HBCUs are a source of accomplishment and great pride for the African American community as well as the entire nation. The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 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.” HBCUs offer all students, regardless of race, an opportunity to develop their skills and talents. These institutions train young people who go on to serve domestically and internationally in the professions as entrepreneurs and in the public and private sectors.
Fast Facts (Source: National Center for Education Statistics)
Accredited HBCU listing
| Name | Address | Website | Type |
| Alabama A & M University | 4900 Meridian Street, Normal, Alabama 35762 | www.aamu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Alabama State University | 915 S Jackson Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36104-0271 | www.alasu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Bishop State Community College | 351 North Broad Street, Mobile, Alabama 36603-5898 | www.bishop.edu/ | 2-year, Public |
| Gadsden State Community College | 1001 George Wallace Dr, Gadsden, Alabama 35903 | www.gadsdenstate.edu/ | 2-year, Public |
| H Councill Trenholm State Community College | 1225 Air Base Blvd, Montgomery, Alabama 36108-3199 | www.trenholmstate.edu/ | 2-year, Public |
| J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College | 3421 Meridian St N, Huntsville, Alabama 35811 | https://www.drakestate.edu/ | 2-year, Public |
| Lawson State Community College | 3060 Wilson Rd SW, Birmingham, Alabama 35221-1717 | www.lawsonstate.edu/ | 2-year, Public |
| Miles College | 5500 Myron Massey Blvd, Fairfield, Alabama 35064-2621 | www.miles.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Oakwood University | 7000 Adventist Blvd NW, Huntsville, Alabama 35896 | https://www2.oakwood.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Shelton State Community College | 9500 Old Greensboro Rd, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35405-8522 | www.sheltonstate.edu/ | 2-year, Public |
| Stillman College | 3601 Stillman Boulevard, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401 | https://stillman.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Talladega College | 627 West Battle Street, Talladega, Alabama 35160 | www.talladega.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Tuskegee University | Kresge Center, 3rd Floor, Tuskegee, Alabama 36088-1920 | www.tuskegee.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Arkansas Baptist College | 1600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202-6068 | www.arkansasbaptist.edu/ | 4-year, primarily associate’s, Private not-for-profit |
| Philander Smith College | 900 W. Daisy Bates Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202-3799 | https://www.philander.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Shorter College | 604 Locust St, N Little Rock, Arkansas 72114 | www.shortercollege.edu/ | 2-year, Private not-for-profit |
| University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 1200 N University Mail Slot 4789, Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71601 | www.uapb.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Delaware State University | 1200 N. Dupont Highway, Dover, Delaware 19901 | www.desu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Howard University | 2400 Sixth St NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20059 | www.howard.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| University of the District of Columbia | 4200 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20008 | www.udc.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| University of the District of Columbia-David A Clarke School of Law | 4340 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20008 | www.law.udc.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Bethune-Cookman University | 640 Dr Mary McLeod Bethune Blvd, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114-3099 | www.cookman.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Edward Waters College | 1658 Kings Rd, Jacksonville, Florida 32209 | www.ewc.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 1500 S Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tallahassee, Florida 32307 | www.famu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Florida Memorial University | 15800 NW 42 Avenue, Miami Gardens, Florida 33054-6199 | www.fmuniv.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Albany State University | 504 College Drive, Albany, Georgia 31705 | https://www.asurams.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Clark Atlanta University | 223 James P Brawley Drive, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30314-4391 | www.cau.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Fort Valley State University | 1005 State University Dr, Fort Valley, Georgia 31030-4313 | www.fvsu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Interdenominational Theological Center | 700 Martin Luther King Jr Dr SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30314-4143 | www.itc.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Morehouse College | 830 Westview Dr SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30314 | www.morehouse.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Morehouse School of Medicine | 720 Westview Drive, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30310 | www.msm.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Paine College | 1235 15th St, Augusta, Georgia 30901-3182 | www.paine.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Savannah State University | 3219 College Street, Savannah, Georgia 31404-5310 | www.savannahstate.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Spelman College | 350 Spelman Lane SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30314-4399 | www.spelman.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Kentucky State University | 400 East Main Street, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-2355 | www.kysu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Simmons College of Kentucky | 1018 South 7th Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40203-3322 | https://www.simmonscollegeky.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Dillard University | 2601 Gentilly Blvd, New Orleans, Louisiana 70122 | www.dillard.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Grambling State University | 403 Main Street, Grambling, Louisiana 71245 | www.gram.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Southern University and A & M College | P.O. Box 9374, Harding Blvd, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813 | www.subr.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Southern University at New Orleans | 6400 Press Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 70126 | www.suno.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Southern University at Shreveport | 3050 Martin Luther King Dr, Shreveport, Louisiana 71107 | www.susla.edu/ | 2-year, Public |
