School |
City |
State/Territory |
Founded |
Type |
Religious Affiliation |
Comment |
Regionally accredited[3]
|
Alabama A&M University |
Normal |
Alabama |
1875 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Colored Normal School at Huntsville" |
Yes
|
Alabama State University |
Montgomery |
Alabama |
1867 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Lincoln Normal School of Marion" |
Yes
|
Albany State University |
Albany |
Georgia |
1903 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Albany Bible and Manual Training Institute" |
Yes
|
Alcorn State University |
Lorman |
Mississippi |
1871 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Alcorn University" in honor of James L. Alcorn |
Yes
|
Allen University |
Columbia |
South Carolina |
1870 |
Private |
African Methodist Episcopal |
Founded as "Payne Institute" |
Yes
|
American Baptist College |
Nashville |
Tennessee |
1924 |
Private |
Baptist |
Federal designation as a historically Black college or university was awarded on March 20, 2013 by the U.S. Education Department.[4] |
Yes
|
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff |
Pine Bluff |
Arkansas |
1873 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Branch Normal College" |
Yes
|
Arkansas Baptist College |
Little Rock |
Arkansas |
1884 |
Private |
Baptist |
Founded as "Minister’s Institute"[5] |
Yes
|
Barber-Scotia College |
Concord |
North Carolina |
1867 |
Private |
Presbyterian |
Founded as two institutions, Scotia Seminary and Barber Memorial College |
No
|
Benedict College |
Columbia |
South Carolina |
1870 |
Private |
American Baptist Churches USA |
Founded as "Benedict Institute" |
Yes
|
Bennett College |
Greensboro |
North Carolina |
1873 |
Private |
United Methodist Church |
Founded as "Bennett Seminary" |
Yes
|
Bethune-Cookman University |
Daytona Beach |
Florida |
1904 |
Private |
United Methodist Church |
Founded as "Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls" |
Yes
|
Bishop State Community College |
Mobile |
Alabama |
1927 |
Public |
|
Originally a branch of Alabama State College |
Yes
|
Bluefield State College |
Bluefield |
West Virginia |
1895 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Bluefield Colored Institute" |
Yes
|
Bowie State University |
Bowie |
Maryland |
1865 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Baltimore Normal School" |
Yes
|
Central State University |
Wilberforce |
Ohio |
1887 |
Public |
African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Originally a department at Wilberforce University[6] |
Yes
|
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania |
Cheyney |
Pennsylvania |
1837 |
Public |
|
The oldest HBCU. Founded by Quaker philanthropist Richard Humphreys as "Institute for Colored Youth" |
Yes
|
Claflin University |
Orangeburg |
South Carolina |
1869 |
Private |
United Methodist Church |
|
Yes
|
Clark Atlanta University |
Atlanta |
Georgia |
1865 |
Private |
United Methodist Church |
Originally two institutions, Clark College and Atlanta University |
Yes
|
Clinton Junior College |
Rock Hill |
South Carolina |
1894 |
Private |
AME Zion |
Founded as "Clinton Institute"[7] |
Yes
|
Coahoma Community College |
Coahoma County |
Mississippi |
1924 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Coahoma County Agricultural High School" |
Yes
|
Concordia College, Alabama |
Selma |
Alabama |
1922 |
Private |
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod |
Known as "Alabama Lutheran Academy and Junior College" until 1981 |
Yes
|
Coppin State University |
Baltimore |
Maryland |
1900 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Colored High School" |
Yes
|
Delaware State University |
Dover |
Delaware |
1891 |
Public |
|
Founded as "The State College for Colored Students" |
Yes
|
Denmark Technical College |
Denmark |
South Carolina |
1947 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Denmark Area Trade School"[8] |
Yes
|
Dillard University |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
1869 |
Private |
