| College
Name |
City |
State |
Start Date |
End Date |
Affiliation |
Other Information |
Source |
| Aroostook
State College |
Presque Isle |
Maine |
1903 |
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state supported |
founded as Aroostook State
Normal School; now operates as University of Maine at Presque Isle |
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
| Bliss
College |
Lewiston |
Maine |
1897 |
1972 |
|
records located with Maine
Department of Education, Augusta, ME |
Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A
Dictionary of Name Changes.
1978.
http://maine.gov/education/highered/Transcripts/Transcripts.htm |
| Casco
Bay College |
|
Maine |
|
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records located with Andover
College, Portland, ME |
http://maine.gov/education/highered/Transcripts/Transcripts.htm |
| College
of Our Lady of Mercy |
North Windham |
Maine |
1915 |
|
Sisters of Mercy |
founded as Saint Joseph College,
became College of Our Lady of Mercy in 1948, renamed Saint Joseph College in
1956 |
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
| Gorham
State College |
Gorham |
Maine |
1878 |
|
state supported |
became University of Maine at
Portland-Gorham after merger in 1970 with Portland campus of University of
Maine at Orono; later changed to University of Southern Maine at Orono |
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978.
http://www.usm.maine.edu/aboutusm.html |
| Immaculate
Heart of Mary Institute |
|
Maine |
|
Sisters Servants of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary |
founded for education of
Sisters, probably never admitted lay students |
Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's
Colleges in America. 2002. |
| Kents
Hill Junior College |
Kents Hill |
Maine |
|
|
|
http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10 |
| Maine
Wesleyan Seminary and Female College |
Kents Hill |
Maine |
1825 |
|
|
A split in the New England
Conference occurred in 1824 when the General Conference created the Maine
Annual Conference to cover the newly formed State of Maine. In September 1825, through the generosity
of a Kent's Hill farmer named Luther Sampson, the Maine Wesleyan Seminary
opened, being a merger with a small, private boarding school established in
1820 by Elihu and Emma Robinson in Augusta.
In 1828, following the example of Wesleyan Academy, the seminary
opened a department for young women, called the Maine Wesleyan Seminary and
Female College, becoming known as Kent's Hill School in the early 1900s. The Methodist affiliation was dropped in
the 1950s, but the school survives |
www.bu.edu/sth/archives/cah/trails.htm |
| Mercy
Institute |
|
Maine |
|
Sisters of Mercy |
founded for education of
Sisters, probably never admitted lay students |
Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's
Colleges in America. 2002. |
| Mid-State
College |
Augusta
Auburn |
Maine |
1867 |
2003 |
proprietary |
founded as Dirigo Business
College; two-year institution |
The Chronicle of Higher
Education, August 27, 2003
http://maine.gov/education/highered/Transcripts/Transcripts.htm |
| Morgan
Business College |
Waterville |
Maine |
1894 |
|
|
became Thomas Business College
in 1911 |
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
| Nasson
College |
Springvale |
Maine |
1912 |
1983 |
|
|
www.Nasson.org;
www.NewDivision.org
http://maine.gov/education/highered/Transcripts/Transcripts.htm |
| Northern
Conservatory of Music |
Bangor |
Maine |
|
1972 |
|
|
| Oblate
College & Seminary |
Bar Harbor |
Maine |
1941 |
1969 |
|
Songe, Alice H. American
Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
| Our
Lady of Mercy |
Portland |
Maine |
1912 |
|
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas |
From 1912 to 1956, the college
was located on the grounds of the Motherhouse in the Deering district of
Portland. In 1949, the name of the College was changed from Saint Joseph’s to
The College of Our Lady of Mercy; but with the change of site to Standish in
1956, the original name of Saint Joseph’s was resumed. In 1970, Saint
Joseph’s became a coeducational institution. |
http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
http://www.sjcme.edu/facstaff/fac_history.html |
| Plus-Gray
Business College |
|
|
|
records located with Andover
College, Portland, ME |
http://maine.gov/education/highered/Transcripts/Transcripts.htm |
| Portland
University |
Portland |
Maine |
|
1961 |
|
merged with University of Maine |
Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories. 2003. |
| Ricker
College |
Houlton |
Maine |
1848 |
1978 |
|
network of adult education
centers purchased by Unity College (ME) |
www.ricker.net;
O'Neill & Barnett. Colleges and
Corporate Change.
Conference-University Press, 1980.
http://maine.gov/education/highered/Transcripts/Transcripts.htm |
| Saint
Francis College |
Biddeford |
Maine |
1953 |
|
|
founded as College
Seraphique; name change to Saint Francis Junior College in 1948; to Saint
Francis College in 1953; later became part of University of New England with
mergers of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1978; merged with
Westbrook College in 1996 |
Eleanor Haney. "A History of Saint Francis
College," an excerpt from Shaping the Future: the
Founding of the University of New England,
1989.
http://www.une.edu/alumni/history.html |
| Shaw
Business College |
Bangor |
Maine |
1898 |
|
|
renamed Husson College in 1947;
absorbed Eastern Maine Medical School of Nursing in 1980's; renamed Husson
University in October, 2008 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husson_College |
| Waterville
College |
Waterville |
Maine |
1813 |
|
|
founded as Maine Literary and
Theological Institution, Waterville College in 1820, to Colby University in
1867, and to Colby College in 1899 |
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
| Westbrook
College |
Portland |
Maine |
1831 |
|
Universalists |
located in Westbrook, ME
(1831-1870), Deering, ME (1871-1898), and Portland, ME (1899- ); merged with University of New England in
1996 under the Westbrook charter |
http://www.une.edu/alumni/wcc.html |
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