| College
Name |
City |
State |
Start Date |
End Date |
Affiliation |
Other Information |
Source |
| Alderson
Junior College |
Alderson |
West Virginia |
|
|
combined with Broaddus College
to become Alderson-Broaddus College; building was occupied by Mt. State
Baptist High School (a private co-ed boarding high school) from the
mid-1950’s until the 1980’s. |
members.aol.com/jeff560/wv-hist.html |
| Barboursville
College |
Barboursville |
West Virginia |
1888 |
1900 |
M.E. Church South |
founded as Conference School of
M.E. Church South until 1901; predecesor to Morris Harvey College and later
to University of Charleston |
www.uchaswv.edu/library/preslist.html;
www.uchaswv.edu/about/uchirtry.html;
www.wvculture.org/history/agrext/barbours.html |
| Beckley
College |
Beckley |
West Virginia |
1933 |
|
|
name changed to The College of
West Virginia in 1991 when baccalaureate degrees added; name change to
Mountain State University in 2001 |
www.mountainstate.edu/aboutmsu/history/default.aspx
Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003. |
| Bridgemont
Community and Technical College |
Montgomery |
West Virginia |
1966 |
|
state supported |
founded to offer community
college program by West Virginia Institute of Technology; The Community and
Technical College at WVU Institute of Technology (CTC at WVU Tech) was
accredited as an independent institution in 2004; name change to Bridgemont
Community and Technical College in 2009 |
http://www.bridgemont.edu/index.php/who-we-are/history.html |
| Broaddus
College |
Clarksburg |
West Virginia |
1876 |
|
|
moved from Winchester, VA; in
1909 moved to Philippi, W. VA.; later comibed with Alderson Junior College in
1932 to become Alderson-Broaddus College |
members.aol.com/jeff560/wv-hist.html
Songe, Alice H. American
Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
| Community
and Technical College of Shepherd |
Shepherdstown |
West Virginia |
1974 |
|
state supported |
located on campus of Shepherd
College in Shepherdstown; relocated in Martinsburg after 2001; name change to
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College in 2006 |
http://www.blueridgectc.edu/history.htm |
| Concord
College |
Athens |
West Virginia |
1872 |
|
state supported |
now Concord University |
http://www.concord.edu/ |
| Fairmont
State College |
Fairmont |
West Virginia |
1872 |
|
state supported |
founded as West Virginia Normal
School at Fairmont; name changed to Fairmont State Teachers College in
1930's, to Fairmont State College in 1943 and to Fairmont State University in
April 2004 |
http://www.fairmontstate.edu/ |
| Fairmont
State Community & Technical College |
Fairmont |
West Virginia |
1974 |
|
state supported |
founded in 1974 as a unit of
Fairmont State College; On July 1, 2006, FSC&TC became a Division of FSU
and was renamed Pierpont Community & Technical College; after July 1,
2007, separate accreditation for FSU and Pierpont C&TC, though they share
same campus |
http://www.pierpont.edu/about/pctc |
| Greenbriar
College |
Lewisburg |
West Virginia |
1808 |
1972 |
|
two year women's college; became
co-ed during 1971-72 academic year; burned in June, 1972 and never rebuilt |
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
| Greenbriar
College of Osteopathic Medicine |
Lewisburg |
West Virginia |
1974 |
|
|
name changed to West Virginia
School of Osteopathic Medicine in 1976 |
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
| Kanawha
Junior College |
Charleston |
West Virginia |
|
1935 |
|
merged with Morris Harvey
College |
http://www.ucwv.edu/eagle/aboutUC/ourhistory.cfm
Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003. |
| Marshall
Community and Technical College |
|
West Virginia |
1975 |
|
state supported |
founded in 1975 as a separate
college within Marshall University to better serve students by bringing
together many of the two-year associate degree programs under one college; In
1991, the college name was changed to Marshall Community & Technical College;
on October 30, 2003 became accredited as an independent institution; name
change to Mountwest Community and Technical College in 2010 |
http://www.mctc.edu/ |
| Morris
Harvey College |
Barboursville |
West Virginia |
1900 |
1978 |
M.E. Church South |
moved to Charleston, WV during
Great Depression; disaffiliated from denomination in 1942; became University
of Charleston in 1978 after merger with Kanawha Junior College and
affiliation with Mason College of Fine Arts and Music |
www.uchaswv.edu/library/preslist.html;
www.uchaswv.edu/about/uchirtry.html;
www.wvculture.org/history/agrext/barbours.html |
| New
River State College |
Montgomery |
West Virginia |
1895 |
|
state supported |
founded as Montgomery
Preparatory Branch of West Virginia University; became West Virginia Trades
School in 1917; New River State School in 1921; New River State College in
1931; West Virginia Institute of Technology in 1941; became a regional campus
of West Virginia University and was known as WVU Tech in 1996 |
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978.
