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The following is a series of lists of women's colleges in the United States. These are institutions of higher education in the United States whose student populations are comprised exclusively or almost exclusively of women. They are often liberal arts colleges. There are approximately sixty active women's colleges in the U.S.

Current women's colleges are listed in bold text. Colleges that are closing or transitioning to coeducation are listed in italics. Former women's colleges that are now coeducational or have closed are listed in plain text.

Alphabetical by state

Alabama

• Athens State University, Athens (co-ed since 1931)
• Huntingdon College, Montgomery (co-ed since 1934)
• Judson College, Marion
• University of Montevallo, Montevallo (co-ed since 1956)
• University of West Alabama, Livingston (co-ed since 1900; officially women-serving until 1950s)

California

• Marymount College of Los Angeles, Los Angeles (merged to create Loyola Marymount University in 1973)
• Mills College, Oakland
• Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles
• Pitzer College, Claremont (co-ed since 1970)
• Presentation College, Los Gatos (closed in 1971)
• St. Joseph College, Orange (merged to create Loyola Marymount University in 1973)
• San Diego College for Women, San Diego (merged to create the the University of San Diego in 1972)
• San Francisco College for Women, San Francisco (closed in 1970)
• Scripps College, Claremont

Colorado

• Colorado Women's College, Denver (closed in 1982; assets merged into the University of Denver)
• Women's College of the University of Denver, Denver

Connecticut

• Albertus Magnus College, New Haven (co-ed since 1985)
• Annhurst College, South Woodstock (closed in 1980)
• Bradford College, Haverhill (former Bradford Academy in 1803, then a women's junior college starting in 1932, co-ed in 1971, closed in 2000)
• Connecticut College, New London (co-ed since 1969)
• Diocesan Sisters College (Connecticut), Bloomfield (closed in 1969)
• Hartford Female Seminary (closed in late 1800s)
• Hartford College for Women, Hartford (merged into the University of Hartford in 1991; closed in 2003)
• Litchfield Female Academy, Litchfield (closed in 1833)
• Mount Sacred Heart College, Hamden (closed in 1997)
• Saint Joseph College, West Hartford

District of Columbia

• Mount Vernon College for Women, Georgetown (closed in 1999; campus now part of George Washington University)
• Trinity Washington University, Washington (primary undergraduate college remains women-only)
• Washington College of Law at American University, Tenleytown (although female-serving and originally women-only, first admitted males in 1897)

Florida

• Florida State University, Tallahassee (founded as a co-ed institution in 1851, became a women's college in 1905, and returned to co-education in 1947)
• Lynn University, Boca Raton (co-ed since 1971)
• Saint Joseph College of Florida, Jensen Beach (closed in 1972)

Georgia

• Agnes Scott College, Decatur
• Americus Female College (Georgia), Americus (closed in 1879)
• Andrew College, Cuthbert (co-ed since 1956)
• Bethel Female College, Cuthbert (closed in 1875)
• Brenau University, Gainesville
• Cox College, LaGrange and later College Park (closed in 1934)
• Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville (co-ed since 1967)
• Houston Female College, Perry (closed in 1896)
• LaGrange College, LaGrange (co-ed since 1953)
• Madison Collegiate Institute and Methodist Female College, Madison (closed in 1880)
• Shorter College, Rome (co-ed since 1950s)
• Spelman College, Atlanta
• Tift College, Forsyth (merged with Mercer University in 1986)
• Valdosta State University, Valdosta (co-ed since 1950)
• Wesleyan College, Macon

Illinois

• Dominican University, River Forest (co-ed since 1970)
• Evanston College for Ladies, Evanston (merged with Northwestern University in 1873)
• Lexington College, Chicago
• MacMurray College, Jacksonville (fully co-ed institution since 1969; a separate men's college had been formed in 1955)
• Mendota College, Mendota (co-ed since 1860)
• Mundelein College, Chicago (incorporated into Loyola University Chicago in 1991)
• Shimer College, Chicago (co-ed since 1950)

