Timeline of women's colleges in the United States

This is a timeline of women's colleges in the United States.

Salem College - founded in 1772 as the first all-female school in the United States, a female academy in 1866, and a women's college in 1890

LaGrange College - founded in 1831 as a female academy, it became LaGrange Female College in 1851, and coeducational in 1953
Stephens College - founded in 1833 as the Columbia Female Academy, it became a college in 1856 (The Columbia Female Baptist Academy), and was renamed Stephens Female College at a later date
Wheaton College, Massachusetts - founded in 1834 as a female seminary, Wheaton became a college in 1912 and coeducational in 1987
Wesleyan College - originally Georgia Female College, it was first chartered in 1836, but did not open its doors to students until 1839
Mount Holyoke College - originally founded as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1837, it became Mount Holyoke Seminary and College in 1888 and Mount Holyoke College in 1893
Judson College (Alabama) - originally founded in 1838 as the Judson Female Institute, it became Judson College in 1903

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College - founded in 1840
Synodical College - founded in 1842 as the Fulton Female Academy
Hollins College - originally established in 1842 as Valley Union Seminary (coeducational), it became a school for women in 1852, and was renamed Hollins Institute in 1855, Hollins College in 1911, and Hollins University in 1998
Mary Baldwin College - originally founded in 1842 as the Augusta Female Seminary
Saint Mary's College (Indiana) - founded by the Sisters of the Holy Cross in 1844
MacMurray College - founded in 1846 as the Illinois Conference Female Academy, in 1851, Illinois Female College in 1863 and MacMurray College in 1930 (it is now coeducational)
Midway College - originally founded in 1847 as the Kentucky Female Orphan School
Moore College of Art and Design - originally founded in 1848 as Philadelphia School of Design for Women
Chowan University - founded in 1848 as Chowan Baptist Female Institute
The Oread Institute - founded in 1849, it is now closed
Tift College - founded in 1849 as the Forsyth Female Collegiate Institute

Mills College - originally founded as the Young Ladies Seminary in 1852, it became Mills Seminary in 1866, and Mills College in 1885
Ohio Wesleyan Female College - originally founded in 1853, it merged with Ohio Wesleyan University in 1877
Andrew College - founded in 1854 as Andrew Female College
Elmira College - founded in 1855
Western College for Women - founded in 1855 as Western Female Seminary
Peace College - founded in 1857 as the Peace Institute

Vassar College - founded in 1861, it declined an offer to merge with Yale University and became coeducational in 1969
Cedar Crest College - founded in 1867
Wells College - founded in 1868, it became coeducational in 2005
Chatham College - founded in 1869 as the Pennsylvania Female College, it became the Pennsylvania College for Women in 1890, and Chatham College in 1955
Wilson College - founded in 1869

Wellesley College - originally founded in 1870 as the Wellesley Female Seminary, it was renamed Wellesley College in 1873 and opened its doors to students in 1875
Ursuline College - founded in 1871
Smith College - founded in 1871
Mount Mary College - originally founded as St. Mary's Institute in 1872, it became St. Mary's College in 1913, and Mount Mary College in 1929
Bennett College - originally founded in 1873 as a coeducational school, it became a women's college in 1926
College of Notre Dame of Maryland - founded in 1873
Blue Mountain College - founded in 1873 as the Blue Mountain Female Institute
Brenau University - founded as the Georgia Baptist Female Seminary in 1878, it became Brenau College in 1900, and Brenau University in 1992
Radcliffe College - originally created in 1879 as the Harvard Annex, it was chartered as Radcliffe College by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1894; Radcliffe is now a part of Harvard University

Spelman College - originally founded in 1881 and called the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, it was renamed Spelman Seminary in 1884 and Spelman College in 1924
Bryn Mawr College - founded in 1885
Goucher College - founded in 1885 as The Women's College of Baltimore and was was renamed Goucher College in 1910
H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College - founded in 1886
Converse College - founded in 1889
Agnes Scott College - founded in 1889 as the Decatur Female Seminary, it became the Agnes Scott Institute in 1890, and Agnes Scott College in 1906
Barnard College - founded in 1889

Meredith College - originally founded in 1891 as the Baptist Female University, it became the Baptist University for Women, in 1891, and Meredith College in 1909
Randolph-Macon Woman's College - founded in 1891, doors opened 1893
Simmons College - founded in 1899
College of Saint Elizabeth - founded in 1899, it became the Mary Baldwin Seminary in 1895, and the Mary Baldwin College in 1923

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