org/missions/mission19.html
http://www.archivalcenter.org/Biblioteca/biblio.html
http://www.delasalle.org/new/history-of-the-district.shtml
College of Physicians and Surgeons San Francisco California 1897 1918 dental department continued to operate and ultimately affiliated with the University of the Pacific in 1967 http://www.dental.uop.edu/aboutuop/buildings.htm
College of Saint Augustine Benicia California 1867 1889 Episcopal http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Hunt and Carper, eds.  Religious Higher Education in the United States.  1996.
College of Saint Catherine California Sisters of Saint Joseph Schier and Russett.  Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002.
College of the Sacred Heart Menlo Park California 1898 Religious of the Sacred Heart established as Sacred Heart Academy, became College of the Sacred Heart in 1921, San Francisco College for Women in 1930; relocated in San Francisco in 1930, adopted name of Lone Mountain College in 1970 Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges:  A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Cooper Medical College San Francisco California 1882 1912 consolidated with Stanford University http://elane.stanford.edu/wilson/index.html
Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Covenant College Pasadena California 1955 1956 moved to St. Louis and then to Lookout Mountain, TN in 1964 www.covenant.edu/undergrad/legacy/
Cumberland College Sonoma California 1859 Cumberland Presbyterian known as Sonoma College prior to 1860; management assumed by W.N. Cunningham soon after founding; operated for a decade or more with property later used by public schools as a high school www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/schools/Evans.htm
Burke, Collin B. American Collegiate Populations. 1982.
Deets Pacific Bible College Los Angeles California 1906 1910 successor to Pacific Bible College; predecessor to Nazarene University http://www.ptloma.edu/UniversityInformation/HistoricalStmt.htm
D-Q University Davis California 1971 2005 Read, Brock.  "California's only Tribal College Shuts its Doors," 3/4/05 and Pulley, John L.  "D-Q University, a 2-Year Tribal College in California, Loses Accreditation," 1/24/05 in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Eldorado College Oceanside California 1906 1973 Wikipedia article indicates that institution operated from 1961 to 1997 with Escandido as initial location. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldorado_College
Glad Tidings Bible Institute San Francisco California 1919 2011 Assemblies of God founded as the training school for Glad Tidings Temple, pastored by Robert and Mary Craig;  provided leadership preparation for the Northern California and Nevada District of the Assemblies of God; moved to site in the Santa Cruz mountains in 1950 and became a four-year degree granting college in 1955, changing its name to Bethany Bible College; accreditation received from the American Association of Bible Colleges in 1959 and regional accreditation with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in 1966;  name change in 1990 to Bethany College and in 2005 to Bethany University of the Assemblies of God; Bethany held the distinction of being the oldest accredited Assemblies of God University in the world prior to closure at the end of the 2010-11 academic year; Bethany University Catalog 2010-2011
Grant Technical College Sacramento California Del Paso Heights, CA given as location on U of Chicago site http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Hahnemann Medical College of the Pacific San Francisco California 1884 1936 merged with University of California Medical School http://www.homeoint.org/history/king/3-06.htm
Heald Business College Oakland California 1906 1999 Heald College continues in existance with 11 campuses http://www.heald.edu/corporate/about_heald.asp
Healdsburg College Healdsburg California 1882 adopted name of Pacific Union College in 1906, moved to Angwin, CA in 1909 Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges:  A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Hesperian College Woodland California 1861 1895 Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) became Berkeley Bible Seminary in 1896, California School of Christianity in 1921 and California Christian College in 1923; in 1934 renamed Chapman College www.chapman.edu/pubrel/chapman_info.html
Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Cummins, D. Duane.  The Disciples Colleges: A History.  1987.
