# State colleges named for cities w/o "State" in the name. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-colleges-named-for-cities-w-o-state-in-the-name/443191 "2008-03-29T19:01:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-colleges-named-for-cities-w-o-state-in-the-name/443191/21 "2008-03-30T03:32:39Z")
Akron, Miami, Cincinnati and Toledo are all parts of the University System of Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-colleges-named-for-cities-w-o-state-in-the-name/443191/22 "2008-03-30T03:39:36Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] Rutgers is the state university of New Jersey. [/QUOTE] Sorry; I misread the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Neptunian\_Slug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-colleges-named-for-cities-w-o-state-in-the-name/443191/23 "2008-03-30T14:33:50Z")
[QUOTE=aktep] Akron, Miami, Cincinnati and Toledo are all parts of the University System of Ohio. [/QUOTE] Miami University is not named for a city. It’s in Oxford, Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-colleges-named-for-cities-w-o-state-in-the-name/443191/24 "2008-03-30T15:27:44Z")
[QUOTE=KRM] I don’t believe that has a city in its name. [/QUOTE] Sorry, I wasn’t clear. Cal Poly has two campuses. San Luis Obispo and Pomona. The schools individually are referred to as Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly Pomona. So does this count? ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-colleges-named-for-cities-w-o-state-in-the-name/443191/25 "2008-03-30T18:33:48Z")
Seattle University Seattle Pacific University ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-colleges-named-for-cities-w-o-state-in-the-name/443191/26 "2008-03-30T18:36:29Z")
[St. Cloud State](http://www.stcloudstate.edu/) [Winona State](http://www.winona.edu/) Both in Minnesota. Until a few years ago, Minnesota State-Moorhead and Minnesota State-Mankato were Moorhead State and Mankato State, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-colleges-named-for-cities-w-o-state-in-the-name/443191/27 "2008-03-30T19:04:19Z")
Cal Poly doesn’t count because it has the name of the state in it. St Cloud St and Winona State don’t count because they have “State” in them. At least, that’s how I read the OP. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-colleges-named-for-cities-w-o-state-in-the-name/443191/28 "2008-03-30T19:19:33Z")
Here’s a [list to peruse](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_state_universities). ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-colleges-named-for-cities-w-o-state-in-the-name/443191/29 "2008-03-30T19:26:51Z")
[QUOTE=E. Thorp] Seattle University Seattle Pacific University [/QUOTE] These are both private universities. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-colleges-named-for-cities-w-o-state-in-the-name/443191/30 "2008-03-30T20:43:36Z")
There’s the University of the District of Columbia. Which normally wouldn’t count except that DC isn’t an actual state, so technically it does count. I think. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-colleges-named-for-cities-w-o-state-in-the-name/443191/31 "2008-03-30T20:47:53Z")
[QUOTE=KRM] But Rutgers is in the city of New Brunswick so it doesn’t count. [/QUOTE] Also its full and official name is [Rutgers the State University of New Jersey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutgers), so it _double_ doesn’t count. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-colleges-named-for-cities-w-o-state-in-the-name/443191/32 "2008-03-30T21:03:21Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] Here’s a [list to peruse](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_state_universities). [/QUOTE] I’m getting: U of Montevallo in Alabama Vincennes U in Indiana U of New Orleans in Louisiana Salisbury U and Towson U in Maryland U of Akron and U of Toledo in Ohio Langston U in Oklahoma The 14 [“(Name of City) U of Pennsylvania”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_System_of_Higher_Education) schools (not named _State_, but named for _the_ state) College of Charleston in SC U of Memphis in Tennessee The U of Houston system in Texas Radford U in Virginia All state-run, named for their city, but not “(City) State.” It seems to be largely, but not exclusively, a Southern phenomenon. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-colleges-named-for-cities-w-o-state-in-the-name/443191/33 "2008-03-30T22:13:57Z")
Oakland University in Rochester (Hills?), Michigan is named for the county rather than a city. Close enough? Similarly, while Miami University is in the city of Oxford, OH, it is named for the Miami Valley (through which the Great and Little Miami Rivers flow) in which it is located. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-colleges-named-for-cities-w-o-state-in-the-name/443191/34 "2008-03-30T23:01:15Z")
[QUOTE=aktep] Cal Poly doesn’t count because it has the name of the state in it. St Cloud St and Winona State don’t count because they have “State” in them. At least, that’s how I read the OP. [/QUOTE] You are correct. I guess I didn’t word the OP very well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-colleges-named-for-cities-w-o-state-in-the-name/443191.md?page=1)