United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church |
Founding predecessor institutions: "Straight University" and "New Orleans University" |
Yes
|
University of the District of Columbia |
Washington |
District of Columbia |
1851 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Miner Normal School" |
Yes
|
Edward Waters College |
Jacksonville |
Florida |
1866 |
Private |
AME Church |
Founded as "Brown Theological Institute" |
Yes
|
Elizabeth City State University |
Elizabeth City |
North Carolina |
1891 |
Public |
|
|
Yes
|
Fayetteville State University |
Fayetteville |
North Carolina |
1867 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Howard School" |
Yes
|
Fisk University |
Nashville |
Tennessee |
1866 |
Private |
United Church of Christ[9] |
Named for Clinton Bowen Fisk |
Yes
|
Florida A&M University |
Tallahassee |
Florida |
1887 |
Public |
|
Founded as "State Normal College for Colored Students" |
Yes
|
Florida Memorial University |
Miami Gardens |
Florida |
1879 |
Private |
American Baptist Churches USA |
Founded as "Florida Baptist Institute in Live Oak" |
Yes
|
Fort Valley State University |
Fort Valley |
Georgia |
1895 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Fort Valley High and Industrial School" |
Yes
|
Gadsden State Community College |
Gadsden |
Alabama |
1925 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Alabama School of Trades" |
Yes
|
Grambling State University |
Grambling |
Louisiana |
1901 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Colored Industrial and Agricultural School" |
Yes
|
Hampton University |
Hampton |
Virginia |
1868 |
Private |
|
Founded as "Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute" |
Yes
|
Harris-Stowe State University |
St. Louis |
Missouri |
1857 |
Public |
|
Founded as "St. Louis Normal School" for whites in 1857, with Stowe Teachers College begun in 1890 for blacks; merged in 1954 [10] |
Yes
|
Hinds Community College at Utica |
Utica |
Mississippi |
1903 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Utica Junior College" |
Yes
|
Howard University |
Washington |
District of Columbia |
1867 |
Private |
|
Founded as "Howard Normal and Theological School for the Education of Teachers and Preachers" |
Yes
|
Huston-Tillotson University |
Austin |
Texas |
1875 |
Private |
United Methodist Church /United Church of Christ |
Founded as "Tillotson Collegiate and Normal Institute" |
Yes
|
Interdenominational Theological Center |
Atlanta |
Georgia |
1958 |
Private |
Interdenominational |
|
Yes
|
J. F. Drake State Technical College |
Huntsville |
Alabama |
1961 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Huntsville State Vocational Technical School" |
Yes
|
Jackson State University |
Jackson |
Mississippi |
1877 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Natchez Seminary" by the American Baptist Home Mission Society, became public in 1942 |
Yes
|
Jarvis Christian College |
Hawkins |
Texas |
1912 |
Private |
The Disciples |
|
Yes
|
Johnson C. Smith University |
Charlotte |
North Carolina |
1867 |
Private |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Founded as "Biddle Memorial Institute" |
Yes
|
Kentucky State University |
Frankfort |
Kentucky |
1886 |
Public |
|
Founded as "State Normal School for Colored Persons" |
Yes
|
Knoxville College |
Knoxville (Mechanicsville) |
Tennessee |
1875 |
Private |
United Presbyterian Church of North America |
|
No
|
Lane College |
Jackson |
Tennessee |
1882 |
Private |
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Founded as "Colored Methodist Episcopal High School"[11] |
Yes
|
Langston University |
Langston |
Oklahoma |
1897 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Oklahoma Colored Agricultural and Normal University" |
Yes
|
Lawson State Community College |
Bessemer |
Alabama |
1949 |
Public |
|
|
Yes
|
LeMoyne-Owen College |
Memphis |
Tennessee |
1862 |
Private |
United Church of Christ |
Founded as "LeMoyne Normal and Commercial School"[12] (elementary school until 1870) |
Yes
|
Lincoln University |
Chester County |
Pennsylvania |
