| This file includes institutions that have closed, merged, or
changed their names. If you note a
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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! |
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| College Name | City | State | Start Date | End Date | Affiliation | Other Information | Source |
| All Hallows College | Salt Lake City | Utah | http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10 | ||||
| Brigham Young College | Logan | Utah | 1877 | 1926 | Latter Day Saints | Brigham Young deeded land to trustees for development of the college; not to be confused with Brigham Young Academy in Provo that was founded in 1875 and evolved to become Brigham Young University; the institution initially focused on preparation of teachers and granted bachelors' degrees from 1894-1909; after closure the buildings were used as a high school by the city of Logan and the library collection was given to Utah Agricultural College | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham_Young_College |
| Carbon College | Price | Utah | 1937 | state supported | first college in Utah created as state supported two year institution; in 1959 became branch of University of Utah as the College of Eastern Utah | www.utahtravelcenter.com/pointsofinterest/education/collegeofeasternutah.htm | |
| College of Saint Mary-of-the-Wasatch | Salt Lake City | Utah | 1875 | 1969 | Sisters of the Holy Cross | www.cscsisters.org/archives/archives_transcripts.htm Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002. |
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| Sheldon Jackson College | Salt Lake City | Utah | 1875 | founded as the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute, a preparatory school; first offered college classes in 1897 as Sheldon Jackson College on campus in downtown Salt Lake City; in 1902 adopted new name as Westminster College | www.westminstercollege.edu/about2/index.cfm?parent=260&detail=268 | ||
| Stevens Henager College | Salt Lake City | Utah | 1907 | 1973 | Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. | ||
| University of Deseret | Salt Lake City | Utah | 1850 | 1892 | Latter Day Saints | predecesor to University of Utah | www.lib.utah.edu/150/01/ |
| Medical College of Utah | Morgan City | Utah Territory | 1882 | 1883 | www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=200434&pageindex=1 | ||
| Utah Technical College at Provo | Orem | Utah | 1941 | founded as Central Utah Vocational School; name changed to Utah Trade Technical Institute in 1963, to Utah Technical College at Provo in 1967, to Utah Valley Community College in 1987 and to Utah Valley State College in 1994; will become Utah Valley University in July 2008 | http://www.uvsc.edu | ||
| last update: | 7/30/2008 | ||||||