Cincinnati Christian University Suspends Operations

Cincinnati Christian University announced that it will cease operations in 2020 and will partner with Central Christian College of the Bible in Moberly, MO to offer programs in Ohio.

CCU was founded on September 23, 1924 via merger of McGarvey Bible College in Louisville, KY, and Cincinnati Bible Institute to form The Cincinnati Bible Seminary (CBS). The name changed to Cincinnati Bible College & Seminary in 1987 and to CCU in 2004.

You can read more in an article by Erin Caproni posted October 28, 2019 on the Cincinnati Business Courier website, "Cincinnati university to shutter mid-year."

Cincinnati Public Radio posted "Cincinnati Christian University Closing," by Tana Weingartner on October 29, 2019.



WCPO-TV posted "Cincinnati Christian University decides not to fight for accreditation, will close in 2020."

If you are interested in recent trends for closures, mergers,and acquisitions access College Closures since 2009 in the index at the right of any College History Garden page. There are separate tabs for non-profit closures, for-profit closures, and one for mergers and acquisitions. Each tab includes basic information for the institutions, i.e., Carnegie Classification, sector, accrediting agency, and the IPEDS unitid.