[2] It was nominated because of its local significance in architecture, education, and religion, because it was the only 19th-century Baptist institution of higher learning in Minnesota, and because of its association with benefactors Mark H. Dunnell and George A.

In February 2005, Pillsbury received accreditation by the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE).

[1] Pillsbury announced in October 2008 that it would permanently close at the end of the year and that its campus would be sold.

[1] Pillsbury's transcripts are now held by Maranatha Baptist University in perpetuity.

Pillsbury Baptist Bible college was an NCAA division III institution.