Quiz: College Names

Test your knowledge of schools that have changed names

By U.S. News Staff

September 17, 2009

One recent study found that more than 500 of approximately 3,000 mainstream colleges and universities have tinkered with their names since 1996. Take this quiz to see if you know which schools have changed monikers, and if you can tell the difference among different types of schools based on their names.

The College of New Jersey was the original name of what university?
1. Drew University
2. Princeton University
3. Rowan University
4. Seton Hall University
The College of New Jersey is now the new name of a different school. What was its former name?
1. Felician College
2. Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
3. New Jersey State College
4. Trenton State College
Arcadia University is the new name of what Pennsylvania school?
1. Allentown Business School
2. Villa Marie College
3. Beaver College
4. Jefferson College
Villa Julie College changed its name in 2008. What is its new moniker?
1. Capitol College
2. Salisbury University
3. Washington College
4. Stevenson University
What state university was originally known as Queen's College?
1. Coppin State University
2. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
3. Purchase College--State University of New York
4. University of New Hampshire
William Jessup University is the new name of what California school?
1. Westmont College
2. Vanguard University of Southern California
3. San Jose Christian College
4. Humphreys College
Mountain State University is what kind of school?
1. Accredited, low-cost public community college
2. Accredited public college or university
3. Accredited private university
4. Alleged diploma mill, not accredited by a federally approved agency
Lone Star College System is what type of school system?
1. Accredited, low-cost public community college
2. Accredited public college or university
3. Accredited private university
4. Alleged diploma mill, not accredited by a federally approved agency
The College of New Jersey is which kind of institution?
1. Accredited, low-cost public community college
2. Accredited public college or university
3. Accredited private university
4. Alleged diploma mill, not accredited by a federally approved agency
What kind of school system is the American Public University System?
1. Accredited, low-cost public community college
2. Accredited public college or university
3. Accredited private university
4. Alleged diploma mill, not accredited by a federally approved agency
What institution type best describes University of Berkley?
1. Accredited, low-cost public community college
2. Accredited public college or university
3. Accredited private university
4. Alleged diploma mill, not accredited by a federally approved agency

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