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The abbreviation may be non-obvious. For example, "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 than the formal name. For example, "West Point" for the United States Military Academy or "UCLA" for the University of California, Los Angeles.
Leland Stanford Junior University (current legal name) Stevenson University: Villa Julie College 2008 Stockton University: Stockton College, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey 1993, 2015 [74] Strayer University: Strayer's Business College; Strayer College SUNY Adirondack: Adirondack Community College 2010 [75]
In some cases, the unqualified name has become the official name of the university system that includes the institution which is the original bearer of the name. Examples include: University of California, originally referring only to the campus at Berkeley; University of North Carolina, originally referring only to the campus at Chapel Hill
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List of university and college name changes in the United States; List of educational institutions named after presidents of the United States; National Sea Grant College Program; National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program; Lists of NCAA institutions; List of City University of New York institutions; List of nursing schools in the ...
This is a list of lists of universities and colleges by country, sorted by continent and region. The lists represent educational institutions throughout the world which provide higher education in tertiary, quaternary, and post-secondary education.
A university system is a set of multiple affiliated universities and colleges that are usually geographically distributed. Typically, all member universities in a university system share a common component among all of their various names.
Insular Areas of the United States and the 50 states and Washington, D.C.. Guam; Puerto Rico; U.S. Virgin Islands; Note: American Samoa (American Samoa Community College) and the Northern Mariana Islands (Northern Marianas College) have one college each.