Oldest Colleges
The 15 Oldest Colleges in the United States are as follows:[1]
- Harvard University
- Yale University
- University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1740 as a charity school, chartered as the College and Academy of Philadelphia in 1755)
- College of William and Mary
- St. Johnâs College, at Annapolis
- University of Delaware
- Moravian College
- Princeton University (College of New Jersey from 1746 to 1896)
- Columbia University
- Washington and Lee University
- Brown University
- Rutgers University
- Dartmouth College
- College of Charleston
- Salem College in North Carolina