Historically Black Colleges & Universities
All 103 HBCUs operating today, listed by state. Founded largely after the Civil War to educate the formerly enslaved and their descendants, these schools have trained generations of Black leaders.
Alabama (14)
- Alabama A&M UniversityNormal · Founded 1875
- Alabama State UniversityMontgomery · Founded 1867
- Bishop State Community CollegeMobile · Founded 1927
- Gadsden State Community CollegeGadsden · Founded 1925
- H. Councill Trenholm State Community CollegeMontgomery · Founded 1947
- J. F. Drake State Community and Technical CollegeHuntsville · Founded 1961
- Lawson State Community CollegeBirmingham · Founded 1949
- Miles CollegeFairfield · Founded 1898
- Oakwood UniversityHuntsville · Founded 1896
- Selma UniversitySelma · Founded 1878
- Shelton State Community CollegeTuscaloosa · Founded 1979
- Stillman CollegeTuscaloosa · Founded 1876
- Talladega CollegeTalladega · Founded 1867
- Tuskegee UniversityTuskegee · Founded 1881
Arkansas (4)
- Arkansas Baptist CollegeLittle Rock · Founded 1884
- Philander Smith UniversityLittle Rock · Founded 1877
- Shorter CollegeNorth Little Rock · Founded 1886
- University of Arkansas at Pine BluffPine Bluff · Founded 1873
California (1)
- Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and ScienceLos Angeles · Founded 1966
Delaware (1)
- Delaware State UniversityDover · Founded 1891
District of Columbia (2)
- Howard UniversityWashington · Founded 1867
- University of the District of ColumbiaWashington · Founded 1851
Florida (4)
- Bethune-Cookman UniversityDaytona Beach · Founded 1904
- Edward Waters UniversityJacksonville · Founded 1866
- Florida A&M UniversityTallahassee · Founded 1887
- Florida Memorial UniversityMiami Gardens · Founded 1879
Georgia (10)
- Albany State UniversityAlbany · Founded 1903
- Clark Atlanta UniversityAtlanta · Founded 1988
- Fort Valley State UniversityFort Valley · Founded 1895
- Interdenominational Theological CenterAtlanta · Founded 1958
- Morehouse CollegeAtlanta · Founded 1867
- Morehouse School of MedicineAtlanta · Founded 1975
- Morris Brown CollegeAtlanta · Founded 1881
- Paine CollegeAugusta · Founded 1882
- Savannah State UniversitySavannah · Founded 1890
- Spelman CollegeAtlanta · Founded 1881
Kentucky (2)
- Kentucky State UniversityFrankfort · Founded 1886
- Simmons College of KentuckyLouisville · Founded 1879
Louisiana (6)
- Dillard UniversityNew Orleans · Founded 1869
- Grambling State UniversityGrambling · Founded 1901
- Southern University and A&M CollegeBaton Rouge · Founded 1880
- Southern University at New OrleansNew Orleans · Founded 1956
- Southern University at ShreveportShreveport · Founded 1967
- Xavier University of LouisianaNew Orleans · Founded 1925
Maryland (4)
- Bowie State UniversityBowie · Founded 1865
- Coppin State UniversityBaltimore · Founded 1900
- Morgan State UniversityBaltimore · Founded 1867
- University of Maryland Eastern ShorePrincess Anne · Founded 1886
Mississippi (7)
- Hinds Community College, Utica CampusUtica · Founded 1903
- Alcorn State UniversityLorman · Founded 1871
- Coahoma Community CollegeClarksdale · Founded 1924
- Jackson State UniversityJackson · Founded 1877
- Mississippi Valley State UniversityItta Bena · Founded 1950
- Rust CollegeHolly Springs · Founded 1866
- Tougaloo CollegeTougaloo · Founded 1869
Missouri (2)
- Harris-Stowe State UniversitySt. Louis · Founded 1857
- Lincoln UniversityJefferson City · Founded 1866
North Carolina (10)
- Bennett CollegeGreensboro · Founded 1873
- Elizabeth City State UniversityElizabeth City · Founded 1891
- Fayetteville State UniversityFayetteville · Founded 1867
- Johnson C. Smith UniversityCharlotte · Founded 1867
- Livingstone CollegeSalisbury · Founded 1879
- North Carolina A&T State UniversityGreensboro · Founded 1891
- North Carolina Central UniversityDurham · Founded 1910
- Saint Augustine's UniversityRaleigh · Founded 1867
- Shaw UniversityRaleigh · Founded 1865
- Winston-Salem State UniversityWinston-Salem · Founded 1892
Ohio (2)
- Central State UniversityWilberforce · Founded 1887
- Wilberforce UniversityWilberforce · Founded 1856
Oklahoma (1)
- Langston UniversityLangston · Founded 1897
Pennsylvania (2)
- Cheyney University of PennsylvaniaCheyney · Founded 1837
- Lincoln UniversityLincoln University · Founded 1854
South Carolina (8)
- Allen UniversityColumbia · Founded 1870
- Benedict CollegeColumbia · Founded 1870
- Claflin UniversityOrangeburg · Founded 1869
- Clinton CollegeRock Hill · Founded 1894
- Denmark Technical CollegeDenmark · Founded 1947
- Morris CollegeSumter · Founded 1908
- South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg · Founded 1896
- Voorhees UniversityDenmark · Founded 1897
Tennessee (6)
- American Baptist CollegeNashville · Founded 1924
- Fisk UniversityNashville · Founded 1866
- Lane CollegeJackson · Founded 1882
- LeMoyne-Owen CollegeMemphis · Founded 1862
- Meharry Medical CollegeNashville · Founded 1876
- Tennessee State UniversityNashville · Founded 1912
Texas (9)
- Huston-Tillotson UniversityAustin · Founded 1875
- Jarvis Christian UniversityHawkins · Founded 1912
- Paul Quinn CollegeDallas · Founded 1872
- Prairie View A&M UniversityPrairie View · Founded 1876
- Southwestern Christian CollegeTerrell · Founded 1948
- St. Philip's CollegeSan Antonio · Founded 1898
- Texas CollegeTyler · Founded 1894
- Texas Southern UniversityHouston · Founded 1927
- Wiley UniversityMarshall · Founded 1873
U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
- University of the Virgin IslandsSt. Thomas · Founded 1962
Virginia (5)
- Hampton UniversityHampton · Founded 1868
- Norfolk State UniversityNorfolk · Founded 1935
- Virginia State UniversityPetersburg · Founded 1882
- Virginia Union UniversityRichmond · Founded 1865
- Virginia University of LynchburgLynchburg · Founded 1886
West Virginia (2)
- Bluefield State UniversityBluefield · Founded 1895
- West Virginia State UniversityInstitute · Founded 1891