College Name City State Start Date End Date Affiliation Other Information Source
Boise Junior College Boise Idaho 1932
Episcopalian The Episcopal Church discontinued its sponsorship in 1934 and the college became a nonprofit, private corporation, sponsored by the Boise Chamber of Commerce and by the community. In 1939, the State Legislature created a junior-college taxing district to fund the college through local property taxes. By the end of the 1930s, Boise Junior College boasted an enrollment of 600 students. Originally located at St. Margaret’s Hall, near the present site of St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, the college was moved in 1940 to its present location alongside the Boise River. In 1965, Boise Junior College became a four-year institution and was renamed Boise College. In 1969, the college was
brought into the state system of higher education as Boise State College. The Graduate College was established in 1971 and in 1974 the institution was renamed Boise State University. http://www.boisestate.edu
College of Idaho Caldwell Idaho 1891
Presbyterian name changed to Albertson's College of Idaho in 1991; reverted to College of Idaho in 2007 http://www.collegeofidaho.edu/
College of Saint Gertrude Cottonwood Idaho
1989
also operated as Idaho Junior College of St. Gertrude http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002.
College of Western Idaho Boise Idaho 2009
state supported new institution, starting January 1st; will absorb the Larry Selland College of Applied Technology of Boise State University for Fall 2009 http://www.cwidaho.cc/
Farragut College Farragut Village Idaho 1946 1949
opened on former Farragut Naval Training Center after WWII www.pbs.org/idahoportrait/tour/oreilletour.html
Derrick, Philip Martin. The Veteran's University: A History of Farragut College
and Technical Institute, 1946-1949. Ph.D. dissertation. 1992.
Gem State College Mountain Home Idaho
2001
http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/FSA/closedschool/searchpage.cfm
Gooding College Gooding Idaho 1911 1938 Methodist
http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ID/Gooding/vacant.html
Idaho Holiness College Nampa Idaho 1913
name change to Northwest Nazarene College in 1917 and to Northwest Nazarene University in 1999 Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003.
Magic Valley Christian College Albion Idaho 1957 1969
George W. Dehoff was president from 1957-1964; moved to Baker, Oregon; records held by Cascade College www.cascade.edu
Northern Idaho College of Education Lewiston Idaho 1893
state supported founded as Lewiston State Normal School; name change to Northern Idaho College of Education in 1947; to Lewis-Clark Normal School in 1955; to Lewis-Clark State College in 1971 Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003.
Ricks College Rexburg Idaho 1888
founded as Bannock Stake Academy; name changed to Ricks Academy in 1903 and to Ricks College in 1936; name changed to Brigham Young University-Idaho in 2000 www.byui.edu/pr/general/byuhistory.htm
Southern Idaho College of Education Albion Idaho
1951
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