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
College of Montana	Deer Lodge	Montana	1878
College of Montana	Bozeman	Montana	1882	1923	Presbyterian	merged in 1923 with Montana Wesleyan University to form Intermountain Union College	www.rocky.edu/campus/history.shtml Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Eastern Montana College of Education	Billings	Montana	1927		state supported	founded as Eastern Montana State Normal School; name change to Eastern Montana College of Education in 1949; to Eastern Montana College in 1965; to Montana State University-Billings in 1995	Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Great Falls Junior College for Women	Great Falls	Montana	1932	1942	Ursuline Sisters	originally located at the Ursuline Academy on Central Avenue	http://www.ugf.edu/aboutUs/history.htm
Great Falls Normal College	Great Falls	Montana	1933		Sisters of Charity of Providence	founded as Great Falls Normal School and cooperated during early years with the Great Falls Junior College for Women; later the name of the normal school was changed to Great Falls College of Education and then to the College of Great Falls; in 1995 became the University of Great Falls	http://www.ugf.edu/aboutUs/history.htm
Intermountain Union College	Helena	Montana	1923	1947		buildings damaged by earthquake in 1935; after brief move to Great Falls, relocated to Billings; merged with Billings Polytechnic Institute in 1947 to form Rocky Mountain College	www.rocky.edu/campus/history.shtml Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Montana State Normal College	Dillon	Montana	1893		state supported	name change to Montana State Normal College in 1903, to Western Montana College of Education in 1949, to Western Montana College in 1965, to Western Montana College of the University of Montana in 1989, to University of Montana Western in 2001	Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Montana Wesleyan University	Helena	Montana	1889	1923	Methodist Episcopal Church	merged in 1923 with College of Montana to form Intermountain Union College	www.rocky.edu/campus/history.shtml Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Mount Saint Charles College	Helena	Montana	1909		Diocese of Helena	now Carroll College after 1932	www.carroll.edu Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Northern Montana College	Havre	Montana	1893		state supported	founded as Northern Montana Agricultural & Manual Training School; name change to Northern Montana School in 1929; to Northern Montana College in 1931; to Montana State University-Northern in 1994	Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
last update:	4/15/2008