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Because of the large number of universities and colleges in the United States, and in some cases to
because of their lengthy formal names, it is common to abbreviate
their names in everyday usage. Most simply, the type of
institution, such as “University” or “College,” in the name may be
dropped, or some component of the name abbreviated, such as “Tech”
in place of “Institute of Technology” or “Technological
University.”
Of course, the same nickname may apply to multiple institutions,
especially in different regions, e.g. “USC” is claimed by both the
University of Southern
California and the University of South
Carolina. The abbreviation may be non-obvious, e.g. “KU” is the
University of Kansas and not “UK,”
which is commonly the University of Kentucky. In some
cases, the nickname may be better known, e.g. “West Point” rather
than the United States Military
Academy. This list of colloquial names for universities
and colleges in the United States provides a lexicon of
such names.
This list includes only alternative names for institutions, and
not nicknames for their campuses, athletic teams, or personalities.
Thus, it specifically excludes mascots and athletic team names, for
which see List of U.S. college
team nicknames and List of U.S. college
mascots.
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B
C
- C of C - College of Charleston
- Cal - University of
California, Berkeley
- Cal Poly - California
Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
- Cal Poly Pomona - California
State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- Caltech - California Institute of
Technology
- Cal U, CUP - California University
of Pennsylvania
- Cal State - various California State University
campuses
- Carolina - University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of South
Carolina
- CCNY - City College of New York
- CCSU - Central Connecticut
State University
- CCU - Coastal Carolina
University
- Charlotte - University of
North Carolina at Charlotte
- Chatt, Chattanooga - University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga
- CMSU - Central Missouri State University
- City Tech - New York City College
of Technology
- CMC - Claremont McKenna
College
- CMU - Carnegie Mellon University,
Central Michigan
University
- CNU - Christopher Newport
University
- Coast Guard - United States Coast Guard
Academy
- College Park - University of
Maryland, College Park
- CSB/SJU - College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's
University
- CSE - College of Saint
Elizabeth
- CSU - Cleveland State University,
California State
University, Colorado State
University
- CSULA - California State
University, Los Angeles
- CSU-Pueblo - Colorado State University-Pueblo
- CU - University of Colorado at
Boulder, University of Colorado
system, Clemson University, Columbia
University, Cornell University
- CUNY - City University of New
York
- 'Cuse - Syracuse University
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
- SC - University of Southern
California, University of South
Carolina
- SCU - Santa Clara University
- SCSU - South Carolina State
University, Southern Connecticut
State University
- SDSM&T - South Dakota
School of Mines and Technology
- SDSU - San Diego State University,
South Dakota State
University
- SFSU - San Francisco State
University
- SEMo - Southeast Missouri
State University
- Sewanee - University of the South
- SIU, SIUC - Southern Illinois
University Carbondale
- SIUE - Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville
- SJC, St. John's - St. John's
College
- SJFC - Saint John
Fisher College
- SJSU - San José
State University
- SLU - Saint Louis University, St.
Lawrence University
- SMU - Southern Methodist
University
- SOSU - Southeastern
Oklahoma State University
- SPU - Seattle Pacific
University
- SRU - Slippery Rock
University of Pennsylvania
- SSU - Savannah State
University
- State - any of various state universities
- SU - Shenandoah University, Southern
University, Stanford University, Susquehanna University, Syracuse
University
- SUU - Southern Utah University
- SUNY - State University of New
York system
T
U
- The U - University of Utah, University
of Miami, University of Minnesota
- U of A - University of Arizona, University of Arkansas
- UA - University of Alabama
- UAA - University of Alaska
Anchorage
- UAB - University of Alabama
at Birmingham
- UAH - University of Alabama at Huntsville
- UALR - University of
Arkansas at Little Rock
- UAM - University of Arkansas
at Monticello
- UAPB - University of Arkansas
at Pine Bluff
- UB - University of Baltimore, University at Buffalo
- UC - University of California
system, University of Chicago, University of Cincinnati
- UCA - University of Central
Arkansas
- UCD - University of Colorado
Denver
- UCF -University of Central
Florida (was Florida Tech)
- UCI - University of California,
Irvine
- UCLA - University of
California, Los Angeles
- UCO - University of Central
Oklahoma
- UConn - University of
Connecticut
- UCR - University of
California, Riverside
- UCSB - University of
California, Santa Barbara
- UCSD - University of
California, San Diego
- UCSF - University of
California, San Francisco
- UD - University of Delaware
- UDel - University of Delaware
- UDM - University of Detroit
Mercy
- UDC - University of the
District of Columbia
- U Dub - University of Washington
- UGA - University of Georgia
- UH - University of Hawaii, University of Houston
- U of H - University of Houston
- UHCL - University of
Houston–Clear Lake
- UHD - University of
Houston–Downtown
- UHS - University of Houston
System
- UHV - University of
Houston–Victoria
- UI, U of I - University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Idaho, University of
Iowa
- UIC - University of Illinois at
Chicago
- UIUC - University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- UK - University of Kentucky
- UM - University of Minnesota, Twin
Cities, University of Miami, University of Michigan
- UMass - University of
Massachusetts Amherst
- UMB - University of Maryland,
Baltimore, University of
Massachusetts Boston
- UMBC - University of
Maryland, Baltimore County
- UMD - University of
Maryland, College Park, University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of
Michigan–Dearborn, or University of Minnesota
Duluth
- UMKC -University of
Missouri–Kansas City
- UML - University of Massachusetts, Lowell
- UNA - University of North
Alabama
- UNC - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
University of Northern
Colorado
- UNCG - The University of North Carolina at
Greensboro
- UNCW - University of
North Carolina at Wilmington
- UND - University of North
Dakota
- UNF - University of North
Florida
- UNH - University of New
Hampshire, University of New Haven
- UNI - University of Northern Iowa
(was Iowa Teachers)
- UNL - University of
Nebraska–Lincoln
- UNLV - University of Nevada, Las
Vegas (was Nevada Southern)
- UNM - University of New Mexico
- UNO - University of Nebraska, Omaha, University of New
Orleans
- UNT - University of North
Texas
- UO - University of Oregon
- UP - University of the
Pacific, University of Portland
- UR or U of R - University of Richmond, University of Rochester
- URI - University of Rhode
Island
- U of S - University of Scranton
- USA - University of South
Alabama
- USAFA - United States Air Force
Academy
- USAO - University of
Science and Arts of Oklahoma
- USC - University of Southern
California, University of South
Carolina
- USCA - University of South
Carolina Aiken
- USD - University of San Diego
- USF - University of San
Francisco, University of South
Florida
- USFCA - University of San
Francisco
- USI - University of Southern
Indiana
- USM - University of Southern
Maine, The University of Southern Mississippi
- UT - University of Tennessee, University of Texas at
Austin
- UTA - University of Texas at
Arlington
- UTB/TSC -
University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost
College
- UTD - University of Texas at
Dallas
- UTEP - University of Texas at El
Paso (was Texas Western)
- UTPB - University of
Texas of the Permian Basin
- UTSA - University of Texas at
San Antonio
- UVA - University of Virginia
- UVM - University of Vermont
- UVU - Utah Valley University
- UW - University of Washington, University of Wyoming, University of Wisconsin system, University of
Wisconsin–Madison,
- UWF - University of West
Florida
- UWGB - University of
Wisconsin–Green Bay
- UWM - University of
Wisconsin–Milwaukee
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