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
Catholic Teachers College of New Mexico	Albuquerque	New Mexico	1940	1947	Sisters of St. Francis	predecessor to College of St. Joseph on the Rio Grande	http://elibrary.unm.edu/oanm/NmU Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
College of Artesia	Artesia	New Mexico		1972		operated briefly as satellite college of Parsons College, IA	Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978. Koerner, James D.  The Parsons College Bubble. 1970.
College of St. Joseph on the Rio Grande	Albuquerque	New Mexico	1947	1965	Sisters of St. Francis	successor to St. Francis College and Catholic Teachers College of New Mexico, later University of Albuquerque	http://elibrary.unm.edu/oanm/NmU Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Franklin College	Albuquerque	New Mexico		1998			www.tgslc.org/tgslc/shoptalk/1998/st87/st87.pdf
Hobbs Baptist College	Hobbs	New Mexico	1956		Baptist	became New Mexico Baptist College in 1958 and then College of the Southwest in 1961	Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Las Cruces College	Las Cruces	New Mexico	1888			became New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1889	Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Las Vegas College	Las Vegas	New Mexico	1877	1884	Jesuits	moved to Morrison, Colorado becoming College of the Sacred Heart	www.archden.org/noel/02000.htm
Metropolitan College	Albuquerque	New Mexico		2006			http://www.accsct.org/Content/StudentCorner/documents/MetropolitanCollege-Albuquerque-NM.pdf
Montezuma College	Montezuma	New Mexico	1922	1929	Baptist	building now on site of United World College, a college prep institution	www.rootsweb.com/~nmsanmig/san-mig-count.html Hunt and Carper, eds.  Religious Higher Education in the United States.  1996.
New Mexico Baptist College	Alamagordo	New Mexico				see entry for Hobbs Baptist College	Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
New Mexico College of Agricultural & Mechanical Arts	Las Cruces	New Mexico	1888		state supported	name change to New Mexico State University of Agricultural, Engineering & Science in 1958; to New Mexico State University in 1960	Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003.
New Mexico Normal College	Las Vegas	New Mexico	1893		state supported	became New Mexico Normal University in 1898 and New Mexico Highlands University in 1941	Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Saint Francis College	Albuquerque	New Mexico	1920	1947	Sisters of St. Francis	predecessor to Catholic Teachers College of New Mexico & College of St. Joseph on the Rio Grande	http://elibrary.unm.edu/oanm/NmU Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Saint Michael's College	Santa Fe	New Mexico	1874		Brothers of Christian Schools	College of the Christian Brothers of New Mexico adopted as official name in 1966 or known as the College of Sante Fe	Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Southwestern Holiness College	La Lande	New Mexico	1908	1911		another school of the same name was planned at Elida, New Mexico;  these two "merged" under the same name in 1911 and then closed the following year	www.snu.edu
University of Albuquerque	Albuquerque	New Mexico	1966?	1986	Sisters of St. Francis	successor to College of St. Joseph on the Rio Grande	http://elibrary.unm.edu/oanm/NmU Schier and Russett.  Catholic Women's Colleges in America.  2002.
last update:	8/27/2008