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Revision as of 02:44, 6 December 2006
Because of the large number of universities and colleges in the United States, and in some cases to because of their lengthy formal names, it is common to abbreviate their names in everyday usage. Most simply, the type of institution, such as “University” or “College,” in the name may be dropped, or some component of the name abbreviated, such as “Tech” in place of “Institute of Technology” or “Technological University.”
Of course, the same nickname may apply to multiple institutions, especially in different regions, e.g. “USC” is claimed by both the University of Southern California and the University of South Carolina. The abbreviation may be non-obvious, e.g. “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, e.g. “West Point” rather than the United States Military Academy. This list of colloquial names for universities and colleges in the United States provides a lexicon of such names.
This list includes only alternative names for institutions, and not nicknames for their campuses, athletic teams, or personalities. Thus, it specifically excludes mascots and athletic team names, for which see List of U.S. college team nicknames and List of U.S. college mascots.
A
- AECOM - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Air Force - United States Air Force Academy
- Annapolis - U.S. Naval Academy
- A&M - Texas A&M University
- Apprentice School - Newport News
- Army - U.S. Military Academy
- ASU - Arizona State University, Arkansas State University
- AU - Auburn University, American University
- AUM - Auburn University Montgomery
B
- BC - Boston College
- BGSU - Bowling Green State University
- BJU - Bob Jones University
- Bona - St. Bonaventure University
- BSC - Birmingham-Southern College
- BSU - Boise State University
- BU - Boston University, Biola University
- BYU - Brigham Young University
C
- Cal - University of California, Berkeley
- Cal Poly - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
- Cal Poly Pomona - California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- Cal Tech - California Institute of Technology
- Cal U, CUP - California University of Pennsylvania
- CCNY - City College of New York
- CCSU - Central Connecticut State University
- CCU - Coastal Carolina University
- CMSU - Central Missouri State University
- City Tech - New York City College of Technology
- CMC - Claremont McKenna College
- CMU - Carnegie Mellon University, Central Michigan University
- CNU - Christopher Newport University
- Coast Guard - United States Coast Guard Academy
- The College - College of William & Mary
- CSB/SJU - College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
- CSE - College of Saint Elizabeth
- CSU - California State University system
- CUNY - City University of New York
- 'Cuse - Syracuse University
D
- DU - Drexel University
- DLI - Defense Language Institute
- UD - University of Delaware
E
- ECU - East Carolina University
- EMU - Eastern Michigan University
- ETSU - East Tennessee State University
- EWU - Eastern Washington University
F
- F&M - Franklin & Marshall College
- FAMU - Florida A&M University
- FDU - Fairleigh Dickinson University
G
- GC&SU - Georgia College & State University
- GMU - George Mason University
- GSU - Georgia Southern University, Georgia State University
- GVSU - Grand Valley State University
- GW, GWU - the George Washington University
H
I
- IC - Ithaca College
- IIT - Illinois Institute of Technology
- IPFW - Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
- ISU - Illinois State University, Indiana State University, Iowa State University, Idaho State University
- IU, IUB - Indiana University Bloomington
- IUP - Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- IUPUI -Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
J
- JHU - Johns Hopkins University
- JMU - James Madison University
K
- K-State - Kansas State University
- KSU - Kansas State University, Kent State University, Kentucky State University
- KU - University of Kansas
L
- LIU-Brooklyn - Long Island University
- LMU - Loyola Marymount University, Lincoln Memorial University
- LSU - Louisiana State University
- LUC - Loyola University Chicago
M
- Madison - James Madison University, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Mason - George Mason University
- MCLA - Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
- Merchant Marine - King’s Point; U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
- Metro State - Metropolitan State College of Denver
- MHC, MoHo - Mount Holyoke College
- Milwaukee - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Mizzou - University of Missouri - Columbia
- Mt. SAC - Mt. San Antonio College
- MSU - Michigan State University, Missouri State University, Montana State University, Mississippi State University
- MTSU - Middle Tennessee State University
- MU - University of Missouri - Columbia, Miami University of Ohio
- MVSU - Mississippi Valley State University
N
- Navy - U.S. Naval Academy
- NAU - Northern Arizona University
- NCCU - North Carolina Central University
- ND - University of Notre Dame, University of North Dakota
- NDSU - North Dakota State University
- NMSU - New Mexico State University
- Nova - Villanova University, Northern Virginia Community College
- NSU - Northwestern State University (Louisiana), Northeastern State University (Oklahoma), Norfolk State University, Northern State University (South Dakota), Nova Southeastern University
- NU - Norwich University, Niagara University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- NWU - Northwestern University
- NYIT - New York Institute of Technology; New York Tech
- NYMC - New York Medical College
- NYU - New York University
O
- OCC - Orange Coast College
- OCU - Oklahoma City University
- ODU - Old Dominion University, Ohio Dominican University
- OIT - Oregon Institute of Technology
- Ole Miss - University of Mississippi
- ORU - Oral Roberts University
- OSU - Ohio State University, Oklahoma State University, Oregon State University
- OU - University of Oklahoma, Ohio University
P
- Penn - University of Pennsylvania
- Pitt - University of Pittsburgh
- PLNU - Point Loma Nazarene University
- PSU - the Pennsylvania State University, Portland State University
- PTS - Princeton Theological Seminary
- PVAMU - Prairie View A&M University
R
- Reserve - Case Western Reserve University
- RHIT - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- RIC - Rhode Island College
- RISD - Rhode Island School of Design
- RIT - Rochester Institute of Technology
- R-MWC - Randolph-Macon Woman's College
- RPI - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- RWU - Roger Williams University
S
- SCU - Santa Clara University
- SCSU - South Carolina State University, Southern Connecticut State University
- SDSM&T - South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- SDSU - San Diego State University, South Dakota State University
- SFSU - San Francisco State University
- SEMo - Southeast Missouri State University
- SIU, SIUC - Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- Sewanee - University of the South
- SJFC - Saint John Fisher College
- SJSU - San José State University
- SLU - Saint Louis University, St. Lawrence University
- SMU - Southern Methodist University
- SOSU - Southeastern Oklahoma State University
- State - any of numerous N State Universities
- SU - Syracuse University, Stanford University
- SUU - Southern Utah University
- SUNY - State University of New York system
T
- TAMU - Texas A&M University
- TCNJ - The College of New Jersey (was Trenton State)
- TCU - Texas Christian University
- Tech - any "Institute of Technology," "Tech University," "Polytechnic," etc.
