After the Second World War, the school began offering degrees in engineering, chemistry, and business administration.

Due to the increased demand, the Board of Collegiate Authority approved the Trustees’ request to grant a Bachelor of Science degree in November 1948.

As Bradford Durfee College of Technology was also nearby, the state set up a committee to merge the schools.

The merger with Bradford Durfee College was completed in 1964, forming the Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute.

[1] From 1985 until 1988, the building on Purchase Street was used by the Swain School of Design until it merged with the Southeastern Massachusetts University in 1988.