| College
Name |
City |
State |
Start Date |
End Date |
Affiliation |
Other Information |
Source |
| Academy
of Business College |
Phoenix |
Arizona |
|
proprietary |
name change to Rhodes College in
2000 and to Everest College in 2002 |
http://www.ncahlc.org/index.php?option=com_directory&Itemid=192 |
| American
Indian Bible College |
Phoenix |
Arizona |
1957 |
|
Assemblies of God |
founded as American Indian Bible
Institute; name change to American Indian Bible College in 1983 and to
American Indian College of the Assemblies of God in 1994 |
http://www.aicag.edu
http://www.ag.org/wim/0707/0707_Alta_M_Washburn.cfm |
| Apollo
College |
Phoenix |
Arizona |
1976 |
|
proprietary |
acquired by DeVry and operated
by U.S. Education, a wholly owned subsidiary; after June, 2010, along with
the former Western Career College (CA),will change to Carrington College;
Apollo operated at sites in Phoenix, Tucson, Albuquerque, Las Vegan, Portland,
Spokane, and Boise |
http://www.apollocollege.edu/ |
| Arizona
Bible College |
Phoenix |
Arizona |
1971 |
1998 |
|
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Arizona
Bible College
of Biola College |
Phoenix |
Arizona |
|
1971 |
|
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
| Arizona
International College |
Tuscon |
Arizona |
1996 |
2001 |
state supported |
experimental liberal arts
college of the University of Arizona |
The Chronicle of Higher
Education, November 2, 2001 |
| Central
Arizona College |
Coolidge |
Arizona |
|
state supported |
name change from Pinal County
Community College District to Central Arizona College in 1979 |
http://www.centralaz.edu |
| Del Rey
College |
Phoenix |
Arizona |
|
1973 |
|
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
| Ganado
College |
Ganado |
Arizona |
|
1986 |
|
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| Gila
College |
Thatcher |
Arizona |
1924 |
|
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints |
several name changes…Gila Normal
College, Gila Junior College, and Gila College; became public institution in
1932 with county funding; joined state system as Eastern Arizona Junior
College in 1962 |
www.eac.edu
Scott, Thomas Alexander. Eastern Arizona College: A
Comprehensive History of the Early Years. Ed.D. dissertation. 1985. |
| Grand
Canyon College |
Prescott |
Arizona |
1946 |
|
Baptist General Convention of
Arizona |
name change to Grand Canyon
University in 1989 |
|
| Navajo
Community College |
Tsaile |
Arizona |
1968 |
|
Navajo Nation |
|
https://www.dinecollege.edu/ics/History_of_DC.jnz |
| Northern
Arizona Normal School |
Flagstaff |
Arizona |
1899 |
|
state supported |
name change to Northern Arizona
State Teachers College in 1925; name change to Arizona State Teachers College
in 1929 and to Arizona State College in 1945 and to Northern Arizona
University in 1966 |
http://www.naualumni.com/site/pp.asp?c=evKYLiMSIqG&b=709375 |
| Prescott
College |
Prescott |
Arizona |
1966 |
1975 |
|
http://www.ncahlc.org/index.php?option=com_directory&Itemid=192 |
| Prescott
College |
Prescott |
Arizona |
1975 |
|
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established as Prescott Center
College after 1975; name change to Prescott College in 1982 |
http://www.prescott.edu/about/history.html |
| Southwestern
College |
Phoenix |
Arizona |
1960 |
|
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name change to Arizona Christian
University in 2011 |
http://www.swcaz.edu/Default.aspx |
| Tempe
State Teachers College |
Tempe |
Arizona |
1885 |
|
state supported |
founded as Arizona Territorial
Normal School at Tempe; name changed to Arizona Normal School in 1896, to
Normal School of Arizona in 1899, to Tempe State Teachers College in 1925, to
Arizona State Teachers College in 1928, to Arizona State College at Tempe in
1945, and to Arizona State University in 1958 |
Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories. 2003. |
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