15 American Colleges Closed Their Campuses For Good in 2025

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

At least 15 nonprofit institutions announced closures amid a difficult year for higher education as the sector navigated rising operating costs and political minefields associated with a Donald Trump presidency.

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 03:26 AM | 1 COMMENT | permalink

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Here are the nonprofit colleges that announced closures this year:

Northland College
St. Andrews University
Limestone University
Bacone College
Penn State - Dubois
Penn State - Fayette
Penn State - Mont Alto
Penn State - New Kensington
Penn State - Shenango
Penn State - Wilkes-Barre
Penn State - York
Siena Heights University
The King's College
Trinity Christian College
Sterling College

College or university closures outside the US are rare. Spurgeon's College, a Baptist seminary in London, shuttered its doors this year.

However in the US, nearly 300 colleges and universities offering an associate degree or higher closed between 2008 and 2023. More than 60% of those were run by for-profit operators. Sadly, in 2022 HBUC Lincoln College in Illinois was forced to close its doors after 157 years because of financial difficulties and COVID-19.

As of Dec 2025, the US has approximately 902 billionaire oligarchs, making America the country with the largest billionaire population in the world.

Recently, mega-oligarch Miriam Adelson obnoxiously offered Dummkopf Trumpf $250m towards him seeking a third term.

One AI snapshot revealed that $250 million could potentially save five to ten small colleges from closure. So, Miriam Adelson, or any one of these super-rich 902 oligarchs, could have easily saved dozens of colleges or universities from demise.

The priorities of America's billionaire mega-oligarchs are certainly not for the benefit of the American people but their own greedy self-interest to say the least.

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-23 03:30 AM