From Ohio History Central In 1886, the Society of Jesus
established St. Ignatius College in Cleveland, Ohio. Saint
Ignatius was the founder of the Society of Jesus, an order
within the Roman Catholic Church. For the first eighty-two years
of this institution's existence, only men could enroll. In 1923,
St. Ignatius College became John Carroll University. John
Carroll was the first Catholic archbishop in the United States.
Twelve years later, the university relocated to a suburb of
Cleveland known as University Heights. During the 1968-1969
school year, John Carroll University admitted women for the
first time, making the institution coeducational, but women were
only allowed to enroll in the College of Arts and Sciences at
first. Borromeo College of Ohio originally began as a separate
institution, founded by the Capuchins of the Franciscan order of
the Roman Catholic Church. Today, Borromeo College is affiliated
with John Carroll University. Borromeo students attend regular
academic classes at John Carroll Un