Federal primary locations
FSA snapshot 2026-08-30; records since 1990.
Coverage, vintages,
and changes disclosed.
This page shows exactly what the tracker covers. Counts describe published records and do not claim coverage beyond the named sources.
Historically matched degree-granting closures
1,897 records matched across academic years 1996–97 through 2023–24.
Institutions monitored
Scorecard vintage 2023–24 / May 2025 release; HCM vintage 2026-03-01.
Data audit · September 1, 2026
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Published primary-location records3,769Matches metadata
Duplicate OPEID8 values0Pass
Missing or invalid closure dates0Pass
Degree-granting historical matches617Classified
Matched non-degree-granting records1,280Classified
Unmatched or pre-coverage records1,872Kept unclassified
50-state + DC map records3,693Mapped
Puerto Rico + Guam records60Table only
Foreign / no U.S. state records16Table only
Watchlist duplicate UNITIDs0Pass
Program action IDs2,8330 duplicates
Program records missing source URLs0Pass
Program records with vague names0Pass
Program records linking to search pages0Pass
Program records linked to college profiles2,748/2,833Exact unique name, city, and state match
Program decisions recorded after the effective term110Disclosed and retained
Workforce action IDs1990 duplicates
Workforce institutions165Matched by UNITID
Workforce records with a stated count188/199No estimates
Workforce records linked by UNITID199/199Identifier match
Distinct program decisions708Grouped by institution, date, and source
ABA records at month precision7Disclosed
The 16 records without a U.S. state are foreign Title IV participants. They are not unexplained domestic records. Puerto Rico and Guam remain searchable in the table but sit outside the 50-state and District of Columbia map. Degree-granting status is never inferred for unmatched records.
Dataset coverage · September 1, 2026
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DatasetPublished coveragePrimary evidenceKnown boundary
Institution closures3,769 FSA primary locations since 1990Federal Student Aid weekly closed-school fileLocations are not automatically institutions.
Degree-granting benchmark1,121 annual closures, 1990–91 to 2022–23NCES Digest Table 317.50Annual counts; no row-level institution list.
Current closure announcements10 institution and 24 location announcements awaiting FSA reconciliationState agencies, institutional accreditors, institutionsInstitution and location closures remain separate until matching federal records appear.
National watchlist4,907 institutions · 83 accreditation actionsScorecard, FSA, five institutional accreditorsSignals are descriptive, not closure probabilities.
Program actions2,833 named actions from 708 distinct decisionsLicensing boards, programmatic accreditors, institutions, and clearly labeled reportingOne governing decision can affect several named programs. Both counts are disclosed.
Workforce actions199 actions across 165 institutions · 188 with stated countsInstitutions, state WARN filings, and clearly labeled reportingPosition counts appear only when the source states them.
74.5% of testable matched closures met the current enrollment-decline threshold before closing.
Based on 521 degree-granting closures with usable historical enrollment; 388 crossed either the 3-year −15% or 5-year −25% display threshold. This is descriptive recall only. It does not measure false positives and does not validate a closure probability.
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New official actions and more complete weekly reporting
- Added 42 program actions approved by CUNY in 2026, including discontinued degrees and certificates at Hostos, Hunter, John Jay, LaGuardia, Lehman, Queens, and the College of Staten Island.
- Recorded the Applied Theatre master's move from CUNY's School of Professional Studies to Hunter College as a transfer, not a closure.
- Added Washington State University Vancouver’s official account of 65 workforce actions, including 22 involuntary staff cuts, two filled faculty positions, 23 vacancies, two lecturer contracts, and nine retirement-timed departures.
- Added Three Rivers College’s discontinued rodeo program and the 11 students identified by the college.
- The weekly CSV now includes all four program datasets, matching the visible weekly report.
- Corrected the University of Maryland record to 84 state-funded layoffs, separated Boston University’s layoffs from eliminated vacancies, and replaced Columbia University’s secondary report with the university’s own announcement.
- Reviewed the 83 program records without profile links and retained them without forced matches where the institution or campus identity remains ambiguous.
August 2026
- Added two University of Minnesota MBA subplan decisions from the regents’ official April 2026 docket and expanded two related degree records with effective terms and student-transition details.
- Corrected the effective term for UMGC’s discontinued academic minors from fall 2026 to fall 2025 using the university’s official legacy-program page.
- Added checks for vague program names, search-result links, and actions dated after their effective date.
- Added 91 degree terminations approved by the University System of Georgia for 2025 and 2026, with CIP codes and requested effective terms.
- Added 26 degree and certificate deletions approved by the Oklahoma State Regents, including affected-student counts and completion timelines where disclosed.
- Replaced vague grouped labels with named programs and clearer teach-out details for Ohio University, Marshall, SUNY Fredonia, Eastern Washington, and Lane Community College.
- Added official 2025–27 program actions from Roanoke College, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the Louisiana Board of Regents.
- Expanded teaching-program coverage and added plain-English field filters.
- Audited closure totals, identifiers, dates, state coverage, and degree classifications.
- Expanded FSA closure history to 1990.
- Added historical Scorecard/IPEDS reconciliation and degree-granting classification.
- Added plain-language federal monitoring descriptions and source vintages.
- Added permanent institution profiles, saved colleges, and CSV exports.
- Added a first descriptive enrollment-signal back-test.