HBCUs from A to Z
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are higher education institutions established primarily to educate Black Americans but now educate people of all nations, races, creeds, and colors.
A majority of HBCUs were established in the southern United States, following the Civil War. After repeatedly being denied and disqualified from attending predominantly white institutions, HBCUs emerged as the predominant institutions for the education of black Americans—for Black Americans to learn, excel, and assimilate the importance of the Black American community.
HBCUs by Alphabetical Order
A-G
Alabama A&M University
Alabama State University
Albany State University
Alcorn State University
Allen University
American Baptist College
Arkansas Baptist College
Barber-Scotia College**
Benedict College
Bennett College
Bethune-Cookman University
Birmingham-Easonian Baptist Bible College*
Bishop State Community College
Bluefield State College
Bowie State University
Carver College *
Central State University
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science *
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Claflin University
Clark Atlanta University
Clinton College
Coahoma Community College
Concordia College, Alabama (closed 2018)
Coppin State University
Delaware State University
Denmark Technical College
Dillard University
Edward Waters College
Elizabeth City State University
Fayetteville State University
Fisk University
Florida A&M University
Florida Memorial University
Fort Valley State University
Gadsden State Community College
(Valley Street campus)
Grambling State University
H-O
H. Councill Trenholm State Community College
Hampton University
Harris-Stowe State University
Hinds Community College at Utica
Hood Theological *
Howard University
Huston-Tillotson University
Interdenominational Theological Center
J. F. Drake State Technical College
Jackson State University
Jarvis Christian College
Johnson C Smith Theological Seminary *
Johnson C. Smith University
Kentucky State University
Knoxville College **
Lane College
Langston University
Lawson State Community College
LeMoyne-Owen College
Lewis College of Business (closed 2013)
Lincoln University
Livingstone College
Meharry Medical College
Miles College
Miles School of Law *
Mississippi Valley State University
Morehouse College
Morehouse School of Medicine
Morgan State University
Morris Brown College
Morris College
Norfolk State University
North Carolina A&T State University
North Carolina Central University
Oakwood University
P-Z
Paine College
Paul Quinn College
Payne Theological *
Philander Smith College
Prairie View A&M University
Rust College
Saint Paul’s College (closed 2013)
Savannah State University
Selma University
Shaw University
Shelton State Community College- C A Fredd Campus
Shorter College
Simmons College of Kentucky
South Carolina State University
Southern University and A&M College
Southern University at New Orleans
Southern University at Shreveport
Southwestern Christian College
Spelman College
St. Augustine’s University
St. Philip’s College
Stillman College
Talladega College
Tennessee State University
Texas College
Texas Southern University
Tougaloo College
Tuskegee University
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
University of the District of Columbia
University of the Virgin Islands
Virginia State University
Virginia Union University
Virginia University of Lynchburg
Voorhees College
West Virginia State University
Wilberforce University
Wiley College
Winston-Salem State University
Xavier University of Louisiana