| College
Name |
City |
State |
Start Date |
End Date |
Affiliation |
Other Information |
Source |
| Arcadia
Male and Female College |
Arcadia |
Louisiana |
|
|
http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10 |
| Baton
Rouge College |
Baton Rouge |
Louisiana |
1849 |
1856 |
Catholic |
Burke states that may've been
St. Peter's and St. Paul's College; New Advent site refers to College of St.
Paul |
Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations.
1982.
www.newadvent.org/cathen/11005b.htm |
| Baton
Rouge College |
Baton Rouge |
Louisiana |
|
proprietary |
www.ed-oha.org/cases/1995-147sp.html |
|
| Bell
City College |
Bell City |
Louisiana |
|
1919 |
|
www.snu.edu |
| Brescia
College |
|
Louisiana |
|
1953 |
Ursuline Nuns |
previously Ursuline College |
Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's
Colleges in America. 2002. |
| Coleman
College |
Gibsland |
Louisiana |
1888 |
|
Baptist |
|
http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/hicks/hicks.html |
| College
of Baton Rouge |
Baton Rouge |
Louisiana |
1820 |
|
|
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hindorff/college_president.htm |
| College
of Louisiana |
Jackson |
Louisiana |
1826 |
1844 |
Methodist |
vacant campus occupied by
Centenary College; Burke states that Methodists had taken over Mississippi
College and brought it to the campus of the former College of Louisiana;
Centenary remainded at Jackson until 1908 when it moved to Shreveport |
www.crt.state.la.us/crt/parks/centen/centenary.htm
Songe, Alice H. American
Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978.
Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations. 1982.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hindorff/college_president.htm |
| College
of Orleans |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
1811 |
1825 |
state supported |
established on Ursuline St.;
Louisiana's first college; failed after withdrawal of state support; Burke
gives date of founding as 1807 |
Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations.
1982. |
| College
of Rapides |
Rapides Parrish |
Louisiana |
1819 |
|
|
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hindorff/college_president.htm |
| College
of the Immaculate Conception |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
1852 |
1911 |
Jesuits |
Burke provides starting date of
1840's; Brenner provides 1849; merged with Loyola College |
www.loyno.edu/thomashall/Last150.html
Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations. 1982.
Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003. |
| College
of the Sacred Heart |
Grand Coteau |
Louisiana |
1939 |
1956 |
Religious of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus |
previously Grand Coteau College;
Academy of the Sacred Heart established in 1821; college courses added after
1939; enrollment peaked at 100 female students in 1950 and dropped to 42 in
1956; academy continued operation after college program discontinued |
http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's Colleges in America.
2002.
Bradshaw, Jim. "Students tried
to save Sacred Heart College," in The Sunday Advertiser, February 4,
2007, www.theadvertiser.com. |
| Commonwealth
College |
New Llano |
Louisiana |
1923 |
|
|
moved to Mena, AR in 1924 |
see entry for Commonwealth
College, AR |
| DeLisle
College |
|
Louisiana |
|
Congregation of Sisters of the
Holy Family |
founded for education of
Sisters, probably never admitted lay students |
Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's
Colleges in America. 2002. |
| Delta
Junior College |
Houma |
Louisiana |
1989 |
1995 |
|
Louisiana Board of Regents
Office of Proprietary Schools Program |
| Dodd
College |
Shreveport |
Louisiana |
1927 |
1942 |
Baptist |
junior college for women |
www.enlou.com/time/year1927.htm |
| Franklin
College |
Opelousa |
Louisiana |
1840's |
1850's |
|
Burke states that probably never
operated as a college |
Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations.
1982. |
| Grand
Coteau College |
Grand Coteau |
Louisiana |
|
|
later, College of the Sacred
Heart |
Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's
Colleges in America. 2002. |
| Gulf
Coast Christian College |
Plaquemine |
Louisiana |
|
|
|
| Hammond
Junior College |
Hammond |
Louisiana |
1925 |
|
state supported |
became Southeastern Louisiana
College in 1928 |
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
| Homer
College |
Clairborne Parrish |
Louisiana |
1850 |
|
Methodist |
|
Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations.
