| College
Name |
City |
State |
Start Date |
End Date |
Affiliation |
Other Information |
Source |
| Adelphia
College |
Seattle |
Washington |
1905 |
1919 |
Swedish Baptist |
campus acquired by Seattle
College; in 1930 the buildings were redicated at Seattle Preparatory School |
www.historylink.org/output.CFM?file_ID=3266
www.augustana.edu/administration/SWENSON/Archives/orga_c.htm |
| Bellevue
Community College |
Bellevue |
Washington |
1966 |
|
state supported |
name change to Bellevue College
on April 13, 2009 |
www.bellevuecollege.edu |
| Bethania
College |
Everett |
Washington |
1907 |
1917 |
Lutheran Free Church |
|
Solberg. Lutheran Higher
Education in North America. 1985. |
| College
of Sister Formation |
Issaquah |
Washington |
1961 |
1969 |
Sisters of Charity of Providence |
founded for the education of
Sisters, probably never enrolled lay students; now with Seattle University |
Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's
Colleges in America. 2002. |
| Columbia
College |
Everett |
Washington |
1909 |
1920 |
United Norwegian Lutheran Church |
with unification of churches it
was decided to support one higher education institution, the Pacific Lutheran
Academy, later Pacific Lutheran College and establish a hospital on the
Columbia College site in Everett |
Solberg. Lutheran Higher
Education in North America. 1985. |
| Crown
College |
Tacoma |
Washington |
|
2007 |
proprietary |
originally founded as Crown
School of Hair Design in Everett, Washington; purchased in 1990 and changed
name to Crown Academy that was accredited by the National Association of
Trade and Technical Schools (NATTS) and licensed by the Washington State Workforce
Training and Education Coordinating Board.
within six months closed the beauty school and began a correctional
officers training program; moved to Tacoma in 1991; name change to Crown College in 1994; lost
accreditation in 2007 and closed; |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_College_(Tacoma) |
| Forest
Ridge Junior College |
Seattle |
Washington |
|
1937 |
Religious of the Sacred Heart |
|
http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's Colleges in America.
2002. |
| Fort
Wright College of the Holy Name |
Spokane |
Washington |
1907 |
|
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus
and Mary |
successor to Holy Names College;
name changed to Heritage College in 1982 with move to Toppenish, WA |
www.heritage.edu/about/history.htm
Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002.
Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003. |
| Griffin
College |
Seattle |
Washington |
|
1993 |
|
successor of Griffin-Murphey
Business College; sites in Bellevue, Tacoma |
|
| Henry
Cogswell Collge |
Kirkland & Everett |
Washington |
1979 |
2006 |
proprietary |
founded in Kirkland as Cogswell
College North as an affiliate of Cogswell College of Sunnyvale, CA; moved to
Everett in 1996; |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cogswell_College
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogswell_College |
| Holy
Names College |
Spokane |
Washington |
1907 |
|
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus
and Mary |
predecessor to Fort Wright
College |
www.heritage.edu/about/history.htm
Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002. |
| Moran
Junior College |
Brainbridge Island |
Washington |
1914 |
1933 |
|
property later purchased and
re-opened as Puget Sound Naval Academy |
www.interisland.net/cwlindenberg/psna.htm |
| Pacific
Bible College |
Spokane |
Washington |
1937 |
|
|
moved to Portland, OR in 1940;
name changed to Warner Pacific College in 19959 |
Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories. 2003. |
| Puget
Sound College of the Bible |
|
Washington |
1950 |
2007 |
|
Offered first classes in the
autumn of 1950; expanded and purchased
a twenty-two room mansion on Sunset Avenue in West Seattle; property owned by
Simpson Bible Institute in North Seattle near the Woodland Park Zoo was
purchased in 1956; moved to downtown Edmonds, WA in 1977, and relocated to
Mountlake Terrace, WA in 2001; In 1979 granted accreditation by the
Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges (now the Association for Biblical
Higher Education); June, 1984 the Trustees changed the name of the college to
Puget Sound Christian College; |
|
| Saint
Martin's College |
Lacey |
Washington |
1895 |
|
Roman Catholic Order of Saint
Benedict |
name changed to Saint Martin's
University in 2005 |
http://www.stmartin.edu/about/history.htm |
| Seattle
Labor College |
Seattle |
Washington |
|
|
Koch, Raymond &
Charlotte. Educational
Commune: The Story of Commonwealth College. P.
8
http://djvued.libs.uga.edu/text/co22txt.txt |
| Spokane
Christian College |
Spokane |
Washington |
|
1933 |
Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ) |
merged with Eugene Bible College
becoming Northwest Christian College |
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
| Spokane
College |
Spokane |
Washington |
1905 |
1929 |
Lutheran |
in addition to a four-year
academy, offered a ull liberal arts curriculum and operated a law school;
dissension among Lutherans led to erosion of support and retrenchment to
junior college and later to academy status be it merged with Pacific Lutheran
College in 1929 |
www.plu.edu/about/geninfo.shtml
Solberg. Lutheran Higher Education in North America. 1985. |
| Spokane
University |
Spokane |
Washington |
1912 |
|
|
Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples
Colleges: A History. 1987. |
| Tacoma
Catholic College |
Tacoma |
Washington |
|
1966 |
Dominican Sisters |
closed to lay students in 1962;
closed as a sisters' college in 1966 |
http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's Colleges in America.
2002. |
| Tacoma
College of Dental Surgery |
Tacoma |
Washington |
|
1899 |
|
moves to Portland and merges
with Oregon College of Dentistry to form North Pacific Dental College, later
renamed North Pacific College of Oregon |
www.ohsu.edu/about/history.html |
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