Rate this HBCU Day 93: Bishop State Community College

[DrBanneker]

We last covered Benedict College which received an average score of 7.3.

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Today we cover the final community college HBCU, Bishop State Community College (BSCC) in Mobile, AL. BSCC was established in 1927 as the Mobile branch of Alabama State University to offer continuing education to Black teachers in the Alabama Gulf Coast region. In 1965, it severed ties with ASU and became Mobile State Junior College. It became Bishop State Community College in 1989 after Dr. S.D. Bishop who was president when the community college split from Alabama State.

BSCC today has several campuses. Besides the main campus on Broad Street in Mobile, it has a campus in Southwest Mobile and Carver Campus which teach vocational and technical skills. Both locations were formerly separate vocational colleges merged into BSCC in 1991. There is also a Baker-Gaines Central Campus occupying former property of the Mobile Public Schools.





Founded: 1927

City, State: Mobile, AL

Type: 2-Year, Public

Nickname: Wildcats

Enrollment and percent Black enrollment: 2,479 (all undergraduate), 70% Black

Part-time student percentage: 64%

First Generation Student Percentage: 49%

Percentage of students from households under $30k/over $100k: 84% / N/A

Out of State Percentage: 6%, (Top States: N/A)

Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 15:1

Admissions Acceptance Rate: Open admissions

3-Yr Graduation rates: 22%

Transfer out rate: 19%

Male/Female percentages (Female:Male Ratio): 33% male/ 67% female (2:1 ratio)

Tuition: In-state: $5k, Out-of-state: $9k

Median Federal Debt After Graduation: N/A

Median Parent PLUS Loans After Graduation: N/A

Median Earning 10-Years after 10 years from freshman year: $28k

Median Earnings for specific majors after 3 years after graduation:
Registered Nursing: $66k, Practical Nursing: $46k, Trucking: $39k

Top Majors by Degrees:
General Studies, Registered Nursing, Graphic Communication, Culinary Arts, Electricians

Endowment: ~$0.2M

Alumni Engagement: N/A

Athletic Conference: NJCAA

Mascot: Wildcats

Notable Alumni:
Mel Showers - one of the first Black anchors on a local station in the South

Lawrence L. Battiste, IV - former police chief of Mobile, AL

Joseph Lawson Howze - first openly Black Catholic diocesan bishop in the US (Diocese of Biloxi)

Main Campus:

Gym & Athletics

Bishop State Choir



Cheerleaders


Miss Bishop State



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[Rollie Forbes]

I knew absolutely nothing about Bishop State Community College prior to today, but I'm giving them an extra rating point for that A Different World promo video!

 

[get these nets]

Thank You.
Back stories of the schools are always interesting. This school was an outgrowth of ASU, as post bacc education for teachers, then made a split into a JUCO.

Impressive that this school has so many campuses and so much real estate. Was glad to read about the Alabama CCs partnering up with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
Strengthening the CCs give students more career options, and alternative college paths.

 

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

One of my alma maters. I’m going to post about it in the morning just bookmarking my space