Jamestown Business College will no longer enroll new Students

Administrators of Jamestown Business College announced this week that the institution will no longer enroll students. 

Jamestown Business College was located in Jamestown, NY and it was first opened in 1886 by E.J. Coburn.

You can read more in two articles by Eric Tichy of the Jamestown Post-Journal, "Founded In 1886, Jamestown Business College Plans Closure" from February 2, 2024 and "Jamestown Business College Traces Roots To City’s Earliest Days" published February 3, 2024.

Pictured is the former Gokey Building in Jamestown that once housed Jamestown Business College. The building was destroyed in a March 1910 fire.

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.