Closed Institutions

Student records

Here is a listing of the locations and contact information for retrieving records from postsecondary institutions that are no longer operating in Rhode Island.

NameInfo
Allied Health Service Institute

Johnson and Wales University

401-598-1728

Allied Technical School

Johnson and Wales University

401-598-1728

Annette Donahue Models and Workshop

Annette Donahue

14 Rome Avenue
North Providence, RI 02911

Arthur Angelo School of Hair Design

Empire Beauty Academy

401-826-2022

Associated Schools

Closed in 1993. Bond payout to students who did not teach out through Boyd School. No info prior to closing.

Aveda Institute

See Michael K. Galvin School of Beauty & Business

Avenue Secretarial Prep School

Closed 1988; records unknown

Barbizon School of Modeling

Closed 1986; records destroyed

Barrington College

Gordon College
Registrar’s Office
255 Grapevine Road
Wenham, MA 01984-1899
(978) 927-2300

Blake Drafting School

Dan 434-1094

Business Institute of Pawtucket

See Sawyer School

Catholic Teachers College (1964-67)

Catholic Archdiocese

401-278-4550

Ch’i Lash

chilashtheschool@chilashtheschool.com

860-346-5274

Computer Ed Business Institute

Lincoln Technical Institute

401-334-2430

Copters Unlimited, Inc.

Closed 1975; records unknown

Costin’s RI Academy of Beauty Culture

Records are maintained by Empire Beauty Academy. Contact Empire for records.

Cumberland School of Welding

Closed 1975-1978; records unknown

Edgewood Junior College

University of Rhode Island

Registrar’s Office

401-874-2835

Euphoria Institute

Lincoln Technical Institute

401-334-2430

Executive Secretarial School

Eleanor Granger

401-683-5394

Fashion Forum, LTD

Closed 1979; records unknown

Gibbs College

Gibbs was acquired by the former Sanford-Brown Institute. Transcripts must be ordered through Parchment Exchange

Hair Fashion Development Center

RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner

401-736-1118

Request records

Hall Institute

New England Institute of Technology

401-467-7744

Helm’s Westerly Aviation

Closed 1985; records unknown

Hill College, Woonsocket

No records available.

iMedia (ICPNM Academy)

RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner

401-736-1118

Request records

Imperial Academy of Beauty Culture/ Imperial Hair Fashion Development

Records unknown

Jewelry Institute

RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner

401-736-1118

Request records

John’s Creative School of Cosmetology

Closed 1989; Records destroyed by fire; call 1-800-433-3243 for financial records

Katharine Gibbs School

Katharine Gibbs was acquired by the former Sanford-Brown Institute. Transcripts must be ordered through Parchment Exchange https://exchange.parchment.com

Lafayette Academy

Records destroyed by court order, per U. S. Attorney’s Office

401-528-5477

Learning Gate Computer Learning Center

Records are available through RI OPC 

Request records

Loretta’s School of Cosmetology

RobRoy Academy

401-769-1777

Management & Risk Institute

Closed 1993; records unknown

Mater Ecclesiae College

RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner

401-736-1118

Request records

Memorial Hospital School of Anesthesia

Care New England Medical Group Primary Care Specialty Services – A Kent Hospital facility
111 Brewster Street
Pawtucket, RI 02860

401-729-2000

Michael K. Galvin School of Beauty & Business

Michael K. Galvin
michaelkgalvin22@gmail.com
401-639-2216

Milgrim Secretarial School

Records unknown

Modern School

RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner

401-736-1118

Request records

Mt. St. Joseph College

Salve Regina University

401-341-2335

Nasson Institute

See Sawyer School

National Academy for Paralegal Studies

RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner

401-736-1118

Request records

Nationwide Diesel Technologies, Inc.

RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner

401-736-1118

Request records

New England Academy of Barbering

Closed 1978; records unknown

New England College of Finance

NECF still operating in MA

617-951-2350

New England Institute of Travel

Closed 1990; records unknown

New Horizons Computer Learning Center

See United Training Academy

Newport Hospital School of Nursing

Community College of Rhode Island

Nursing Department

nursinfo@ccri.edu, 401-825-2162

Ocean State Business Institute

See Sawyer School

Opportunities Industrialization Ctr -OIC

Closed 1990; Records destroyed

Performance Training Institute

RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner

401-736-1118

Request records

Person Wolinsky CPA Review

Closed 1980; records unknown

Plus School of Business

Closed 1973; records at Davies Tech

401-728-1500

Rhode Island School of Broadcasting

Closed 1983; records unknown

Rhode Island School of Modeling

Closed 1993; records unknown

Rhode Island School of Music

Closed 1985; records unknown

RI Beauty Academy

RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner

401-736-1118

Request records

RI Business Institute*

See Nasson Institute/Sawyer School

RI Institute of Technology (formerly RISE School of Electronics (RISE)

Johnson & Wales University

401-598-1714

RI School of Performing Music

Closed 1981; records unknown

RI School of Photography

Moved from RI to FL in 1994.  Went out of business in Florida.  Whereabouts unknown.

RI School of Practical Nursing

Davies Tech

401-728-1500

RI Trades Shops Schools

New England Institute of Technology

401- 467-7744

Ridley-Lowell Business and Technical Institute

RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner

401-736-1118

Request records

Sanford Brown Institute

Transcripts must be ordered through Parchment Exchange https://exchange.parchment.com

Sawyer School

RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner

401-736-1118

Request records

School of Medical & Legal Secretarial Science

RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner

401-736-1118

Request records

Skylanes, Inc.

Closed 1985; records unknown

St. Joseph School of Nursing

CharterCARE

401-456-3050

Sweeney School

Closed 1985; records unknown

Trinity College of Vermont

Approved by the RIBGHE on April 15, 1999. Never found appropriate facilities and never began operating

Trinity Rep Conservatory

School merged with Brown University to form the Brown/Trinity Consortium for Graduate Theatre Training in 2003.

Contact Brown University for records

401-863-1000

United Training Academy

Closed 9/18/2022, records are available through the RI OPC 

Request records

University without Walls

Esther Harries

Union Institute & University
440 E MacMillan Street
Cincinnati, OH 45201

1-800-543-0366

Vernon Court Junior College*

RI Department of Elementary & Secondary Education

Vilma L. DiOrio, Legal Staff Assistant

401-222-8979

Warwick Academy of Beauty Culture

Empire Beauty School

401-826-2022

Westerly School of Business

Closed 1981-1985; records unknown

Word Processing Training Center

Closed 1986-1988; records unknown

Wyland School of Business, State Street, Prov.

No information on file.

Zion Bible College

Northpoint Bible College

978-478-3400