Highland College Pasadena California 1974 Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Holmby College Los Angeles California 1923 1940's proprietary initially known as Westlake Junior College; associated with Westlake School for Gilrs founded previously by Jessica Smith Vance and Frederica de Laguna in 1904; the name was changed to Holmby College when Westlake School moved to a new North Faring Road location  http://www.hw.com/abouthw/tabid/2016/Default.aspx
Holy Family Junior College Fremont California 1952 1987
Homeopathic Medical College of the Pacific California 1881 1939 www.wholehealthnow.com/homeopathy_pro/homeopathy_1875_1899.html
Immaculate Heart College Los Angeles California 1916 1982 Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary bilingual program, including funding, transferred to Loyola Marymount University O'Neill and Barnett.  Colleges and Corporate Change.  Conference-University Press, 1980.
Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Heart_College
Indian Valley College Novato California operating now as campus of College of Marin
InterAmerican College National City California 1997 name change in 2010 to United States University www.usuniversity.edu
Junior College of Menlo Park California Schier and Russett.  Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002.
Kelsey-Jenney College San Diego California 1888 2002 filed for bankruptcy protection and closed "Kelsey-Jenney College Shuts Its Doors," Chronicle of Higher Education, 7/5/2002 
Lake College Redding California 2005 2009 proprietary closed April 3, 2009; reopened by Brightstar Education Group of Denver, CO as a branch of the Institute of Technology under agreement with federal Dept of Education and the Accrediting commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT); http://www.redding.com/news/2009/apr/04/denver-firm-takes-over-reddings-troubled-lake/
Lone Mountain College San Francisco California 1898 1978 taken over by University of San Francisco; The Lone Mountain Campus of the University was formerly San Francisco College for Women. Acquired by the University in 1978, this campus houses the College of Professional studies, the Center for the Pacific Rim and the Ricci Institute, the Pacific Rim Conference Center, classrooms, various offices, and residence hall rooms for 200 students. Other administrative offices at Lone Mountain include the Offices of the President and the Vice Presidents of Academic Affairs, Legal Affairs, and University Advancement. O'Neill and Barnett.  Colleges and Corporate Change.  Conference-University Press, 1980.
Lordsburg College Lordsburg California 1891 Church of the Brethren in 1917 the town changed it's name to LaVerne and the college did likewise; merged with San Fernando Valley College of Law in 1983 Hunt and Carper, eds.  Religious Higher Education in the United States. 1996.
Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Los Angeles Adult Evening College Los Angeles California http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Los Angeles Baptist College Newhall California 1927 founded as Los Angeles Baptist Theological Seminary; name change to Los Angeles Baptist College in 1959; now The Master's College after 1985 http://www.crl.edu/collcat/collcatL.htm
Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Los Angeles Business College Los Angeles California http://www.crl.edu/collcat/collcatL.htm
Los Angeles College of Optometry Los Angeles California 1904 founded as Medical School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, became Los Angeles School of Optometry in 1922 and Los Angeles College of Optometry in 1950; moved to Fullerton, CA and renamed Southern California College of Optometry Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges:  A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Los Angeles College of Osteopathy Los Angeles California see entry for Pacific College of Osteopathy http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/special/bibcom.html
Los Angeles Pacific College Los Angeles California 1903 1965 Free Methodist merged with Azusa College to Azusa Pacific College www.apu.edu/about/history/
Los Angeles Private Junior College Los Angeles California http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Los Nietos College Institute Los Angeles California 1868 1897 Methodist closed in 1879, reopened in 1894 for three more years http://thepaperink.com/1993/93tt0813.htm
Lux College San Francisco California http://www.crl.edu/collcat/collcatL.htm
http://www.mirandalux.org/archives.html
Maclay College of Theology San Fernando California 1885 became affiliated with University of Southern California in 1922; became Southern California School of Theology in 1956 after becoming independent and moving to Claremont Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges:  A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Marymount Junior College Westwood California 1933 1973 religious of Sacred Heart of Mary began granting baccalaureate degrees in 1948; new campus on Palos Verdes penninsula in 1960; in 1868 moved to estchester campus of Loyola University; in 1973 merged with Loyola University to form Loyola Marymount Schier and Russett.  Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002.
www.lmu.edu/pages/120.asp
McGeorge College of Law Sacramento California 1921 in 1966 became part of University of Pacific www.sacbee.com/static/archive/news/projects/people_of_century/century_special/timeline1.html
www.uop.edu/hr/handbook/WelcomeToPacific.html
Mount Alverno College Redwood City California Sisters of Saint Francis of Penance and Christian Charity founded for education of Sisters, probably never admitted lay students Schier and Russett.  Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002.