- TU - Towson University
U
- The U - University of Miami, University of Minnesota
- UA - University of Arizona
- UAA - University of Alaska Anchorage
- UAB - University of Alabama at Birmingham
- UALR - University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- UAM - University of Arkansas at Monticello
- UAPB - University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
- UB - University of Baltimore, University of Buffalo
- UC - University of California system, University of Chicago, University of Cincinnati
- UCA - University of Central Arkansas
- UCDHSC - University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
- UCF -University of Central Florida (was Florida Tech)
- UCI - University of California, Irvine
- UCLA - University of California, Los Angeles
- UCO - University of Central Oklahoma
- UConn - University of Connecticut
- UCR - University of California, Riverside
- UCSB - University of California, Santa Barbara
- UCSD - University of California, San Diego
- UCSF - University of California, San Francisco
- UD - University of Delaware, University of Denver
- UDC - University of the District of Columbia
- UGA - University of Georgia
- UH - University of Hawaii
- UI - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Idaho, University of Iowa
- UIC - University of Illinois at Chicago
- UIUC - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- UK - University of Kentucky
- UM - University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, University of Michigan
- UMass - University of Massachusetts Amherst
- UMB - University of Maryland, Baltimore, University of Massachusetts Boston
- UMBC - University of Maryland Baltimore County
- UMD - University of Maryland, College Park, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Michigan-Dearborn, or University of Minnesota Duluth
- UMKC -University of Missouri, Kansas City
- UML - University of Massachusetts, Lowell
- UMR - University of Missouri–Rolla
- UNC - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, University of Northern Colorado
- UNCG - University of North Carolina-Greensboro
- UNCW - University of North Carolina at Wilmington
- UND - University of North Dakota
- UNH - University of New Hampshire, University of New Haven
- UNI - University of Northern Iowa (was Iowa Teachers)
- UNL - University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- UNLV - University of Nevada, Las Vegas (was Nevada Southern)
- UNM - University of New Mexico
- UNO - University of Nebraska, Omaha, University of New Orleans
- UNT - University of North Texas
- UO - University of Oregon
- UP - University of the Pacific, University of Portland
- UR or U of R - University of Richmond, University of Rochester
- URI - University of Rhode Island
- USA - University of South Alabama
- USAO - University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
- USC - University of Southern California, University of South Carolina
- USCA - University of South Carolina Aiken
- USD - University of San Diego
- USF, USFCA - University of San Francisco
- USI - University of Southern Indiana
- USM - University of Southern Maine
- UT - University of Tennessee, University of Texas at Austin
- UTA - University of Texas at Arlington
- UTB/TSC - University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
- UTD - University of Texas at Dallas
- UTEP - University of Texas at El Paso (was Texas Western)
- UTPB - University of Texas of the Permian Basin
- UTSA - University of Texas at San Antonio
- UVa - University of Virginia
- UVM - University of Vermont
- UVSC - Utah Valley State College
- UW - University of Washington, University of Wyoming, University of Wisconsin
- UWM - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
V
- Valpo - Valparaiso University
- VCU - Virginia Commonwealth University
- VMI - Virginia Military Institute
- VPI - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- VSU - Virginia State University
- VT - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- VU - Valparaiso University, Vanderbilt University, Villanova University, Vincennes University
W
- Wash U, WUSTL - Washington University in St. Louis
- West Point - U.S. Military Academy
- WFU - Wake Forest University
- WIU - Western Illinois University
- WKU - Western Kentucky University
- WMU - Western Michigan University
- WPI - Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- WSU - Washington State University, Wichita State University
- WTAMU - West Texas A&M University
- WVU - West Virginia University