Corban University is a private, independent Baptist college in Salem, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1935 as Western Baptist Bible College in Arizona, the school moved to Oregon near Salem in 1969 and changed its name to Corban College in 2005, and to the present moniker in 2010. The school of about 1,000 students offers undergraduate work in Bible studies as well as liberal arts, and graduate studies in business, education, and counseling. Corban is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, and athletically is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate... Athletics, competing in the Cascade Collegiate Conference. First established in 1935 in Phoenix, Arizona as a Bible institute, the college moved in 1946 to Oakland, California and took the name Western Baptist Bible College, being affiliated with the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches . In the mid-1950s the school moved to El Cerrito, California, occupying the site of a former home for orphaned Chinese boys. In 1969 the college moved again, to Salem, Oregon, where it operates today. The school shortened the name to Western Baptist College in 1973.
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