Napa Junior College Napa California 1942 state supported renamed Napa College in 1962 and Napa Valley College in 1982 http://www.nvc.cc.ca.us/dsps/catalog/introduction.html
Nazarene University Pasadena California 1910 1917 successor to Deets Pacific Bible College; predecessor to Pasadena University http://www.ptloma.edu/UniversityInformation/HistoricalStmt.htm
Hunt and Carper, eds.  Religious Higher Education in the United States.  1996.
New Catholic University San Diego California 2006 Catholic name changed in 2007 to John Paul the Great Catholic University http://www.jpcatholic.com/NCUNews/Jun2005.php
New College of California San Francisco California 1971 2008 founded in the San Francisco Bay Area by former Gonzaga University President, Father John Leary; the  main campus was housed in several buildings in the Mission District in San Francisco; programs included Humanities BA, Poetics, Writing and Consciousness, Media Studies, Graduate Psychology, Experimental Performance Institute, School of Law, Culture Ecology and Sustainability, a Science Institute held classes at the Southern California University of Health Sciences in Whittier, California; http://www.newcollege.edu/default.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_College_of_California
Northern California College of Chiropractic Hayward California 1978 moved to Palo Alto and then to Sunnyvale; became Palmer College of Chiropractic West in 1980 http://www.palmer.edu/PFCH/PCCWHistory.htm
Northrop University Inglewood California 1942 1993 private coeducational college offering B.S. degree in engineering
and technology		 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_University
Oceanside Carlsbad College Oceanside California 1934 now MiraCosta College http://www.miracosta.cc.ca.us/aboutmcc.htm
Orange County State College Fullerton California 1957 state supported name changed to Orange State College in 1962, to California State College at Fullerton in 1964 and to California State University, Fullerton in 1972 Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Pacific Bible College Los Angeles California 1902 1906 Church of the Nazarene name changed to Deets Pacific Bible College http://www.ptloma.edu/UniversityInformation/HistoricalStmt.htm
Hunt and Carper, eds.  Religious Higher Education in the United States.  1996.
Pacific Bible College Huntington Park California 1899 operated as Training School for Christian Workers until 1939 when name changed to Pacific Bible College; moved to site in Azusa and name changed to Azusa College www.apu.edu/about/history/
Pacific Business College San Francisco California 320 Post Street?
Pacific Christian College Fullerton California 1928 founded as Pacific Bible Seminary; name changed to Pacific Christian College in 1962 and to Hope International University in 1997 Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Pacific Coast University Los Angeles California 1927 graduate programs in business and divinity and undergraduate programs closed during Great Depression; PCU Law School continues in Long Beach, CA www.pculaw.com/history.php
Pacific College Fresno California now Fresno Pacific University http://www.fresno.edu/
Pacific College of Osteopathy Anaheim California 1896 founded as Pacific Sanitarium and School of Osteopathy; relocated in 1902 to Pasadena; in 1903 became Pacific College of Osteopathy and in 1905 offered classes at the Los Angeles College of Osteopathy; in 1914 merged with LACO to become College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons; in 1961 name changed to California College of Medicine; in 1967 moved and became University of California, Irvine College of Medicine http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/special/bibcom.html
Pacific Female College Oakland California http://www.union.edu/N/DS/s.php?s=1534
Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Palo Alto California 1975 name change to Palo Alto University in 2009; offer eight degree-granting programs, all related to psychology. Many are partnerships with other universities, such as a joint J.D./Ph.D. in Psychology and Law with Golden Gate University and a Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology with Stanford. It added a B.S. in Psychology and Social Action in 2006 in conjunction with De Anza College, and this year it will enroll its first students in a B.S. in Business Psychology, offered in cooperation with Foothill College.
 www.paloaltou.edu
Pacific Methodist College Santa Rosa California 1861 1900 Methodist Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations. 1982.