Indiana

• Coates College for Women, Terre Haute (closed in 1897)
• Long College for Women, Hanover (closed by Hanover College in 1978)
• Marian College, Indianapolis (co-ed since 1954)
• Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame
• Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, St. Mary's

Iowa

• Briar Cliff University, Sioux City (co-ed since 1966)
• Decorah College for Women, Decorah (merged with Luther College in 1936)
• Marycrest International University, Davenport (co-ed since 1969)
• Ottumwa Heights College, Ottumwa (closed in 1980)

Kansas

• Oswego College for Young Ladies, Oswego (closed in 1910)
• University of Saint Mary, Leavenworth (co-ed since 1988)
• Vail College, Topeka (closed in 1928)

Kentucky

• Bethel College, Russellville (became co-ed in 1951; closed in 1964)
• Campbell-Hagerman College, Lexington (closed; date unknown)
• Cedar Bluff College, Woodburn (closed in 1892)
• Hamilton College, Lexington (closed in 1932)
• Kentucky College for Women, Danville (merged with Centre College in 1926)
• Midway College, Midway — The day program at its main campus remains all-female to this day. However, its evening/weekend programs, offered at several locations throughout Kentucky, and online programs are coeducational, and it will open a coeducational pharmacy school in Paintsville in 2011.

Louisiana

• College of the Sacred Heart (Louisiana), Grand Coteau (closed in 1956)
• Dodd College, Shreveport (closed in 1942)
• H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, New Orleans (discontinued by Tulane University in 2006)
• Mansfield Female College, Mansfield (closed in 1930)
• St. Mary's Dominican College, New Orleans (closed in 1984)

Maryland

• Baltimore Female College, Baltimore (closed in 1890)
• College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore
• Goucher College, Towson (co-ed since 1986)
• Hood College, Frederick (co-ed since 2002)
• Maryland College for Women, Lutherville (closed in 1952)
• Mount Saint Agnes College, Baltimore (closed in 1971; now part of Loyola University Maryland)
• Mount Washington Female College, Baltimore (closed in 1861)
• St. Mary's Female Seminary, St. Mary's City, Maryland (closed in 1964; now part of St. Mary's College of Maryland)
• Stevenson University, Stevenson (formerly Villa Julie College; co-ed since 1972)
• Woman's Medical College of Baltimore, Baltimore (closed in 1910)

Massachusetts

• Anna Maria College, [Paxton, Massachusetts|Paxton]
• Aquinas College (Massachusetts), Milton and Newton (closed in 1999)
• Bay Path College, Longmeadow
• Bradford College, Haverhill (became co-ed in 1971; closed in 2000)
• Cardinal Cushing College, Brookline (closed in 1972)
• Elms College, Chicopee (co-ed since 1998)
• Emmanuel College, Boston (co-ed since 2001)
• Endicott College, Beverly (co-ed since 1994)
• Garland Junior College, Boston (merged into Simmons College in 1976)
• Ipswich Female Seminary, Ipswich (closed in 1878)
• Jackson College for Women, Medford (coordinate college of Tufts University; merged with School of Arts & Sciences in 1980)
• Lesley College, Cambridge (a college of Lesley University; co-ed since 2005)
• Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley
• New England Female Medical College, Boston (merged into the Boston University School of Medicine in 1874)
• New England School of Law, Boston (co-ed since 1938)
• Newton College of the Sacred Heart, Newton Centre (merged with Boston College in 1974)
• Oread Institute, Worcester (closed in 1934)
• Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill
• Radcliffe College, Cambridge (closed in 1999 and now an institute within Harvard University)
• Regis College, Weston (co-ed since 2007)
• Simmons College, Boston
• Smith College, Northampton
• Wellesley College, Wellesley
• Wheaton College (co-ed since 1987)

Michigan

• Mercy College of Detroit, Detroit (co-ed date unknown; merged to form the University of Detroit Mercy in 1990)

