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Top 25 Colleges for Black Students
In order to be on the list, a school must be designated currently by the U.S. Department of Education as an Historically Black College or University (HBCU). To qualify for the U.S. News ranking, an HBCU also must be an undergraduate baccalaureate-granting institution that enrolls primarily first year, first-time students and must be a school that is currently part of the 2012 Best Colleges rankings.
2011
Rank | Name, location | Tuition | Total
student
population |
2010 Acceptance rate |
Freshman retention rate | | 1 |
Spelman College, Atlanta, Ga.
| $23,254 |
2,177 |
39% |
88% | | 2 | Howard University, Washington, D.C. | $19,741 | 10,594 | 54% |
84% | | 3 | Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga. | $23,792 | 2,579 | 64% | 83% | | 4 | Hampton University, Hampton, Va. | $18,798 | 5,254 | 56% | 78% | | 5 |
Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. | $17,952 |
n.a. | 48% |
77% |
| 5 | Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Ala. | $17,840 | 2,946 | 64% | 68% |
| 5 | Xavier University, New Orleans, La. | $17,900 | 3,391 | 69% | 72% | | 8 |
Claflin University, Orangeburg, S.C. |
$13,965 |
1,920 |
35% |
70% | | 9 |
Dillard University, New Orleans, La. | $14,530 | 1,187 | 48% | 67% | | 10 | Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Fla. | in-state: $5,161, out-of-state: $17,102 | 13,284 | 61% |
82% | | 11 |
North Carolina Central University, Durham, N.C . | in-state: $4,801, out-of-state: $15,374 | 8,645 |
61% |
74% |
| 11 | North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, N.C. | in-state: $4,668, out-of-state: $14,302
| 10,795 | 61% | 74% | | 13 | Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, N.C. | $17,368 | 1,331 | 25% | 66% | | 14 | Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, N.C. | in-state: $4,151, out-of-state: $13,894 | 3,307 | 67% | 77% | | 15 | Delaware State University, Dover, Del. | in-state: $6,731, out-of-state: $14,310 | 3,757 | 41% | 64% | | 16 | South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, S.C. | in-state: $9,258, out-of-state: $18,170 | 4,362 | 84% | 64% | | 17 | Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga. | $18,911 | 3,941 | 69% | 65% | | 18 | Alabama A&M University, Normal, Ala. | n.a. | 5,814 | 51% | 70% | | 18 | Bennett College, Greensboro, N.C. | $16,794 | 780 | 57% | 70% | | 18 | Morgan State University, Baltimore, Md. | in-state: $6,928, out-of-state: $16,134 | 7,805 | 50% | 67% | | 18 | Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tenn. | in-state: $6,088, out-of-state: $18,616 | 8,930 | 65% | 66% | | 18 | Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Miss. | $10,210 | 918 | 34% | 72% | | 18 | Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, N.C. | in-state: $5,654, out-of-state: $14,767 | 6,333 | 62% | 74% | | 24 | Lincoln University, Lincoln University, Pa. | in-state: $9,984, out-of-state: $14,950 | 2,361 | 31% | 71% | | 25 | Alcorn State University, Alcorn State, Miss. | n.a. | 3,682 | 34% | 65% |
Source: U.S. News: College Compass, Best Colleges 2012
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