Pacific Methodist College Vacaville California http://www.orst.edu/Dept/archives/archive/mss/finley.html
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/print/FF/ffi21.html
Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations. 1982.
Pasadena College Pasadena California 1924 1973 Church of the Nazarene successor to Pasadena University; predecessor to Point Loma College, later becoming Point Loma Nazarene University http://www.ptloma.edu/UniversityInformation/HistoricalStmt.htm
Hunt and Carper, eds.  Religious Higher Education in the United States.  1996.
Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Pasadena Playhouse College
     of the Theatre Arts		 Pasadena California 1926 1971 Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Pasadena University Pasadena California 1917 1924 Church of the Nazarene successor to Nazarene University; predecessor to Pasadena College http://www.ptloma.edu/UniversityInformation/HistoricalStmt.htm
Phillips Junior College Van Nuys California 1996 http://www.tgslc.org/tgslc/shoptalk/2002/st180/st180.pdf
Pierce Christian College College City California 1874 Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) charter transferred to Berkeley Bible Seminary in 1894 Cummins, D. Duane.  The Disciples Colleges: A History.  1987.
www.chapan.edu/library/archives/chrono.pdf
Pilarica College California Sisters of Notre Dame founded for education of Sisters, probably never admitted lay students Schier and Russett.  Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002.
Pilgrim Bible College Pasadena California 1917 1959 Pilgrim Holiness merged with Colorado Springs Bible College and Wesern Pilgrim College to form Central Pilgrim College in Bartlesville, OK www.bwc.edu/info/history.html
Placer College Auburn California now Sierra College www.sierracollege.edu
Polytechnic Business College Oakland California
Polytechnic College of Engineering Oakland California http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Presentation College Los Gatos California 1958 1971 Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary founded for education of Sisters, probably never admitted lay students; affiliated with University of San Francisco; site was the former Montezuma Mountain School for Boys; now operates as a retreat center Schier and Russett.  Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002.
www.prescenter.org/HISTORY_OF_PRESENTATION_RETREAT_CENTER.htm
Queen of Holy Rosary College Fremont California Sisters of Saint Dominic founded for education of Sisters, probably never admitted lay students; listed as closed by Schier and Russent.  However, college website accessed 5/03 at http://www.msjdominicans.org/college.html Schier and Russett.  Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002.
Russell College Burlingame California 1983 successor to College of Our Lady of Mercy, Berlingame; Songe gives closing date as 1974 Schier and Russett.  Catholic Women's Colleges in America.  2002.
Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Sacred Heart College San Francisco California 1874 1929 Christian Brothers initially located on Eddy & Larkin Streets and later at Ellis & Franklin Streets; continues today as Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory http://www.delasalle.org/new/history-of-the-district.shtml
Salinas Junior College Salinas California 1920 name change to Harnell College in 1948 http://www.hartnell.edu/
Saint Albert's College Oakland California 1851 now Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology www.dspt.edu/AboutUS/AboutUs.html
Saint Ignatius College San Francisco California 1860 Jesuit after 1930 name changed to University of San Francisco  http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Leahy, William P.  Adapting to America: Catholics, Jesuits, and Higher Education in the Twentieth Century.  1991.
http://www.usfca.edu/acadserv/catalog/usf_history.html
Saint Joseph's College Santa Clara California 1924 1992 Archdiocese of San Francisco Gaffy states closure in 1992; Songe states name changed to Saint Patrick's College in 1968 Gaffey.  Men of Meno.  1992
Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Saint Joseph's College Rohnerville California 1871 1877 Congregation of the Precious Blood reopened briefly again 1894-1897 www.sunnyfortuna.com/history/rohnerville/college.htm
Saint Joseph's College Orange  California http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Schier and Russett.  Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002.
