*Name change: Alexandria Area Technical Institute to Alexandria Technical Institute (1988); to Alexandria Technical College (1989) to Alexandria Technical and Community College (6/16/10).

**On 7/1/96 merged with Minnesota Riverland Technical College-Austin Campus and South Central Technical College-Albert-Lea Campus to become Riverland Community College.

*Name change: Bethel College to Bethel University (7/1/04)

**Merged with Brainerd Community College on 7/1/95, to become Central Lakes College

*Name change: Century Community and Technical College to Century College (9/17/08)

*Name change: Mayo Foundation to Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (10/3/03) to College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic (10/16/06)

*Name change: College of Associated Arts to College of Visual Arts (7/17/95)

*Name change: Concordia College to Concordia University, St. Paul (7/1/97)

*Name change: Saint Paul Bible College to Crown College (1/1/92)

**Effective July 1, 1995, the College merged with Northwestern College, Watertown, WI, to become Martin Luther College.

*Name change: Dunwoody Institute to Dunwoody College of Technology 7/1/02.

**Withdrawal from status in 1973

**College closed May 1985; accreditation status continued until 12/31/85, to enable graduating seniors to complete degrees through transfer credit.

**First accredited as Hibbing Junior College in 1922; accreditation transferred to Hibbing State Junior College in 1967; name changed to Hibbing Community College. Accreditation transferred to Arrowhead Community Colleges in 1982.

*Name change: Inver Hills State Junior College to Inver Hills Community College

**Accreditation transferred to Arrowhead Community Colleges in 1982.

**College closed in 1973. Student records are at Upper Iowa University.

*Name change: Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary to Luther Seminary (7/1/94)

**In 1967, the merger of Eveleth Junior College and Virginia Junior College resulted in Mesabi State Junior College. Accreditation transferred to Arrowhead Community Colleges in 1982.

*Name change: Minnesota Metropolitan State College to Minnesota Metropolitan State University to Metropolitan State University

*Name change: NAME CHANGES: Metropolitan State Jr. College to Metropolitan CC to Minneapolis CC (1979) to Minneapolis Community & Technical College (2/21/96)

**Minnesota Riverland CC is result of merger of Austin Technical College, Faribault Technical College, and Rochester Technical College (7/1/91). On 7/1/96 the Austin Campus merged with Austin Community College and the Albert Lea Campus of South Central Technical College to become Riverland Community College; the Rochester Campus became part of Rochester Community College; the Faribault Campus became part of South Central Technical College.

*Name change: Fergus Falls Community College to Minnesota State Community and Technical College (7/1/03).

*Name change: State Normal School to Mankato State Teachers College to Mankato State College to Mankato State University to Minnesota State University, Mankato (9/18/98)

**National Technological University merged into Walden University January 2005 and is now the NTU School of Engineering and Applied Science of Walden University. NTU's separate institutional accreditation was extended so that it can conduct a teach-out plan and award degrees through the end of December 2005.

*Name change: North Central Bible College to North Central University (10/1/98)

**Merged with Lakewood Community College on 7/1/96, to become Century Community and Technical College

*Name change: Northwestern College of Chiropractic to Northwestern Health Sciences University (8/18/99)

**College withdrew from Candidacy 7/1/96.

**No longer exists as of 7/1/97. Arrowhead Community Collges and Range Technical College were reconfigured as five separately-accredited institutions: Laurentian CC, Hibbing CC, Rainy River CC, Itasca CC, and Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College.

**Institution withdrew from candidacy 6/17/86.

*Name change: Saint Mary's College to Saint Mary's College of Minnesota (1990) to Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (10/20/94)

*Name change: St. Paul Technical Vocational Institute to St. Paul Technical Institute (8/1/87) to St. Paul Technical College (8/1/89) to Saint Paul College-A Community & Technical College (10/15/02).

*Name change: South Central Technical College to South Central College (5/18/05)

**Merged with Worthington Community College to become Minnesota West Community and Technical College 8/6/97.

*Name change: St. Cloud State Teachers College to St. Cloud State College (1954) to St. Cloud State University

*Name change: University of Minnesota Technical College-Crookston to University of Minnesota-Crookston (12/8/88)

*Name change: College of Saint Thomas to University of Saint Thomas (9/1/90)

**First accredited as Ely State Junior College; name changed to Vermilion State Junior College and then to Vermilion Community College. Accreditation transferred to Arrowhead Community Colleges in 1982.

*Name change: Winona State Teachers College to Winona State College to Winona State University