This file includes institutions that have closed, merged, or changed their names.  If you note a need for changing or updating information, please notify ray.brown@westminster-mo.edu.  An index with links to separate pages for other states and countries is available at http://www2.westminster-mo.edu/wc_users/homepages/staff/brownr/ClosedCollegeIndex.htm.  There is also a blog at http://collegehistorygarden.blogspot.com/ with links to other resources.Thanks for your interest!
College Name City State Start Date End Date Affiliation Other Information Source
Church College of Hawai'i Laie Hawai'i 1955 now BYU-Hawai'i after name change in 1974 starbulletin.com/1999/07/15/news/briefs.html
Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
College of Agriculture & Mechanical Arts Honolulu Hawai'i 1907 name changed to College of Hawai'i in 1911; to University of Hawaii in 1920; then to University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1972 Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Hawai'i Loa College Kaneohe Hawai'i 1965 1992 acquired by Hawai'i Pacific University starbulletin.com/1999/07/15/news/briefs.html
Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Hawai'i Pacific College Honolulu Hawai'i 1965 name changed to Hawai'i Pacific University in 1990 www.hpu.edu
Honolulu Business College Honolulu Hawai'i 1917 later merged with Cannon's Business College in 1973 and after a 1993 merger, became a campus of Heald College http://starbulletin.com/98/06/29/editorial/chang.html
http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2003/08/04/daily61.html
Honolulu Christian College Honolulu Hawai'i 1966 merged with Hawai'i Pacific University starbulletin.com/1999/07/15/news/briefs.html
Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Jackson College Manoa Hawai'i 1949 1965 never accredited; transcripts held by Hawai'i Pacific University http://www.crl.edu/collcat/collcatJ.htm
Maunaolu College Paia Maui Hawai'i 1972 merged with U.S. International University Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Oahu College Honolulu Hawai'i 1854 1934 now Punahou School http://www.punahou.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=ig.page&PageID=379
Saint Louis Junior College Honolulu Hawai'i 1955 Society of Mary name changed to Chaminade College in 1957 and to a university in 1959 starbulletin.com/1999/07/15/news/briefs.html
Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
TransPacific College Aina Haina Hawai'i 1977 2008 founded as branch campus of Kansai Gaidai University (Osaka, Japan); name changed to TransPacific College in 1998 http://starbulletin.com/2008/09/08/news/story06.html
last update: 9/8/2008