Minnesota

• Albert Lea College, Albert Lea (co-ed date unknown; closed in 1973)
• College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph
• College of St. Catherine, Saint Paul
• College of Saint Teresa, Winona (closed in 1989)
• Saint Mary's Junior College, Minneapolis (merged with College of St. Catherine in 1986)

Mississippi

• All Saints College, Vicksburg (closed in 1962)
• Blue Mountain College, Blue Mountain (co-ed since 2005)
• Chickasaw Female College, Pontotoc (closed in 1936)
• Corona College, Corinth (closed in 1862)
• Elizabeth Female Academy, Washington (closed in 1845)
• Hillman College, Clinton (merged into Mississippi College in 1942)
• Mary Holmes College, West Point (became co-ed in 1932; closed in 2003)
• Mississippi University for Women, Columbus (co-ed since 1982)
• Mount Hermon Female Seminary, Clinton (closed in 1924)
• Port Gibson Female College, Port Gibson (closed in 1928)
• Sharon Female College, Sharon (closed in 1873)
• William Carey University, Hattiesburg (co-ed since 1954)
• Whitworth College, Brookhaven (became co-ed in 1950; closed in 1980)

Missouri

• Baird College, Clinton (closed in 1898)
• Carlton College, Springfield (closed in 1861)
• Central Female College, Lexington (closed in 1924)
• Clinton College, Clinton (closed in 1904)
• Christian College, Columbia (women's college from 1851-1969)
• Cottey College, Nevada
• Forest Park College, St. Louis (closed in 1925)
• Hardin College and Conservatory of Music, Mexico (closed in 1931)
• Howard-Payne Junior College, Fayette (closed in 1927)
• Independence College, Independence (closed in 1898)
• Lindenwood University, St. Charles (co-ed since 1969)
• Marillac College, St. Louis (closed in 1974)
• Notre Dame College, St. Louis (closed in 1977)
• Patee Female College, St. Joseph (closed in 1868)
• St. Joseph Female College, St. Joseph (closed in 1881)
• Stephens College, Columbia
• Synodical College, Fulton (closed in 1928)
• Webster University, Webster Groves (co-ed since 1962)
• William Woods University, Fulton (co-ed since 1997)
• Woman's Medical College of St. Louis, St. Louis (closed in 1896)

Nebraska

• College of Saint Mary, Omaha
• Servite College, Omaha (closed c. 1990s)

New Hampshire

• Colby-Sawyer College, New London (women's college from 1928-1989)
• Mount Saint Mary's College, Hooksett (closed in 1978)
• Pierce College for Women, Concord (closed in 1972)

New Jersey

• Assumption College for Sisters, Mendham
• Bordentown Female College, Bordentown (closed in 1893)
• College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown
• Douglass College (Rutgers University), New Brunswick
• Englewood Cliffs College, Englewood Cliffs (closed in 1974)
• Evelyn College for Women, Princeton University, Princeton (closed in 1897)
• Georgian Court University, Lakewood

New York

• Adelphi University, Garden City, New York (women's college from 1912-1946)
• Barleywood Female University, Rochester (closed in 1853)
• Barnard College, Manhattan
• Bennett College, Millbrook, New York (closed in 1978)
• Briarcliff College, Briarcliff Manor (closed in 1977)
• Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, New York (co-ed since 1982)
• The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle
• Elmira College, Elmira (co-ed since 1969)
• Finch College, Manhattan (closed in 1975)
• Keuka College, Keuka Park (co-ed since 1985)
• Kirkland College, Clinton (merged with Hamilton College in 1978)
• Hunter College, Manhattan (fully co-ed since 1964)
• Ingham University, LeRoy (closed in 1892)
• Marymount Manhattan College, Manhattan (co-ed since 1970)
• Marymount College, Tarrytown (closed by Fordham University in 2007)
• New York Medical College for Women, Manhattan (closed in 1918)
• Notre Dame College, Staten Island (merged with St. John's University in 1971)
• Russell Sage College, Troy
• Sarah Lawrence College, Yonkers (co-ed since 1969)
• Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs (co-ed since 1971)
• Stern College for Women, Manhattan (a college of Yeshiva University)
• Trocaire College, Buffalo (co-ed since 1972)
• Vassar College, Poughkeepsie (co-ed since 1969)
• Wells College, Aurora (co-ed since 2005)
• William Smith College, Geneva (a college of the Hobart and William Smith Colleges)

