Iowa State Code for Closed Institutions
The University of Iowa is the official repository for the academic records of defunct (or closed) Iowa institutions of higher learning. Iowa Code Chapter 264 states that when a post-secondary institution closes its doors for financial or other reasons, the academic records are transferred to the University of Iowa Office of the Registrar.
Transcript Requests from Closed Institutions
Students that were enrolled in a institution that has closed may request a transcript of their records through the Office of the Registrar at the University of Iowa.
Transcript Request Instructions
Requests may be submitted in writing (online, fax, in person, or by postal mail) to the University of Iowa Office of the Registrar.
Requests for transcripts by phone or email for closed institutions are not accepted. Because many of the records have not yet been digitized, it may require up to four weeks for staff to fulfill your request.
List of Closed Institutions
Academic records of students who attended the following colleges or schools, now closed, are maintained by the Office of the Registrar:
- AIB (Des Moines) (also known as AIB College of Business)
- Amity College (College Springs, Page County)
- Broadlawns School of Nursing (Des Moines)
- Capital City Commercial College (Des Moines)
- Cherokee Junior College (Cherokee)
- Covenant Radiological School
- Des Moines University (Des Moines, 1865–1929; not affiliated with the current Des Moines University operation)
- Grundy College (Grundy Center)
- Iowa Lutheran School of Nursing (Des Moines)
- Iowa Methodist School of Nursing (Des Moines)
- Iowa Wesleyan University (Mount Pleasant)
- Jennie Edmundson Hospital School of Nursing (Council Bluffs)
- Keokuk College (Keokuk)
- Marshalltown Community School of Nursing (Marshalltown)
- Marycrest University (Davenport)
- Memorial University (Mason City)
- Midwestern College (Denison)
- Open Bible College (Des Moines)
- Ottumwa Heights College (Ottumwa)
- Parsons College (Fairfield)
- Perry Junior College (Perry)
- Shiloh University (Le Claire)
- Sioux Empire College (Hawarden)
- Spencer College (Spencer)
- Tabor College (Tabor)
- Tabor Junior College (Tabor)
- Trinity College (Sioux City)
- Vennard College (University Park / Oskaloosa)
- Washington Junior College (Washington)
- Westmar College (LeMars)
Schools not in the University of Iowa Archives
The The Iowa Department of Education's Bureau of Iowa College Aid website contains contact information for closed schools whose academic records are not archived by the University of Iowa.
More Information on Closed Institutions in Iowa
A website maintained by Ray Brown, Ph.D., of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, includes information about over 80 closed Iowa institutions.