Marillac College was a Catholic

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 sisters' college

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 in St. Louis

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, Missouri

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. Like other sisters' colleges, it was dedicated to the education of future nun

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s and other religious workers, though it was also open to members of the laity

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. It closed in 1974.

Operated by the Daughters of Charity, the college was named after the order's co-founder, Saint Louise de Marillac

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. It opened in 1955 and was first accredited in 1960. Unlike some sisters' colleges, it had a full four-year Bachelor's-granting program

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. Aside from theological

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 and philosophical

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 fields, instruction was given in secular subjects, including nursing

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, mathematics

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, optometry

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, English

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, and American studies

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.

The Marillac campus was acquired by the University of Missouri–St. Louis

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by 1976.