College Name City State Start Date End Date Affiliation Other Information Source
Academy of Business College Phoenix Arizona
proprietary name change to Rhodes College in 2000 and to Everest College in 2002 http://www.ncahlc.org/index.php?option=com_directory&Itemid=192
American Indian Bible College Phoenix Arizona 1957
Assemblies of God founded as American Indian Bible Institute; name change to American Indian Bible College in 1983 and to American Indian College of the Assemblies of God in 1994 http://www.aicag.edu
http://www.ag.org/wim/0707/0707_Alta_M_Washburn.cfm
Apollo College Phoenix Arizona 1976
proprietary acquired by DeVry and operated by U.S. Education, a wholly owned subsidiary; after June, 2010, along with the former Western Career College (CA),will change to Carrington College; Apollo operated at sites in Phoenix, Tucson, Albuquerque, Las Vegan, Portland, Spokane, and Boise http://www.apollocollege.edu/
Arizona Bible College Phoenix Arizona 1971 1998
Arizona Bible College
of Biola College Phoenix Arizona
1971
Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978.
Arizona International College Tuscon Arizona 1996 2001 state supported experimental liberal arts college of the University of Arizona The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 2, 2001
Central Arizona College Coolidge Arizona
state supported name change from Pinal County Community College District to Central Arizona College in 1979 http://www.centralaz.edu
Del Rey College Phoenix Arizona
1973
Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978.
Ganado College Ganado Arizona
1986
Gila College Thatcher Arizona 1924
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints several name changes…Gila Normal College, Gila Junior College, and Gila College; became public institution in 1932 with county funding; joined state system as Eastern Arizona Junior College in 1962 www.eac.edu
Scott, Thomas Alexander. Eastern Arizona College: A Comprehensive History of the Early Years. Ed.D. dissertation. 1985.
Grand Canyon College Prescott Arizona 1946
Baptist General Convention of Arizona name change to Grand Canyon University in 1989
Navajo Community College Tsaile Arizona 1968
Navajo Nation
now Diné College; was the first college established by Native Americans for Native Americans; first baccaleaureate degrees awarded in 1998
https://www.dinecollege.edu/ics/History_of_DC.jnz
Northern Arizona Normal School Flagstaff Arizona 1899
state supported name change to Northern Arizona State Teachers College in 1925; name change to Arizona State Teachers College in 1929 and to Arizona State College in 1945 and to Northern Arizona University in 1966 http://www.naualumni.com/site/pp.asp?c=evKYLiMSIqG&b=709375
Prescott College Prescott Arizona 1966 1975
http://www.ncahlc.org/index.php?option=com_directory&Itemid=192
Prescott College Prescott Arizona 1975
established as Prescott Center College after 1975; name change to Prescott College in 1982 http://www.prescott.edu/about/history.html
Southwestern College Phoenix Arizona 1960
name change to Arizona Christian University in 2011 http://www.swcaz.edu/Default.aspx
Tempe State Teachers College Tempe Arizona 1885
state supported founded as Arizona Territorial Normal School at Tempe; name changed to Arizona Normal School in 1896, to Normal School of Arizona in 1899, to Tempe State Teachers College in 1925, to Arizona State Teachers College in 1928, to Arizona State College at Tempe in 1945, and to Arizona State University in 1958 Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003.
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