College Name City State Start Date End Date Affiliation Other Information Source
Brandywine Junior College Wilmington Delaware
1976
taken over by Widener University www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/Archives/arcchron.htm
King's College King's College Delaware
http://www.infoage.org/kings.htm
Newark College Newark Delaware 1833
established as New London Academy in 1743 by Presbyterian Synod of Philadelphia in New London, PA; moved to Newark, DE in 1765, became Newark Academy in 1769, Newark College in 1833, Delaware College in 1843; transferred to state control in 1843; merged with Women's College of Delaware and became University of Delaware in 1921 http://www.union.edu/N/DS/s.php?s=1534
Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978.
Saint Mary's College Wilmington Delaware 1830's 1868 Catholic founded as a preparatory school; received college charter in 1847 Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations. 1982.
State College for Colored Students Dover Delaware 1891
state supported name change to Delaware State College in 1947 and to Delaware State University in 1993 Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978.
Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003.
Wilmington College New Castle Delaware 1968
name change to Wilmington University in 2007 http://www.wilmu.edu/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_University
Wilmington Commercial College Wilmington Delaware 1886
merged with Beacom College in 1951 to become Goldey-Beacom College http://www.gbc.edu/
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