Roman Catholic Universities and Colleges in The United States - Formerly Catholic Colleges and Universities

Formerly Catholic Colleges and Universities

See also: Category:Former Roman Catholic universities and colleges in the United States

Schools that have ended their affiliation with the Church:

  1. College of Santa Fe (Santa Fe, NM)
  2. Daemen College (Amherst, NY); founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity
  3. Lynn University (Boca Raton, FL) – formerly Marymount College of Boca Raton
  4. Manhattanville College (Purchase, NY)
  5. Marist College (Poughkeepsie, NY)
  6. Marymount Manhattan College (New York, NY)
  7. Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI) – formerly Marquette University College of Medicine
  8. Mercy College (Dobbs Ferry, NY)
  9. Nazareth College (Rochester, NY); founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph (SSJ) of Rochester.
  10. St. John Fisher College (Rochester, NY); founded by the Basilian Fathers (CSB).
  11. Stevenson University (Stevenson, MD) – formerly Villa Julie College; founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1947
  12. Trinity Washington University (Washington, DC)
  13. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark, NJ) – sold by Seton Hall University to the State of New Jersey in the 1960s
  14. Webster University (Webster Groves, MO) – founded by the Sisters of Loretto; became secular/independent in 1967
  15. New York Medical College -now part of Touro College

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