Saint Vincent's College Los Angeles California 1865 1911 Vincentian Fathers became Los Angeles College in 1911; control assumed by Society of Jesus; name returned to Saint Vincent's College in 1917, Loyola College of Los Angeles in 1919, Loyola University of Los Angeles in 1930; became affiliated with Marymount College in 1968 and adopted name of Loyola Marymount University in 1973 after merger Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges:  A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
www.lmu.edu/pages/120.asp
San Diego College for Women San Diego California 1950 1972 Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus merged with University of San Diego Schier and Russett.  Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_College_for_Women
San Fernando Valley College of Law California merged with University of La Verne in 1983 Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
San Francisco College for Women San Francisco California 1930 1970 successor to College of the Sacred Heart and predecesor to Lone Mountain College Schier and Russett.  Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002
Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
San Francisco Labor College San Francisco California http://djvued.libs.uga.edu/text/co22txt.txt
San Joaquin Valley College Woodbridge California 1878 United Brethren in Christ Larson, Dale.  A History of York College.  Ph.D. Dissertation, 1966.  University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  http://library.york.edu/archives/yc_history-larsen.htm
San Jose Bible College San Jose California 1939 later San Jose Christian College; relocated to Rocklin, CA in 2004 and changed name to William Jessup University http://www.jessup.edu/about
San Luis Rey College San Luis Rey California 1929 1969 Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Santa Clara College Santa Clara California 1851 Jesuit name change to University of Santa Clara in 1912 http://www.scu.edu/
Santa Maria Junior College Santa Maria California 1920 public founded as part of public school district; in 1954 the Santa Maria Junior College, now G. Allan Hancock Community College, purchased 40 acres of the Allan Hancock airport site. Some original buildings from the airport are still in use as part of the college. http://www.smmof.org/history.htm
Santa Rosa Young Ladies College Santa Rosa California http://www.orst.edu/Dept/archives/archive/mss/finley.html
Sawyer College San Jose California 1999 http://www.tgslc.org/tgslc/shoptalk/1998/st87/st87.pdf
Simon Greanleaf School of Law Anaheim California 1980 1998 located at 3855 E. la Palma Ave, Anaheim, CA; merged with Trinity International University
Snyder Business College Santa Barbara California acquired by Bryant & Stratton College in 1980 and later closed www.bryantstratton.edu
Sonoma College Sonoma California see entry for Cumberland College www.cumberland.org/HFCPC/schools/SonomaCollegeCA.htm
South Bay State College Palos Verdes California 1960 state supported chartered as part of the California State College system; renamed California State College, Palos Verdes; land purchased in Dominguez Hills in 1965 and name changed to California State College, Dominguez Hills in 1966; name change in 1977 to California State University, Dominguez Hills http://www.insidesocal.com/history/2010/03/early-days-at-california-state-university-dominguez-hills.html
Southern California College Cosa Mesa California 1920 Assemblies of God founded as a Bible training institute in Los Angeles in 1920; moved to Cosa Mesa in 1950; name changed to Vanguard University of Southern California on July 1, 1999 http://www.vanguard.edu/alumni/index.cfm?doc_id=24
Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Southern California Junior College Riverside California 1922 founded as La Sierra Academy; name change to Southern California Junior College in 1928; name change to La Sierra College in 1943;  merge with Loma Linda University from 1967-1990; name change to La Sierra University in 1991 Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Southern Pacific College Downey California 1877 Christian College (Disciples of Christ) 200 students and three story building; leveled by fire in 1880 and did not re-open; Cummins gives Downing, CA as location Cummins, D. Duane.  The Disciples Colleges: A History.  1987.
http://thepaperink.com/1993/93tt0813.htm
State College for Alameda County Hayward California 1957 state supported name change to Alameda County State College in 1961, to California State College at Hayword in 1963 and to California State University, Hayward in 1972 Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Stockton Business College, Normal School & Telegraphic Institute Stockton California 1875 name changed to Humphreys College in 1947 Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Tahoe College Tahoe Paradise California 1971 Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Throop University Pasadena California 1891 founded as Throop Polytechnic Institute in 1891, became Throop College of Technology in 1912 and California Institute of Technology in 1920 http://archives.caltech.edu/whats_old.html
Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978.
