Historically Black Colleges and Universities- HBCUs
Accredited HBCU listing: nces.ed.gov/COLLEGENAVIGATOR/?s=all&sp=4&pg=1
What is an HBCU?
Historically black colleges or universities (HBCUs) are schools that were founded on the belief that every individual deserves access to a college or higher education. The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, defines an HBCU as: “…any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary [of Education] to be a reliable authority as to the quality of training offered or is, according to such an agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation.” HBCUs offer all students, regardless of race, an opportunity to develop their skills and talents.
Source: sites.ed.gov/whhbcu/one-hundred-and-five-historically-black-colleges-and-universities/
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Alabama A&M University
Alabama State University
Albany State University
Alcorn State University
Allen University
American Baptist College
Arkansas Baptist College
Barber-Scotia College
Benedict College
Bennett College
Bethune-Cookman University
Bishop State Community College
Bluefield State College
Bowie State University
C.A. Fredd Campus of Shelton State Community
Central State University
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Claflin University
Clark Atlanta University
Clinton Junior College
Coahoma Community College
Coppin State University
Delaware State University
Denmark Technical College
Dillard University
Edward Waters College
Elizabeth City State University
Fayetteville State University
Fisk University
Florida A&M University
Florida Memorial University
Fort Valley State University
Gadsden State Community College
Grambling State University
Hampton University
Harris-Stowe State University
Hinds Community College
Howard University
Huston-Tillotson University
Interdenominational Theological Center
F. Drake Technical College
Jackson State University
Jarvis Christian College
Johnson C. Smith University
Kentucky State University
Knoxville College
Lane College
Langston University
Lawson State Community College
LeMoyne-Owen College
Lincoln University
Lincoln University of Missouri
Livingstone College
Meharry Medical College
Miles College
Mississippi Valley State University
Morehouse College
Morehouse School of Medicine
Morgan State University
Morris Brown College
Morris College
Norfolk State University
North Carolina A&T State University
North Carolina Central University
Oakwood College
Paine College
Paul Quinn College
Philander Smith College
Prairie View A&M University
Rust College
Saint Philip’s College
Savannah State University
Selma University
Shaw University
Shorter College
South Carolina State University
Southern University and A&M College
Southern University at New Orleans
Southern University at Shreveport
Southwestern Christian College
Spelman College
St. Augustine’s College
Stillman College
Talladega College
Tennessee State University
Texas College
Texas Southern University
Tougaloo College
Trenholm State Technical College
Tuskegee University
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
University of the District of Columbia
University of the Virgin Islands
Virginia State University
Virginia Union University
Virginia University of Lynchburg
Voorhees College
West Virginia State University
Wilberforce University
Wiley College
Winston Salem State University
Xavier University of Louisiana
HBCU FACTS:
Nine of the top ten colleges that graduate most of the African American students who go on to earn Ph.D.s are HBCUs.
More than 50 percent of the nation's African American public school teachers and 70 percent of African American dentists and physicians earned degrees at HBCUs.
Over half of all African American professionals are graduates of HBCUs.
In 2000, Xavier University in New Orleans individually produced more successful African American medical school applicants (94) than Johns Hopkins (20), Harvard (37), and the University of Maryland (24) combined.
Spelman and Bennett Colleges produce over half of the nation's African American women who go on to earn doctorates in all science fields; more than produced by the Ivy League's Seven Sisters combined (Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Wellesley, and Vassar Colleges).
HBCUs significantly contribute to the creation of African American science degree holders: agriculture (51.6 percent), biology (42.2 percent), computer science (35 percent), physical science (43 percent), and social science (23.2 percent).
HBCUs produce 44 percent of all African American bachelor's degrees awarded for communications technology, 33 percent of bachelor's degrees awarded for engineering technology, and 43 percent of bachelor's degrees awarded for mathematics.
Sources: www.hbcualumnicle.com/hbcu-facts.html
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