http://www.wvutech.edu/ |
| Ohio
Valley College |
Parkersburg |
West Virginia |
1960 |
|
Churches of Christ |
consolidated with Northeastern
Christian Junior College, Villanova, PA in 1993; in 1994 acquired educational
complex from Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeeling-Charleston to become the
main campus; in 2005 changed name to Ohio Valley University |
www.ovu.edu |
| Powhatan
College |
Charlestown |
West Virginia |
1900 |
1914 |
|
www.bwconf2.org/BWC_News/UMConnection/2000/Aug2-00issue/umhistory8-2-00.html |
| Rector
College |
Pruntytown |
West Virginia |
1839 |
1855 |
Baptist |
closed after a fire |
Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations.
1982.
www.wvculture.org/history/mancoll.html |
| Saint
Edwards College |
Huntington |
West Virginia |
1923 |
1924 |
Xaverian Brothers |
|
www.archives.nd.edu/findaids/ead/index/CFX004.htm |
| Saint
Vincent's College |
Wheeling |
West Virginia |
1850 |
1859 |
|
Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations.
1982. |
| Salem
College |
Salem |
West Virginia |
1888 |
|
|
merged to form Salem-Teikyo
University in 1989; name change to Salem International University in 2000 |
Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories. 2003. |
| Shepherd
College |
Shepherdstown |
West Virginia |
1871 |
|
state supported |
name changed to Shepherd
University in April 2004 |
http://www.shepherd.edu/ |
| Storer
College |
Harpers Ferry |
West Virginia |
1867 |
1955 |
Baptist |
opened as a normal school; in
1869 the federal government conveyed several buildings from former Camp Hill
to the institution; Frederic Douglass served as a trustee; the Niagara
Movement, a forerunner of the NAACP, held its second conference on the campus
in 1906 |
www.nps.gov/hafe/storer.htm
www.vuu.edu/aboutvuu/history.htm
Hunt and Carper, eds. Religious Higher Education in the United States. 1996. |
| West
Liberty State College |
West Liberty |
West Virginia |
1837 |
|
state supported |
founded as West Liberty Academy;
name change to West Liberty University approved by WV Higher Education Policy
Council, March 2009 |
http://www.westliberty.edu/ |
| West
Liberty State at Hancock |
Hancock |
West Virginia |
|
1972 |
|
|
| West
Virginia College |
Wierton? |
West Virginia |
1908 |
|
Free-Will Baptist |
references to other possible
locations…Hilltop?…Flemington? |
http://www.wvculture.org/history/timetrl/ttdec.html |
| West
Virginia Normal & Classical Academy |
Buchanan |
West Virginia |
1882 |
|
United Brethren in Christ |
sometimes referred to as Upshur
or Buchanan Seminary or Union College; not to be confused with West Virginia
Conference Seminary (later West Virginia Wesleyan) founded in 1890 |
http://www.wvculture.org/HISTORY/education/images/upshur/upshur042.jpg |
| West
Virginia State College |
Institute |
West Virginia |
1891 |
|
state supported |
founded as West Virginia Colored
Institute; changed to West Virginia Collegiate Institute in 1915 and to West
Virginia State College in 1929; changed to West Virginia State University on
April 7, 2004; |
http://www.wvstateu.edu/ |
| West
Virginia State Community & Technical College |
Institute |
West Virginia |
1975 |
|
state supported |
program started by West Virginia
State College; separate, independently accredited institution named West
Virginia State Community and Technical College by 2004; complete separation
from WV State College and name change to Kanawha Valley Community & Technical
College in 2009 |
http://www.kvctc.edu/
http://www.dailymail.com/News/200904200232 |
| Wheeling
Female College |
Wheeling |
West Virginia |
1848 |
1891 |
|
founded as Wheeling Female
Seminary; property ultimately acquired for use as hospital |
http://www.wvculture.org/history/womtime.html |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5/14/2010 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|