Scio College ( ) was an institution of higher education in

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in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Parts of it merged into

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, while its pharmacy school merged with what would become the

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. The institution was first organized under the name Rural Seminary in 1857 at

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, as a

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seminary. In 1867 it relocated to New Market Station, Ohio, and adopted the name New Market College. In 1875 it took the name The One Study University. This was to reflect its plan of having students only take classes in their major and nothing else. This plan was abandoned in 1878 and the school adopted the name of ''Scio College'', New Market Station having been renamed to ''Scio''. By the early 20th century enrollment was declining. In 1908 the College of Pharmacy at Scio College broke away and merged with the Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy, now known as the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. In 1911 the rest of the college merged with Mount Union College.

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Scio College - Ohio History Central
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