hbcu

We last covered Tennessee State University which received an average score of 8.5. See the updated leaderboard here Virginia University of Lynchburg is a small Christian HBCU in Lynchburg, VA. Originally started as a Baptist seminary in 1888 (the Lynchburg Baptist Seminary and later the...

With all the talk at @get these nets thread on HBCU gender gaps relating to the "worth" or not of college for boys, I thought I might throw out some info I have been collecting. Generally, the highest paying HBCUs are the top four (Howard, Hampton, Morehouse, Spelman) and the engineering focused...

We last covered Livingstone College which received an average score of 6. See the updated leaderboard here Now we had back to Nashville to cover Tennessee State University (TSU). The largest HBCU in Nashville as well as Tennessee, TSU was actually the last HBCU established in the Nashville...

We last covered Arkansas Baptist College which received an average score of 5.5. See the updated leaderboard here Livingstone College has a unique history in being one of the first colleges established by the AME Zion Church. The reasons for its founding were ones of self-determination. As has...

We last covered Savannah State University which received an average score of 5.5. See the updated leaderboard here We now look at the last HBCU in Arkansas we have not covered, Arkansas Baptist College. A small HBCU, it was founded in 1884 by the Black Baptists of Arkansas as the Minister's...

We last covered Miles College which received an average score of 5.8. See the updated leaderboard here Savannah State University was originally founded as a segregated land grant university. It was called the Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth and was started in Athens, GA in...

We last covered Denmark Technical College which received an average score of 5.7. See the updated leaderboard here Miles College is a small college in the Birmingham area founded by the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (then the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church). This same church also...

We last covered the mighty Hornets of Alabama State which received an average score of 7.8. See the updated leaderboard here Denmark Technical College is one of two HBCUs in Denmark, SC. We previously covered the other, Voorhees College. Started during segregation in 1947 by the state as a...

Yesterday we covered Virginia Union University which received an average score of 6.75. See the updated leaderboard here This is for you @staticshock and @skylove4 We now head to Montgomery, Alabama to cover the large Alabama HBCU and Alabama A&M rival, Alabama State University. Alabama...

We last covered the small Texas Christian school Southwestern Christian College which received an average score of 5. See the updated leaderboard here Today we head to the other HBCU in Richmond, Virginia Union University. A private school as opposed to the public nearby Virginia State...

We last profiled the formidable Jackson State University which received an average score of 7.9. See the updated leaderboard here Today we cover another small HBCU in the Christian tradition, Southwestern Christian College. Founded in affiliation with the Churches of Christ in 1948, it was...

We last profiled Elizabeth City State University which received an average score of 7. See the updated leaderboard here Today we head to Jackson, Mississippi---to cover Jackson State University no less. Jackson State is the most well-known HBCU in Mississippi and now one of the most well-known...

We last touched on the only HBCU in Memphis, LeMoyne-Owen College which received an average score of 5. See the updated leaderboard here Today we chronicle another public HBCU in North Carolina, the lesser known Elizabeth City State University (ECSU). Actually closer to Norfolk/Hampton than...

We last celebrated the halfway mark of the series covering Howard University which received an average score of 8.3. See the updated leaderboard here Tennessee has a number of famous HBCUs but they are all clustered in one city, Nashville, where you can find Fisk University, Meharry Medical...

There are few HBCUs as widely known as Hillman College. A small but prestigious college in Virginia it has long attracted both first generation students as well as the upper crust of Black society. Hillman was founded in 1881 in order to educate ex-slaves and train clergymen. The Bishop William...

We last profiled Wilberforce University of Ohio, one of the oldest HBCUs, which received an average score of 6. See the updated leaderboard here Series is halfway done brehs Today's school really needs no introduction. In the minds of many (including many of my fam) there is Howard...

We last covered Meharry Medical College that received an outstanding score of 9.3 placing it at the #2 spot behind Spelman College. See the updated leaderboard here Today we go to central Ohio to cover the oldest Black run HBCU, Wilberforce University. Founded by the AME church in 1856 before...

We last covered the mighty Spartans of Norfolk State University who received an average score of 8. See the updated leaderboard here Meharry Medical College is a graduate-only HBCU focused on medicine and the health sciences. It was the first HBCU to have this focus and only one of two...

Yesterday we covered the small but notable Lane College which received an average score of 8. See the updated leaderboard here Norfolk State University, now one of the largest HBCUs, is of relatively recent origin having first been established in 1935. For the first 35 years of its history...

We last checked out Edward Waters University which received an average score of 5.6. See the updated leaderboard here Today we hit up Jackson, Tennessee to visit the small Lane College. Lane College is another small private school that boasts huge alumni support with 33% of alumni giving back...