Toland Medical College San Francisco California 1864 became a department of the University of California in 1873; University of California, San Francisco after 1970 Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges:  A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Touro University Cypress California 1998 proprietary founded as an extension of Touro College, NY; name change to TUI University; sold to Summit Partners of Boston, MA; name change to Trident University in 2011 http://www.tuiu.edu/
Trinity College San Francisco California 1994 www.tgslc.org/tgslc/shoptalk/2002/st172/st172.pdf
United States International University San Diego California 1952 merged in 2001 with Alliant University to form Alliant International University
Upland College Upland California 1920 1965 Brethren in Christ successor to Beulah College, founded in 1920; merged with Messiah College; Ernest L. Boyer served as academic dean for four years http://www.messiah.edu/siderinstitute/bicchurch.shtml;
www.mhsc.ca
University of Judaism Bel Air California 1941 Jewish Familian campus in Bel Air and Brandeis-Bardin campus in Simi Valley follwoing merger with Brandeis Bardin Institute in 2007; name change to American Jewish University in 2007 http://www.ajula.edu/Content/ContentUnit.asp?CID=141&u=525&t=0
Visalia College Visalia California 1926 now the College of the Sequoias www.cos.edu
Washington College of Science and Industry Irvington California 1872 Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Cummins, D. Duane.  The Disciples Colleges: A History.  1987.
Watterson College Pasadena California 1915 1995 proprietary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watterson_college
West Coast Christian College Fresno California 1992
West Coast University Los Angeles California 1909 1997 institution expanded and acquired WASC accreditation in 1960's; an engineering school attended by many working engineers and technicians in the aerospace industry was added, along with a business school; it was located at 440 Shatto Place, Los Angeles, Cal. 90020; the faculty tended to include working professionals and the curriculum was geared toward practical application for employment in DoD and aerospace firms; the building is now identified with a sign saying "Dunkking Royal University of Oriental Medicine."; closed in 1997 with last commencement in June; not to be confused with the former American Career College that acquired the name and now operates as West Coast University The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 14, 2002 
Western Baptist Bible College Oakland & El Cerrito California 1935 Baptist founded as Phoenix Bible Institute in Arizona; relocated to California in 1946; relocated to Salem, Oregon in 1969 www.corban.edu
Western Bible College Santa Barbara California 1937 established as Bible Missionary Institute, became Western Bible College in 1939 and Westmont College in 1940 Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges:  A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Western Career College Sacramento California 1967 proprietary acquired by DeVry and operated by U.S. Education, a wholly owned subsidiary; and after June, 2010, along with the former Apollo College (AZ), will be renamed Carrington College; Western Career College locations included Antioch, Citrus Heights, Emeeryville, Pleasant Hill, San Jose, San Leandro, Stockton, and Pamona http://www.westerncollege.edu/
Western Pilgrim College El Monte California 1932 1959 Pilgrim Holiness merged with Colorado Springs Bible College and Pilgrim Bible College to form Central Pilgrim College in Bartlesville, OK www.bwc.edu/info/history.html
Western States College of Engineering Inglewood California 1985
World College West Marin County California 1973 1992 founded by Dr. Richard Gray as an undergraduate college that integrated world-study with a work-study liberal arts program; operated program sites in Mexico, Nepal, China, and Russia; Cappel, Constance.  Utopian Colleges.  New York:  Peter Lang Publishing. 1999.
www.worldcollegewest.org
http://www.presidiomba.org/history/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_College_West
Y.M.C.A. Evening College San Francisco California 1881 founded as Y.M.C.A. Night School; formed Law School in 1910; became Golden Gate College in 1923 www.ymca.net/about/cont/history.htm
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