1854 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Ashmun Institute" |
Yes
|
Lincoln University of Missouri |
Jefferson City |
Missouri |
1866 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Lincoln Institute"[13] |
Yes
|
Livingstone College |
Salisbury |
North Carolina |
1879 |
Private |
AME Zion |
Founded as "Zion Wesley Institute" |
Yes
|
University of Maryland Eastern Shore |
Princess Anne |
Maryland |
1886 |
Public |
Originally: Methodist Episcopal |
Founded as "Delaware Conference Academy" |
Yes
|
Meharry Medical College |
Nashville |
Tennessee |
1876 |
Private |
United Methodist Church |
Founded as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College |
Yes
|
Miles College |
Fairfield |
Alabama |
1905 |
Private |
CME Church |
Known until 1941 as "Miles Memorial College"; named after Bishop William H. Miles |
Yes
|
Mississippi Valley State University |
Itta Bena |
Mississippi |
1950 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Mississippi Vocational College" |
Yes
|
Morehouse College |
Atlanta |
Georgia |
1867 |
Private |
Originally: American Baptist Home Mission Society |
Founded as "Augusta Institute" |
Yes
|
Morehouse School of Medicine |
Atlanta |
Georgia |
1975 |
Private |
|
Founded as a part of Morehouse College |
Yes
|
Morgan State University |
Baltimore |
Maryland |
1867 |
Public |
Originally: Methodist Episcopal |
Founded as "Centenary Biblical Institute" |
Yes
|
Morris Brown College |
Atlanta |
Georgia |
1881 |
Private |
African Methodist Episcopal |
Named after the second Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church |
No
|
Morris College |
Sumter |
South Carolina |
1908 |
Private |
Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention |
|
Yes
|
Norfolk State University |
Norfolk |
Virginia |
1935 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Norfolk Unit of Virginia State University"[14] |
Yes
|
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University |
Greensboro |
North Carolina |
1891 |
Public |
|
Founded as "The Agricultural & Mechanical College for the Colored Race" |
Yes
|
North Carolina Central University |
Durham |
North Carolina |
1910 |
Public |
|
Founded as "National Religious Training School and Chautauqua" |
Yes
|
Oakwood University |
Huntsville |
Alabama |
1896 |
Private |
Seventh-day Adventist |
Founded as "Oakwood Industrial School" |
Yes
|
Paine College |
Augusta |
Georgia |
1882 |
Private |
United Methodist Church and Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Founded as "Paine Institute" |
Yes
|
Paul Quinn College |
Dallas |
Texas |
1872 |
Private |
AME Church |
Named for William Paul Quinn |
Yes
|
Payne Theological Seminary
|
Wilberforce
|
Ohio
|
1856
|
Private
|
African Methodist Episcopal Church
|
Named for Bishop Daniel Payne. Founded as a seminary with Wilberforce University in 1856. Later became Payne Theological Seminary in 1894
|
Yes
|
Philander Smith College |
Little Rock |
Arkansas |
1877 |
Private |
United Methodist Church |
Founded as "Walden Seminary" |
Yes
|
Prairie View A&M University |
Prairie View |
Texas |
1876 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Alta Vista Agriculture & Mechanical College for Colored Youth"[15] |
Yes
|
Rust College |
Holly Springs |
Mississippi |
1866 |
Private |
United Methodist Church |
Known as "Shaw University" until 1882 |
Yes
|
Savannah State University |
Savannah |
Georgia |
1890 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth" |
Yes
|
Selma University |
Selma |
Alabama |
1878 |
Private |
Alabama State Missionary Baptist Convention |
Founded as "Alabama Baptist Normal and Theological School" |
Yes
|
Shaw University |
Raleigh |
North Carolina |
1865 |
Private |
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
|
Yes
|
Shorter College |
Little Rock |
Arkansas |
1886 |
Private |
African Methodist Episcopal |
Two-year college; founded as "Bethel University" |
Yes [16]
|
Shelton State Community College |
Tuscaloosa |
Alabama |
1952 |
Public |
|
Founded as "J.P. Shelton Trade School" |
Yes
|
Simmons College |
Louisville |
Kentucky |
