Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have in the past and continue to produce an exceptional number of African-American leaders.
Although HBCUs represent only 3 percent of the nation’s universities, they produce 23.6 percent of all bachelor’s degrees earned by African-Americans. Their contribution is even greater in the physical, mathematical, biological and agricultural sciences, where HBCUs account for more than 40 percent of bachelor’s degrees earned by African-Americans.
HBCUs are defined by Congress as educational institutions that existed prior to 1964 with the primary purpose of educating African-American students. They are:
- Alabama A&M University (Ala.), www.aamu.edu
- Alabama State University (Ala.), www.alasu.edu
- Albany State University (Ga.), www.asurams.edu
- Alcorn State University (Miss.), www.alcorn.edu
- Allen University (S.C.), www.allenuniversity.edu
- Arkansas Baptist College (Ark.), www.arkansasbaptist.edu
- Barber-Scotia College (N.C.), www.b-sc.edu
- Benedict College (S.C.), www.benedict.edu
- Bennett College (N.C.), www.bennett.edu
- Bethune-Cookman College (Fla.), www.bethune.cookman.edu
- Bishop State Community College (Ala.) www.bscc.cc.al.us
- Bluefield State College (W.Va.), www.bluefield.wvnet.edu
- Bowie State University (Md.), www.bowiestate.edu
- Central State University (Ohio), www.centralstate.edu
- Charles Drew University of Medicine (Calif.), www.cdrewu.edu
- Cheyney University (Pa.), www.cheyney.edu
- Chicago State University (Ill.) www.csu.edu
- Claflin College (S.C.), www.claflin.edu
- Clark Atlanta University (Ga.), www.cau.edu
- Clinton Junior College (S.C.) www.clintonjrcollege.edu
- Coahoma Community College (Miss.) www.ccc.cc.ms.us
- Concordia College (Ala.) www.concordiaselma.edu
- Coppin State College (Md.), www.coppin.edu
- Delaware State University (Del.), www.desu.edu
- Denmark Technical College (S.C.) www.denmarktech.edu
- Dillard University (La.), www.dillard.edu
- Edward Waters College (Fla.), www.ewc.edu
- Elizabeth City State University (N.C.), www.ecsu.edu
- Fayetteville State University (N.C.), www.uncfsu.edu
- Fisk University (Tenn.), www.fisk.edu
- Florida A&M University (Fla.), www.famu.edu
- Florida Memorial College (Fla.), www.fmc.edu
- Fort Valley State University (Ga.), www.fvsu.edu
- Gadsden State Community College (Ala.) www.gadsdenstate.edu
- Grambling State University (La.), www.gram.edu
- Hampton University (Va.), www.hamptonu.edu
- Harris-Stowe State College (Mo.), www.hssc.edu
- Hinds Community College (Miss.) lrc.hindscc.edu
- Howard University (D.C.), www.howard.edu
- Huston-Tillotson College (Tex.), www.htc.edu
- Interdenominational Theological
Center (Ga.), www.itc.edu - J. F. Drake State Technical College (Ala.) www.dstc.cc.al.us
- Jackson State University (Miss.), www.jsums.edu
- Jarvis Christian College (Tex.), www.jarvis.edu
- Johnson C. Smith University (N.C.), www.jcsu.edu
- Kentucky State University (Ky.), www.kysu.edu
- Knoxville College (Tenn.), www.knoxvillecollege.edu
- Lane College (Tenn.), www.lanecollege.edu
- Langston University (Okla.) www.lunet.edu
- Lawson State Community College (Ala.) www.ls.cc.al.us
- LeMoyne-Owen College (Tenn.), http://www.loc.edu
- Lewis College of Business (Mich.), www.lewiscollege.edu
- Lincoln University (Mo.), www.lincolnu.edu
- Lincoln University (Pa.), www.lincoln.edu
- Livingstone College (N.C.), www.livingstone.edu
- Mary Holmes College (Miss.) www.maryholmes.edu
- Meharry Medical College (Tenn.), www.mmc.edu
- Miles College (Ala.), www.miles.edu
- Mississippi Valley State University (Miss.), www.mvsu.edu
- Morehouse College (Ga.), www.morehouse.edu
- Morehouse School of Medicine (Ga.), www.msm.edu
- Morgan State University (Md.), www.morgan.edu
- Morris Brown College (Ga.) www.morrisbrown.edu
- Morris College (S.C.), www.morris.edu
- Norfolk State University (Va.), www.nsu.edu
- North Carolina A&T State University (N.C.), www.ncat.edu
- North Carolina Central University (N.C.), www.nccu.edu
- Oakwood College (Ala.), www.oakwood.edu
- Paine College (Ga.), www.paine.edu
- Paul Quinn College (Tex.), www.pqc.edu
- Philander Smith College (Ark.), www.philander.edu
- Prairie View A&M University (Tex.), www.pvamu.edu
- Rust College (Miss.), www.rustcollege.edu
- Saint Augustine’s College (N.C.), www.st-aug.edu
- Saint Paul’s College (Va.), www.saintpauls.edu
- Saint Philip’s College (Tex.) www.accd.edu/spc
- Savannah State University (Ga.), www.savstate.edu
- Selma University (Ala.) www.selmauniversity.org
- Shaw University (N.C.), www.shawuniversity.edu
- Shelton State Community College (Ala.) www.sheltonstate.edu
- South Carolina State University (S.C.), www.scsu.edu
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge (La.), www.subr.edu
- Southern University, New Orleans (La.), www.suno.edu
- Southern University, Shreveport (La.), www.susla.edu
- Southwestern Christian College (Tex.), www.swcc.edu
- Spelman College (Ga.), www.spelman.edu
- Stillman College (Ala.), www.stillman.edu
- Talladega College (Ala.), www.talladega.edu
- Tennessee State University (Tenn.), www.tnstate.edu
- Texas College (Tex.), www.texascollegeonline.net
- Texas Southern University (Tex.), www.tsu.edu
- Tougaloo College (Miss.), www.tougaloo.edu
- Trenholm State Technical College (Ala.) www.trenholmtech.cc.al.us
- Tuskegee University (Ala.), www.tuskegee.edu
- University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (Ark.), www.uapb.edu
- University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (Md.), www.umes.edu
- University of the District of Columbia (D.C.), www.udc.edu
- University of the Virgin Islands (V.I.), www.uvi.edu
- Virginia State University (Va.), www.vsu.edu
- Virginia Union University (Va.), www.vuu.edu
- Virginia University of Lynchburg www.vul.edu
- Voorhees College (S.C.), www.voorhees.edu
- West Virginia State University (W.Va.), www.wvstateu.edu
- Wilberforce University (Ohio), www.wilberforce.edu
- Wiley College (Tex.), www.wileyc.edu
- Winston-Salem State University (N.C.), www.wssu.edu
- Xavier University of Louisiana (La.), www.xula.edu
Source: White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
