List of university and college name changes in the United States
Current Name Former Name ( s ) Year of Change
Daymar College Owensboro Business College 2001
Dakota State University Madison Normal School ; Eastern State Normal School ; Dakota Normal School ; Dakota State Normal School ; General Beadle State College ; Dakota State College 1989
Daytona State College Daytona Beach College 2008
Delaware Valley University National Farm School ; National Agricultural College ; Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture ; Delaware Valley College 1948,1960,1989,2014
DeSales University Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales 2001
Diné College Navajo Community College 1997
University of Detroit Mercy University of Detroit and Mercy College of Detroit 1990
University of the District of Columbia D.C. Teachers College merged with Federal City College 1977
Dominican University Rosary College 1997
Dominican University of California Dominican College
Drexel University Drexel Institute of Technology ( 1936-1970 ) ; Drexel Institute of Art , Science and Industry ( 1891-1936 ) 1970
Duke University Trinity College ( North Carolina ) 1924
Dunlap-Stone University International Import-Export Institute 2008
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Here follows a list of renamings of universities and colleges in the United States.