Historically Black Colleges And Universities

Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community (wiki ).

102 Historically black colleges and universities are active for the academic year 2023-2024. Of them, Morehouse College ranked first in HBCUs ranking and Tuskegee University ranked second. For the ranking, we include HBCUs that ranked in top 1,000 U.S. colleges and universities including all types of 4 year-colleges.

• Total 102 Historically black colleges and universities - 52 public and 50 private schools. Of them, 91 schools are 4 years colleges/universities and 11 schools are community colleges (2-4 years colleges).
• The average tuition & fees of HBCUs is $15,769. Howard University has the highest tuition & fees of $33,344 and Coahoma Community College has the lowest tuition & fees of $3,490.
• The average SAT score of HBCUs is 986. Fisk University has the highest SAT score of 1,330 and Fort Valley State University has the lowest SAT score of 820.
• The average acceptance rate of HBCUs is 66%. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University has the tightest (lowest) acceptance rate of 21% and Bethune-Cookman University has the highest acceptance rate of 100%.
• The average student population at HBCUs is 2,874. North Carolina A & T State University is the largest HBCU with 13,487 students Selma University is the smallest HBCU with 50 students.

Historically Black Colleges And Universities Comparison

Below table lists all Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) sorted by ranking. The unranked schools ("-" values in ranking column) means that there is not enough data for ranking and/or not qualified for ranking. You can narrow down the HBCUs by school types and levels by using buttons below.