1869 |
Private |
|
Founded as Kentucky Normal Technological Institute |
Yes
|
South Carolina State University |
Orangeburg |
South Carolina |
1896 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Colored, Normal, Industrial, Agricultural, and Mechanical College of South Carolina" |
Yes
|
Southern University at New Orleans |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
1959 |
Public |
|
Founded as a branch unit of Southern University in Baton Rouge |
Yes
|
Southern University at Shreveport |
Shreveport |
Louisiana |
1967 |
Public |
|
Part of the Southern University System |
Yes
|
Southern University and A&M College |
Baton Rouge |
Louisiana |
1880 |
Public |
|
Conceptualized by P. B. S. Pinchback, T. T. Allain, and Henry Demas |
Yes
|
Southwestern Christian College |
Terrell |
Texas |
1948 |
Private |
Church of Christ |
Founded as "Southern Bible Institute"[17] |
Yes
|
Spelman College |
Atlanta |
Georgia |
1881 |
Private |
Originally, American Baptist Home Mission Society |
Founded as "Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary" |
Yes
|
St. Augustine's University |
Raleigh |
North Carolina |
1867 |
Private |
Episcopal Church (United States) |
|
Yes
|
St. Philip's College |
San Antonio |
Texas |
1898 |
Public |
Episcopal Church |
Founded as "St. Philip's Sewing Class for Girls"[18] |
Yes
|
Stillman College |
Tuscaloosa |
Alabama |
1876 |
Private |
Presbyterian |
Founded as Tuscaloosa Institute, the College was a concept of Reverend Dr. Charles Allen Stillman, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Tuscaloosa[19] |
Yes
|
Talladega College |
Talladega County |
Alabama |
1867 |
Private |
United Church of Christ |
Known as "Swayne School" until 1869 |
Yes
|
Tennessee State University |
Nashville |
Tennessee |
1912 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Agricultural and Industrial State Normal School" |
Yes
|
Texas College |
Tyler |
Texas |
1894 |
Private |
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
|
Yes
|
Texas Southern University |
Houston |
Texas |
1927 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Texas State University for Negroes" |
Yes
|
Tougaloo College |
Hinds County |
Mississippi |
1869 |
Private |
American Missionary Association |
Founded as "Tougaloo University" |
Yes
|
Trenholm State Technical College |
Montgomery |
Alabama |
1947 |
Public |
|
Founded as "John M. Patterson Technical School"[21] |
Yes
|
Tuskegee University |
Tuskegee |
Alabama |
1881 |
Private |
|
Founded as Tuskegee Institute, Now a National Historic Site |
Yes
|
University of the Virgin Islands |
St. Croix & St. Thomas |
United States Virgin Islands |
1962 |
Public |
|
Founded as "College of the Virgin Islands" |
Yes
|
Virginia State University |
Petersburg |
Virginia |
1882 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute at Petersburg" |
Yes
|
Virginia Union University |
Richmond |
Virginia |
1865 |
Private |
American Baptist Churches USA |
Founded as "Wayland Seminary," and merged with Richmond Institute (1865) in 1889[22] |
Yes
|
Virginia University of Lynchburg |
Lynchburg |
Virginia |
1886 |
Private |
Baptist |
Founded as "Lynchburg Baptist Seminary" |
Yes
|
Voorhees College |
Denmark |
South Carolina |
1897 |
Private |
Episcopal Church |
Founded as "Denmark Industrial School" |
Yes
|
West Virginia State University |
Institute |
West Virginia |
1891 |
Public |
|
Founded as "West Virginia Colored Institute" |
Yes
|
Wilberforce University |
Wilberforce |
Ohio |
1856 |
Private |
AME Church |
Named for William Wilberforce |
Yes
|
Wiley College |
Marshall |
Texas |
1873 |
Private |
United Methodist Church |
Named for Isaac William Wiley |
Yes
|
Winston-Salem State University |
Winston-Salem |
North Carolina |
1892 |
Public |
|
Founded as "Slater Industrial and State Normal School" |
Yes
|
Xavier University of Louisiana |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
1915 |
Private |
Roman Catholic |
Founding predecessor institutions: "St. Katharine Drexel" and the "Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament" |
Yes
|