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What is an HBCU?

HBCUs offer all students, regardless of race, an opportunity to develop their talents

According to the U.S. Department of Education’s White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, HBCUs are a source of accomplishment and great pride for the African American community as well as the entire nation.

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 U.S. 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. These institutions train young people who go on to serve domestically and internationally in the professions as entrepreneurs and in the public and private sectors.

Accredited HBCU listing

Alabama A & M University, Normal, Alabama     

Alabama State University, Montgomery, Alabama

Albany State University, Albany, Georgia

Alcorn State University, Alcorn State, Mississippi               

Allen University, Columbia, South Carolina           

American Baptist College, Nashville, Tennessee

Arkansas Baptist College, Little Rock, Arkansas   

Benedict College, Columbia, South Carolina         

Bennett College, Greensboro, North Carolina     

Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, Florida    

Bishop State Community College, Mobile, Alabama

Bluefield State College, Bluefield, West Virginia 

Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland

Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio          

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Cheyney, Pennsylvania

Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina

Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia

Clinton College, Rock Hill, South Carolina

Coahoma Community College, Clarksdale, Mississippi

Coppin State University, Baltimore, Maryland

Delaware State University, Dover, Delaware

Denmark Technical College, Denmark, South Carolina     

Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana            

Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Florida       

Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina

Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, Florida

Florida Memorial University, Miami Gardens, Florida

Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, Georgia

Gadsden State Community College, Gadsden, Alabama

Grambling State University, Grambling, Louisiana             

H. Councill Trenholm State Community College, Montgomery, Alabama 

Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 

Harris-Stowe State University, Saint Louis, Missouri

Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia

Huston-Tillotson University, Austin, Texas

Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Georgia

J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College, Huntsville, Alabama 

Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi     

Jarvis Christian College, Hawkins, Texas 

Johnson C Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina     

Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky  

Lane College, Jackson, Tennessee

Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma

Lawson State Community College, Birmingham, Alabama

Le Moyne-Owen College, Memphis, Tennessee 

Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri

Lincoln University, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania

Livingstone College, Salisbury, North Carolina     

Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee

Miles College, Fairfield, Alabama              

Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, Mississippi

Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia

Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland   

Morris College, Sumter, South Carolina  

Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia

North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina

North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina

Oakwood University, Huntsville, Alabama            

Paine College, Augusta, Georgia

Paul Quinn College, Dallas, Texas             

Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Arkansas    

Prairie View A & M University, Prairie View, Texas            

Rust College, Holly Springs, Mississippi  

Saint Augustine's University, Raleigh, North Carolina       

Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia   

Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina               

Shelton State Community College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Shorter College, N Little Rock, Arkansas

Simmons College of Kentucky, Louisville, Kentucky          

South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, South Carolina       

Southern University and A & M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Southern University at New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana

Southern University at Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana             

Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Southwestern Christian College, Terrell, Texas   

Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia           

St Philip's College, San Antonio, Texas    

Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama   

Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama   

Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee            

Texas College, Tyler, Texas          

Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas         

Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Mississippi

Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama             

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, Arkansas

University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland 

University of the District of Columbia, Washington, District of Columbia

University of the District of Columbia-David A Clarke School of Law, Washington, District of Columbia       

University of the Virgin Islands, Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands 

University of the Virgin Islands-Albert A. Sheen, St. Croix, Virgin Islands  

Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia     

Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia      

Virginia University of Lynchburg, Lynchburg, Virginia       

Voorhees College, Denmark, South Carolina        

West Virginia State University, Institute, West Virginia    

Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio            

Wiley College, Marshall, Texas  

Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education’s White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

To learn more about the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, visit https://sites.ed.gov/whhbcu/.

To learn more about how “HBCUs Make America Strong: The Positive Economic Impact of Historically Black Colleges and Universities," visit https://bit.ly/2Wijl6k.