North Carolina

• Barber-Scotia College, Concord, North Carolina (co-ed since 1954)
• Bennett College, Greensboro
• Chowan College, Murfreesboro (co-ed since 1931)
• Greensboro College, Greensboro (co-ed since 1954)
• Judson Female College, Hendersonville (operated 1882-92; co-ed date unknown)
• Louisburg College, Louisburg (co-ed since 1931)
• Meredith College, Raleigh
• Montreat College, Montreat (women's college 1945-1959)
• Peace College, Raleigh
• Queens University of Charlotte, Charlotte (co-ed c. late 1940s)
• Salem College, Winston-Salem
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro (co-ed since 1963)

Ohio

• Cincinnati Wesleyan Female Seminary, Cincinnati
• College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati (co-ed since 1986)
• Edgecliff College, Cincinnati (became co-ed in 1970; merged with Xavier University in 1980)
• Lake Erie College, Painesville (co-ed since 1986)
• Notre Dame College, South Euclid (co-ed since 2001)
• Ohio Dominican University, Columbus (co-ed since 1964)
• Ohio Wesleyan Female College, Delaware (closed in 1877; merged with Ohio Wesleyan University)
• Oxford College, Oxford, merged with Miami University
• Oxford Female Institute, Oxford
• Ursuline College, Pepper Pike
• Western College for Women, Oxford (closed in 1974; merged with Miami University)

Oregon

• Mount Angel College, Mount Angel (closed in 1972)

Pennsylvania

• Alvernia University, Reading (co-ed since 1971)
• Arcadia University, Glenside (co-ed since 1972)
• Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr
• Cabrini College, Radnor (co-ed since 1980)
• Carlow University, Pittsburgh (co-ed since 1945, though still women-serving)
• Cedar Crest College, Allentown
• Chatham University, Pittsburgh
• Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia (co-ed since 2003)
• Harcum College, Philadephia (co-ed since 2003)
• Immaculata University, Malvern (co-ed since 2005)
• Mercyhurst College, Erie (co-ed since 1969)
• Margaret Morrison Carnegie College, Pittsburgh (closed by Carnegie Mellon University in 1973)
• Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (co-ed since 1954)
• Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia
• Rosemont College, Rosemont (co-ed since 2009)
• Seton Hill University, Greensburg (co-ed since 2002)
• Susquehanna Female College, Susquehanna (closed in 1872)
• Villa Maria College, Erie (merged into Gannon University in 1989)
• Wilson College, Chambersburg
• Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (co-ed since 1970, now the Drexel University's College of Medicine)

Rhode Island

• Pembroke College, Providence (formerly coordinate college of Brown University; fully merged into Brown in 1971)

South Carolina

• Anderson University, Anderson (co-ed since 1930)
• Chicora College for Women, Columbia (merged with Queens College (Charlotte) in 1930)
• Columbia College, Columbia
• Columbia Female College Columbia (closed in 1888)
• Coker College, Hartsville (co-ed since 1969)
• Cokesbury (Masonic) Female College, Greenwood (closed in 1874)
• Converse College, Spartanburg
• Due West Female College, Due West (merged with Erskine College in 1927, closed in 1928)
• Greenville (Baptist) Female College, Greenville (merged with Furman University in 1938)
• Johnson Female University, Anderson (operated from 1856-1863)
• Lander University, Greenwood (co-ed since 1943)
• Laurensville Female College, Laurens (closing date unknown)
• Limestone College, Gaffney (co-ed since c. late 1960s)
• Orangeburg Female College, Orangeburg (closing date unknown)
• Reidville Female College, Reidville (closing date unknown)
• Spartanburg Female College, Spartanburg (closed in 1871)
• Summerland College for Women, Batesburg (closed in 1930)
• Wahalla Female College, Wahalla (closed in 1885)
• Williamston Female College, Williamston (closed in 1904)
• Winthrop University, Rock Hill (co-ed since 1974)
• Yorkville Female College, York (closed in 1880)

