Cambria Rowe Business College

Information updated 08.09.2026

Overview

Cambria-Rowe Business College was a private, two-year, coeducational proprietary business college in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA, awarding diplomas and associate degrees. It traced its origin to 1891, when a Pittsburgh doctor opened a women’s school (Rowe College) on the third floor of 542 Main St. in Johnstown; a competing Cambria Business College opened in 1906, and the two rivals eventually merged as Cambria-Rowe Business College.

The college gained accreditation as a two-year business school in 1959 and also operated a campus in Indiana, Pennsylvania. It closed in 2016 after losing its accreditation agency.