Nicknames for Colleges or Students at Particular Schools
If you go to these schools, you might be called some unusual names. Don’t worry, that’s normal.
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- Babson College: Babsonites
(Babson Park, MA)
- Bard College: Bardie
(Annandale on Hudson, NY)
- Bates College: Batesies
(Lewiston, ME)
- Bennington College: Bennies
(Bennington, VT)
- Bryn Mawr College: Mawrters
(Bryn Mawr, PA)
- Cal Poly -- San Luis Obispo: Cal Poly/SLO
(San Luis Obispo, CA)
- Carleton College: Carls
(Northfield, MN)
- Clark University: Clarkies
(Worcester, MA)
- Colgate University: 'Gate
(Hamilton, NY)
- Connecticut College: Conn
(New London, CT)
- Drew University: Drewids
(Madison, NJ)
- Duke University: Dukies
(Durham, NC)
- Earlham College: Earlhamites
(Richmond, IN)
- Emory University: Emeroids
(Atlanta, GA)
- Evergreen State College: Greeners
(Olympia, WA)
- Florida A&M University: Fam-You
(Tallahassee, FL)
- Franklin and Marshall College: Fummers
(Lancaster, PA)
- Gustavus Adolphus College: Gusties
(St. Peter, MN)
- Hampden-Sydney College: Hampsders
(Hampden-Sydney, VA)
- Hartwick College: The Wick
(Oneonta, NY)
- Harvey Mudd College: Mudders
(Claremont, CA)
- Haverford College: The Ford
(Haverford, PA)
- Heidelberg College: The Berg
(Tiffin, OH)
- Kalamazoo College: known simply as "K"
(Kalamazoo, MI)
- Lake Forest College: Foresters
(Lake Forest, IL)
- Lewis and Clark College: LC
(Portland, OR)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: The Tute
(Cambridge, MA)
- Mississippi University for Women: The W
(Columbus, MS)
- Morehouse College: The House
(Atlanta, GA)
- Muhlenberg College: The Berg
(Allentown, PA)
- Oberlin College: Obie/Oberliners
(Oberlin, OH)
- Occidental College: Oxy
(Los Angeles, CA)
- Pitzer College: Pitzies
(Claremont, CA)
- Reed College: Reedies
(Portland, OR)
- Rhode Island School of Design: Rizdee
(Providence, RI)
- Scripps College: Scrippsies
(Claremont, CA)
- Sewanee: University of the South: Sewanee
(Sewanee, TN)
- Skidmore College: Skiddies
(Saratoga Springs, NY)
- Smith College: Smithies
(Northampton, MA)
- St. John's College: Johnnies
(Annapolis, MD)
- St. John's College: Johnnies
(Santa Fe, NM)
- St. John's University: Johnnies
(Collegeville, MN)
- St. Lawrence University: Larries
(Canton, NY)
- St. Mary-of-the-Woods College: Woodsies
(St.Mary-of-the-Woods, IN)
- St. Michael's College: St. Mike's
(Colchester, VT)
- St. Olaf College: Ole
(Northfield, MN)
- Swarthmore College: Swatties
(Swarthmore, PA)
- Transylvania University: Transy
(Lexington, KY)
- United States Coast Guard Academy: Coasties
(New London, CT)
- United States Military Academy: West Point
(West Point, NY)
- United States Naval Academy: Annapolis
(Annapolis, MD)
- University of California -- Berkeley: Cal
(Berkeley, CA)
- University of Missouri -- Columbia: Mizzou
(Columbia, MO)
- University of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill: Carolina
(Chapel Hill, NC)
- University of Pittsburgh: Pitt
(Pittsburgh, PA)
- University of South Carolina -- Columbia: Carolina
(Columbia, SC)
- University of Washington: U-Dub
(Seattle, WA)
- Valparaiso University: Valpo
(Valparaiso, IN)
- Vanderbilt University: Vandy
(Nashville, TN)
- Villanova University: Nova
(Villanova, PA)
- Wabash College: Wallies
(Crawfordsville, IN)
- Washington State University: Wah-sue
(Pullman, WA)
- Wheaton College: Wheaties
(Wheaton, IL)
- Wheaton College: Wheaties
(Norton, MA)
- Whitman College: Whitties
(Walla Walla, WA)
- Williams College: Ephs (shortened first name of the college founder)
(Williamstown, MA)
- Wittenberg University: Witt
(Springfield, OH)
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Whoopies
(Worcester, MA)
- Yale University: Yalies/Elis (shortened first name of the college founder)
(New Haven, CT)
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