http://hbcuconnect.com/content/270547/top-50-historically-black-colleges-and-universities-hbcu-rankings">Verbatim press release:
For the eighth consecutive year, U.S. News has produced a ranking measuring the quality of the undergraduate education at historically black colleges and universities. In order to be on the list, a school must be currently designated by the U.S. Department of Education as an 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 part of the 2015 Best Colleges rankings.
The Higher Education Act of 1965 defines an HBCU as "any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary (of Education) to be a reliable authority as to the quality of training offered or is, according to such an agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation."
If an HBCU is listed as Unranked in the 2015 Best Colleges rankings, it is also listed as Unranked in the HBCU rankings
In total, there were 80 HBCUs eligible to be included on the list; 69 of those were ranked and 11 of those were Unranked.
- Spelman College
- Howard University
- Morehouse College
- Hampton University
- Tuskegee University
- Xavier University of Louisiana
- Fisk University
- Florida A&M University
- Claflin University
- North Carolina A&T State University
- North Carolina Central University
- Tougaloo College
- (Tie) Delaware State University
- (Tie) Dillard University
- (Tie) Morgan State University
- (Tie) Winston-Salem State University
- Johnson C. Smith University
- Clark Atlanta University
- Jackson State University
- Elizabeth City State University
- (Tie) Lincoln University of PA
- (Tie) Tennessee State University
- (Tie) Alabama A&M University
- (Tie) University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
- (Tie) Bennett College
- (Tie) Bowie State University
- Alcorn State University
- (Tie) Albany State University
- (Tie) Fayetteville State University
- South Carolina State University
- Bethune-Cookman University
- Virginia State University
- Oakwood University
- Norfolk State University
- (Tie) Philander Smith College
- (Tie) University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff
- Prairie View A&M University
- (Tie) Fort Valley State University
- (Tie) Kentucky State University
- Stillman College
- (Tie) Alabama State University
- (Tie) Central State University
- (Tie) West Virginia State University
- Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
- (Tie) Paine College
- (Tie) Southern University and A&M College
- Savannah State University
- Livingstone College
- Texas Southern University
- (Tie) Bluefield State College
- (Tie) Florida Memorial University
- (Tie) Grambling State University
- (Tie) Mississippi Valley State University
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