HBCU Facts
Did you Know. . .
- 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.
Accredited HBCUs
4-Year Public Institutions (40)
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Alabama A&M University
www.aamu.edu/ Alabama State University www.alasu.edu Albany State University www.asurams.edu/ Alcorn State University www.alcorn.edu Bluefield State College www.bluefieldstate.edu/ Bowie State University www.bowiestate.edu Central State University www.centralstate.edu/ Cheyney State University www.cheyney.edu/ Coppin State College www.coppin.edu/ Delaware State University www.desu.edu Elizabeth City State University www.ecsu.edu/ |
Fayetteville State University
www.uncfsu.edu/ Florida A&M University www.famu.edu Fort Valley State University www.fvsu.edu/ Grambling State University www.gram.edu Harris-Stowe State University www.hssu.edu/ Jackson State University www.jsums.edu Kentucky State University www.kysu.edu/ Langston University www.lunet.edu Lincoln University-PA www.lincoln.edu Lincoln University-MO www.lincolnu.edu |
Mississippi Valley State
University www.mvsu.edu Morgan State University www.morgan.edu Norfolk State University www.nsu.edu North Carolina A&T State University www.ncat.edu/ North Carolina Central University www.nccu.edu/ Prairie View A&M University www.pvamu.edu Savannah State University www.savannahstate.edu South Carolina State University www.scsu.edu/ Southern University A&M College www.subr.edu Southern University at New Orleans www.suno.edu |
Tennessee State University
www.tnstate.edu/ Texas Southern University www.tsu.edu University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff www.uapb.edu University of Maryland Eastern Shore www.umes.edu/ University of the District of Columbia www.udc.edu/ University of the Virgin Islands www.uvi.edu/pub-relations/uvi/home.html Virginia State University www.vsu.edu West Virginia State University www.wvstateu.edu/ Winston-Salem State University www.wssu.edu/WSSU |
4-year Private Institutions (48)
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Allen University
www.allenuniversity.edu American Baptist College www.abcnash.edu Arkansas Baptist College arkansasbaptist.edu Benedict College www.benedict.edu/ Bennett College www.bennett.edu/ Bethune-Cookman University bethune.cookman.edu Claflin University www.claflin.edu Clark Atlanta University www.cau.edu/ Concordia College www.ccal.edu Dillard University www.dillard.edu Edward Waters College www.ewc.edu Fisk University www.fisk.edu/ Florida Memorial University www.fmuniv.edu |
Hampton University
www.hamptonu.edu/ Howard University www.howard.edu Huston-Tillotson University www.htu.edu Interdenominational Theological Center www.itc.edu Jarvis Christian College www.jarvis.edu/ Johnson C. Smith University www.jcsu.edu/ Lane College www.lanecollege.edu/ Lemoyne-Owen College www.loc.edu Livingstone College www.livingstone.edu Meharry Medical College www.mmc.edu Miles College www.miles.edu/ Morehouse College www.morehouse.edu |
Morehouse School of Medicine
www.msm.edu/ Morris College www.morris.edu Oakwood College www.oakwood.edu/ Paine College www.paine.edu/ Paul Quinn College www.pqc.edu/ Philander Smith College www.philander.edu Rust College www.rustcollege.edu St. Augustine's College www.st-aug.edu/ Selma University selmauniversity.org Simmons College of KY simmonscollegeky.edu Shaw University shawuniversity.edu/ Southwestern Christian College www.swcc.edu/ |
Spelman College
www.spelman.edu/ Stillman College www.stillman.edu/ Talladega College www.talladega.edu/ Texas College www.texascollege.edu Tougaloo College www.tougaloo.edu Tuskegee University www.tuskegee.edu/ Virginia Union University www.vuu.edu Virginia University of Lynchburg www.vul.edu Voorhees College www.voorhees.edu Wilberforce University www.wilberforce.edu/ Wiley College www.wileyc.edu/ Xavier University www.xula.edu |
2-Year Public Institutions (11)
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2-Year Private Institutions (4)Clinton Junior College
www.clintonjuniorcollege.edu Lewis College of Business www.lewiscollege.edu/ Mary Holmes College www.maryholmes.edu/ Shorter College www.shorter.edu |
