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Obtaining Student Records for Closed Iowa Colleges

Sometimes students in search of academic records from their enrollment at an institution that has since closed, may encounter difficulties in locating these records. The information below is intended to assist students in locating transcripts and other academic documents from Iowa schools which have closed.
Iowa Code Section 264.1 requires that the trustees or officers of any institution of higher learning, whether incorporated or not, upon going out of existence or ceasing to function as an educational institution must transfer to the office of the registrar of the State University of Iowa complete records of all grades attained by its students.

University of Iowa Archives

The following institutions are listed with the University of Iowa archives.

  • Amity College, College Springs, Page County
  • Cherokee Junior College, Cherokee
  • Grundy College, Grundy Center
  • Iowa Lutheran School of Nursing, Des Moines
  • Iowa Methodist School of Nursing, Des Moines
  • Keokuk College, Keokuk
  • Marycrest University, Davenport
  • Midwestern College, Denison
  • Open Bible College, Des Moines
  • Ottumwa Heights College, Ottumwa
  • Parsons College, Fairfield
  • Perry Junior College, Perry
  • Sioux Empire College, Hawarden
  • Spencer College, Spencer
  • Tabor College, Tabor
  • Tabor Junior College, Tabor
  • Trinity College, Sioux City
  • Vennard College, University Park
  • Washington Junior College, Washington
  • Westmar College, Le Mars
University of Iowa contact for transcripts:
Office of the Registrar
University of Iowa
1 Jessup Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242
319.335.0230

Schools not in the University of Iowa Archives

Business and Banking Institute
Dan Nieland
Campus Director
Vatterott College
700 Fleur Drive
Des Moines, IA 50321
515.309.9000

Franciscan University of the Prairies/Mount St. Clare College, Clinton
Ashford University
400 North Bluff Boulevard
Clinton, Iowa 52732
866.711.1700

Lincoln Technical Institute, Des Moines
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation
200 Executive Drive Suite 340
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.736.9340 (Phone)
973.736.1750 (Fax)

For transcripts contact:
Ms. Jaime Antell
Education Coordinator
Lincoln Technical Institute
9191 Torresdale Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19136
215.335.0800

National Education Center (NEC)
National Institute of Technology (NIT)

West Des Moines Technical Institute
Contact for transcripts:
Vicki McKiddy
Cengage Learning
10650 Toebben Drive
Independence, KY 41051
859.525.5351 (Phone)
859.525.5357 (Fax)
*The company charges a $25 fee for transcripts.

Historical Record of Colleges and Universities

Ray Brown, the Director of Institutional Research at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, maintains an historical record of colleges and universities throughout the US.

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