Tennessee

• Mary Sharp College, Winchester, Tennessee (operated from 1851 to 1896)
• Newman College for Women, Jefferson City (merged into Carson-Newman College in 1888)
• Soule College for Women, Murfreesboro (closed in 1855)
• Tennessee College for Women, Murfreesboro (merged with Cumberland University in 1946)
• Ward-Belmont College, Nashville (closed in 1950)

Texas

• Carr-Burdette College, Sherman (closed in 1929)
• Mary Allen Seminary, Crockett (became co-ed in 1933; closed in 1972)
• Tillotson College, Austin (women's college from 1926-1935)
• Texas Woman's University, Denton, Dallas and Houston (co-ed since 1972)
• University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, Texas (co-ed since 1971)

Utah

• College of Saint Mary-of-the-Wasatch, Salt Lake City (closed in 1969)

Vermont

• Bennington College, Bennington (co-ed since 1969)
• Trinity College of Vermont, Burlington (closed in 2000)

Virginia

• Averett University, Danville (co-ed since 1969)
• Blackstone College (closed in 1950)
• Elizabeth College, Salem (closed in 1922)
• Hartshorn Memorial College, Richmond (merged with Virginia Union University in 1932)
• Hollins University, Roanoke
• James Madison University, Harrisonburg (co-ed since 1966)
• Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia (co-ed since 1976)
• Marion College, Marion, Virginia (closed in 1967)
• Martha Washington College, Abingdon (closed in 1931)
• Mary Baldwin College, Staunton
• Marymount University, Arlington (co-ed since 1986)
  • Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership
• Radford University, Radford (co-ed since 1972)
• Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg (co-ed and renamed Randolph College since 2007)
• Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista (co-ed since 1994)
• Stratford College, Danville (closed in 1974)
• Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar
• University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg (co-ed since 1970)
• Westhampton College, Richmond (a coordinate college of the University of Richmond)

Washington

• Forest Ridge Junior College, Seattle (closed in 1937)
• Fort Wright College, Toppenish (closed in 1980; evolved into co-ed Heritage University)

Wisconsin

• Alverno College, Milwaukee
• Milwaukee-Downer College, Milwaukee (closed in 1964)
• Mount Mary College, Milwaukee
• Silver Lake College, Manitowoc (co-ed since 1969)
• Viterbo University, La Crosse (co-ed since 1970)

See also

• Seven Sisters (colleges)
• Timeline of women's colleges in the United States
• Women's colleges in the United States
• Women's colleges in the Southern United States
• Women's College Coalition

Notes

Further reading

• Creighton, Joanne V. A Tradition of Their Own: Or, If a Woman Can Now Be President of Harvard, Why Do We Still Need Women’s Colleges?.
• Harwarth, Irene B. "A Closer Look at Women's Colleges." National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, 1999.
• ---, Mindi Maline and Elizabeth DeBra. "Women's Colleges in the United States: History, Issues, and Challenges: Executive Summary." U.S. Department of Education National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning.
• Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research (IUCPR). "New study finds women’s colleges are better equipped to help their students."
• Horowitz, Helen Lefkowitz. Alma Mater: Design and Experience in the Women's Colleges from Their Nineteenth-Century Beginnings to the 1930s, Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1993 (2nd edition).
• Rosenberg, Rosalind. "The Limits of Access: The History Of Coeducation in America." In Women and Higher Education: Essays from the Mount Holyoke College Sesquicentennial Symposia. Ed. John Mack Faragher and Florence Howe. New York: Norton, 1988.

External links

• Lists of Women's Colleges in the United States and Canada - Women's College Coalition