1982. |
| Jefferson
College |
Convent |
Louisiana |
1838 |
|
|
Burke states that institution
was initially nondenominational with state aid and was located at St. James
before moving to Baringiers and then closing in mid-1840's due to a fire;
after fire, operated as a Catholic academy and college; now operated as Manresa
Retreat Center |
www.stjamesparish.com/local/history/stjameshistory/stjameshistory.htm
Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations. 1982. |
| Jefferson
Davis College |
Minden |
Louisiana |
|
|
http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10 |
| Keatchie
Female College |
Keatchie |
Louisiana |
1857 |
1912 |
Baptist |
Keatchie College was founded in
1857 as the Baptist Union Female College or Keatchie Female College by the
Grand Cane Association of Baptist Churches. Eventually it became the
coeducational Keatchie Male and Female Colllege. In 1899 the Louisiana
Southern Baptist Convention assumed management of the college, and the name
was changed to Louisiana Female College; closed sometime after 1917. On Louisiana College web site Keatchie
College is listed as predecessor institution. |
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/desoto/misc/schools/messeng.txt
www.rootsweb.com/~ladesoto/kfc.htm
ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/desoto/misc/schools/college.txt
Blandin. History
of Higher Education of Women in the South. 1909.
Hunt and Carper, eds. Religious Higher Education in the United States. 1996. |
| Lake
Charles College |
Lake Charles |
Louisiana |
1890 |
|
|
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/calcasieu/schools/earlysch.txt |
| Lake
Charles Junior College |
Lake Charles |
Louisiana |
1939 |
|
state supported |
founded as a division of
Louisiana State University; became John McNeese Junior College in 1940,
McNeese State College in 1950, and McNeese State University in 1970 |
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
| Lampton
College |
Alexandria |
Louisiana |
1912 |
|
African Methodist Episcopal |
outgrowth of a school started at
Delhi, La., in 1890, by Bishop Grant, Revs. J. Joins, J. W. Rankin, P. W.
Williams and J. H. Martin, Handy Walton and L. H. Harris. The first teacher
at Delhi was Prof. William Jennifer. There was one building and 20 acres of
land. In 1907 this building was destroyed by fire and the school was
practically abandoned. With the coming of Bishop Lampton the school was
revived at Alexandria and called Lampton College. Prof. P. W. Rogers was made
president. Bishop Conner, from 1912 to 1916, did much to develop it, erecting
two frame buildings. The presidents have been Revs. P. W. Rogers, J. G.
Monroe, M. M. Ponton, S. L. Green and J. R. Campbell, the present president.
There were 210 students and 7 teachers. The departments are primary,
intermediate, industrial and collegiate. Rev. A. H. Mitchell is one of the
most distinguished graduates. The property, including eight acres, is valued
at $11,000. (Wright) |
http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/wright/wright.html |
| Leland
University |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
1870 |
|
Baptist |
founded by Holbrook Chamberlain
in the basement of Tulane Avenue Baptist Church; then located on St. Charles
Avenue on about ten acres of land; moved to Baker, LA after 1915 hurricane;
on Baker web page dates given as 1923-1960 |
http://nutrias.org/~nopl/exhibits/bhm2000/notin.htm
http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/hicks/ill30.html
http://www.cityofbakerla.org/commu.htm
http://www.bakerchamber.com/about.htm |
| Louisiana
College |
Jackson |
Louisiana |
1830 |
1840's |
Catholic |
|
Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations.
1982. |
| Louisiana
Holiness College |
Hudson |
Louisiana |
1906 |
1912 |
|
|
| Louisiana
State Normal College |
Natchitoches |
Louisiana |
1884 |
|
state supported |
name change to Northwestern
State College of Louisiana in 1944; to Northwestern State University of
Louisiana in 1970 |
Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories. 2003. |
| Louisiana
Tech University |
Ruston |
Louisiana |
1894 |
|
state supported |
founded as the Industrial
Institue and College of Louisiana; name change in 1898 to Louisiana
Industrial Institute; name change to Louisiana Polytechnic Institute in 1921
and to Louisiana Tech University in 1971 |
http://www.latech.edu/ |
| Mansfield
Female College |
Mansfield |
Louisiana |
1852 |
1930 |
Methodist |
|
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ladesoto/college.htm
Blandin. History
of Higher Education of Women in the South. 1909. |
| Medical
College of University of Louisiana |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
1834 |
|
state supported |
merged with University of
Louisiana in 1847; adopted name of Tulane University of Louisiana in 1884
after reverting to private control; merged with H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial
College for Women in 1988 |
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978.
Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003. |
| Most
Holy Sacrament College |
|
Louisiana |
|
Congregation of Sisters of the
Most Holy Sacrament |
founded for education of
Sisters, probably never admitted lay students |
Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's
Colleges in America. 2002. |
| Mount
Carmel Junior College |
|
Louisiana |
|
Sisters of Our Lady of Mount
Carmel |
founded for education of
Sisters, probably never admitted lay students |
Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's
Colleges in America. 2002. |
| Mount
Lebanon University |
Mount Lebanon |
Louisiana |
1860 |
1906 |
Baptist |
possibly moved to Pineville, LA;
listed as predecessor institution on Louisiana College web site. |
Hunt and Carper, eds. Religious Higher
Education in the United States. 1996. |
| Mount
Zion Male & Female College |
Wheeling |
Louisiana |
|
Methodist Protestant |
|
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/winn/schools/college.txt |
| New
Orleans College of Pharmacy |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
|
1919 |
|
merged with Loyola University |
Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories. 2003. |
| New
Orleans University |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
1869 |
|
Methodist Episcopal Church |
founded as Union Normal School;
in 1889 opened a medical department, including a schools of pharmacy and
nursing; medical department was named Flint Medical College and the
affiliated hospital was Sarah Goodridge Hospital and Nurse Training School;
the medical college was discontinued in 1911 with the hospital and nursing
school continuing under the name of Flint-Goodridge Hospital; merged in 1920
with Straight College to form Dillard University |
http://www.dillard.edu/about_d/history.htm |
| Ouachita
Parish Junior College |
Monroe |
Louisiana |
1931 |
|
state supported |
established as part of the
Ouachita Parish School System; became Northeast Center of Louisiana State
University in 1934, Northeast Junior College of Louisiana State University in
1939, Northeast Louisiana State College in 1950 and Northeast Louisiana University
in 1970; became The University of Louisiana at Monroe in August 1998 |
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
| Our
Lady of the Holy Cross College |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
1916 |
|
Marianites of Holy Cross |
initially known as Holy Cross
Normal to train teachers for the Academy of Holy Angels and other schools
operated by the Sisters; granted authority to offer bachelors degrees in 1938
and name changed to The Colllege Department of the Academy of Holy Angles;
moved to a new location in 1960 name changed to Our Lady of Holy Cross
College |
http://www.olhcc.edu/x516.xml |
| Poydras
College |
Point Coupee |
Louisiana |
1829 |
1861 |
Catholic |
re-opened in 1873 as a Catholic
girl's school |
Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations.
1982.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/louisiana/poy.htm |
| Saint
Charles College |
Grand Coteau |
Louisiana |
1838 |
|
Jesuits |
college no long accepts lay
students after 1922; juniorate program transferred to Spring Hill College in
1967 and later to Loyola University in New Orleans; continues to operate as
retreat center |
http://members.aol.com/jespirtcen/history.htm |
| Saint
Joseph Junior College |
St. Benedict |
Louisiana |
|
Sisters of Saint Joseph |
founded for education of
Sisters, probably never admitted lay students |
Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's
Colleges in America. 2002. |
| Saint
Mary's Dominican College |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
1860 |
1984 |
Dominican Sisters, Congregation of
Saint Mary |
founded as Saint Mary's
Dominican Academy, became Saint Mary's Dominican College in 1910 |
www.stmarysdominican.org/about/timeline.asp
dominican-sisters.net/stmarys/people/doskey-b.htm
Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002. |
| Silliman
College |
Clinton |
Louisiana |
1852 |
|
Presbyterian |
|
http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Blandin. History
of Higher Education of Women in the South. 1909. |
| Soule
College |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
1856 |
|
|
founded by Col. George Soule;
Buckner House (Soule College) at 1410 Jackson Avenue; |
http://nutrias.org/~nopl/mss/mssrecs4.htm |
| Southern
University |
|
Louisiana |
1880 |
|
state supported |
founded for education of blacks |
Blackmar, Frank W. "The
History of Federal and State Aid to Higher Education in the United
States," in Herbert B. Adams, ed.
Contributions to American Educational History. 1890. |
| Straight
University |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
1869 |
|
Congregational |
operated a law department from
1874 to 1886; merged with New Orleans University in 1930 to form Dillard
University |
article on 25th anniversary as
part of Cornell University's "Making of
American" site http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/
moa-cgi?notisid=ABK5794-0050-127; also,
http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/haley/menu.html and http://www.dillard.edu/about_d/history.htm |
| University
of Southwestern Louisiana |
Lafayette |
Louisiana |
1900 |
|
state supported |
founded at Southwestern
Industrial Institute; name changed to University of Southwestern Louisiana in
1960 and to University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1999 |
http://www.louisiana.edu/AboutUs/History/General.shtml |
| World
Evangelism Bible College & Seminary |
Baton Rouge |
Louisiana |
1984 |
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