FB-001 · 2018
Liberal-arts college · Massachusetts
Mount Ida College — A 119-Year-Old College That Closed With Six Weeks’ Notice
Debt + enrollment · Closed
FB-002 · 2019
Liberal-arts college · Vermont
Green Mountain College — The Greenest College in America Could Not Pay Its Bills
Enrollment + no endowment · Closed
FB-003 · 2019
Career-focused college · Massachusetts
Newbury College — A Career College That Lost 86 Percent of Its Students
Enrollment cliff · Closed
FB-004 · 2019
Liberal-arts college · Vermont
Southern Vermont College — A Lifeline for First-Generation Students, Cut for Lack of Money
Enrollment + finances · Closed
FB-005 · 2019
Liberal-arts college · New York
The College of New Rochelle — A 115-Year-Old College Undone By Its Own Books
Financial fraud + debt · Closed
FB-006 · 2016
Liberal-arts college · New York
Dowling College — A Long Island College That Closed Three Days After It Said It Would
Debt + enrollment · Closed
FB-007 · 2016
Alternative liberal-arts college · Vermont
Burlington College — A Tiny College That Bought Too Much Land
Debt (land purchase) · Closed
FB-008 · 2020
Liberal-arts college · Illinois
MacMurray College — A 174-Year-Old Women’s College That Ran the Deficit to Zero
Deficits + enrollment · Closed
FB-009 · 2024
Liberal-arts college · New York
Wells College — 156 Years on Cayuga Lake, Closed With a Month’s Notice
Enrollment cliff · Closed
FB-010 · 2023
Liberal-arts college · New York
Cazenovia College — A Bond It Couldn’t Refinance Ended 199 Years
Debt + enrollment · Closed
FB-011 · 2024
Liberal-arts college · Alabama
Birmingham-Southern College — A 168-Year-Old College the State Refused to Float
Endowment depletion + failed state loan · Closed
FB-012 · 2022
Liberal-arts college · Illinois
Lincoln College — The First American College Killed in Part by Ransomware
COVID enrollment + ransomware · Closed
FB-013 · 2024
Liberal-arts college · Vermont
Goddard College — The Progressive Pioneer That Ran Out of Students
Enrollment cliff · Closed
FB-014 · 2024
Arts university · Pennsylvania
The University of the Arts — A Century-Old Arts University That Gave a Week’s Notice
Finances + abrupt accreditation loss · Closed
FB-015 · 2008
Alternative college · California
New College of California — A Radical College That Lost Its Accreditation and Then Itself
Lost accreditation · Closed