First Colleges in the United States timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Jan 1, 1800

First Colleges in the United States
Sep 1, 1636

Harvard University

Puritan
Oct 16, 1693

The College of William and Mary

Church of England
Aug 17, 1701

Yale University

Puritan
Dec 17, 1740

University of Pennsylvania

Church of England but offically nonsectatian
Sep 15, 1746

Princeton University

Presbyterian but officially nonsectarian
Oct 16, 1754

Columbia University

Church of England
Oct 16, 1764

Brown University

Baptist
Feb 6, 1766

Rutgers

Dutch Reformed
Oct 16, 1769

Dartmouth College

Puritan

First Colleges in the United States