| Southern University Law Center | Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813 | www.sulc.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Xavier University of Louisiana | 1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 70125-1098 | https://www.xula.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Bowie State University | 14000 Jericho Park Rd, Bowie, Maryland 20715-9465 | www.bowiestate.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Coppin State University | 2500 West North Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21216-3698 | www.coppin.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Morgan State University | 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251-0001 | https://www.morgan.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| University of Maryland Eastern Shore | J.T. Williams Hall, Princess Anne, Maryland 21853-1299 | www.umes.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Alcorn State University | 1000 ASU Dr Ste 359, Alcorn State, Mississippi 39096-7500 | www.alcorn.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Coahoma Community College | 3240 Friars Point Rd, Clarksdale, Mississippi 38614 | www.coahomacc.edu/ | 2-year, Public |
| Jackson State University | 1400 John R. Lynch Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39217 | https://www.jsums.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Mississippi Valley State University | 14000 Highway 82 West, Itta Bena, Mississippi 38941-1400 | www.mvsu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Rust College | 150 Rust Avenue, Holly Springs, Mississippi 38635 | www.rustcollege.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Tougaloo College | 500 W County Line Rd, Tougaloo, Mississippi 39174 | www.tougaloo.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Harris-Stowe State University | 3026 Laclede Ave, Saint Louis, Missouri 63103-2136 | www.hssu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Lincoln University | 820 Chestnut Street, Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 | https://www.lincolnu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Bennett College | 900 E Washington St, Greensboro, North Carolina 27401-3239 | www.bennett.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Elizabeth City State University | 1704 Weeksville Rd, Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27909 | www.ecsu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Fayetteville State University | 1200 Murchison Rd, Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301-4298 | https://www.uncfsu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Johnson C Smith University | 100 Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte, North Carolina 28216-5398 | www.jcsu.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Livingstone College | 701 W Monroe St, Salisbury, North Carolina 28144 | www.livingstone.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| North Carolina A & T State University | 1601 E Market St, Greensboro, North Carolina 27411 | www.ncat.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| North Carolina Central University | 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham, North Carolina 27707 | https://www.nccu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Saint Augustine’s University | 1315 Oakwood Avenue, Raleigh, North Carolina 27610-2298 | www.st-aug.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Shaw University | 118 East South Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 | www.shawu.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Winston-Salem State University | 601 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27110-0001 | www.wssu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Central State University | 1400 Brush Row Rd, Wilberforce, Ohio 45384-1004 | www.centralstate.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Wilberforce University | 1055 N Bickett Rd, Wilberforce, Ohio 45384-1001 | www.wilberforce.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Langston University | 102 Page Hall, Langston, Oklahoma 73050 | www.langston.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 1837 University Circle, Cheyney, Pennsylvania 19319-0200 | www.cheyney.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Lincoln University | 1570 Baltimore Pike, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania 19352-0999 | www.lincoln.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Allen University | 1530 Harden Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29204 | www.allenuniversity.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Benedict College | 1600 Harden Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29204-1086 | www.benedict.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Claflin University | 400 Magnolia Street, Orangeburg, South Carolina 29115-4498 | www.claflin.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Clinton College | 1029 Crawford Rd, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29730 | www.clintoncollege.edu/ | 4-year, primarily associate’s, Private not-for-profit |
| Denmark Technical College | 1126 Solomon Blatt Blvd, Denmark, South Carolina 29042 | www.denmarktech.edu/ | 2-year, Public |
| Morris College | 100 West College Street, Sumter, South Carolina 29150-3599 | https://www.morris.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| South Carolina State University | 300 College St NE, Orangeburg, South Carolina 29117-0001 | www.scsu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Voorhees College | 491 Porter Drive, Denmark, South Carolina 29042 | www.voorhees.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| American Baptist College | 1800 Baptist World Ctr Dr, Nashville, Tennessee 37207-9980 | www.abcnash.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Fisk University | 1000 17th Ave North, Nashville, Tennessee 37208-4501 | www.fisk.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Lane College | 545 Lane Ave, Jackson, Tennessee 38301-4598 | www.lanecollege.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Le Moyne-Owen College | 807 Walker Ave, Memphis, Tennessee 38126-6595 | www.loc.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Meharry Medical College | 1005 DB Todd Blvd., Nashville, Tennessee 37208 | www.mmc.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Tennessee State University | 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee 37209-1561 | www.tnstate.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Huston-Tillotson University | 900 Chicon St, Austin, Texas 78702-2795 | www.htu.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Jarvis Christian College | PR 7631, Hwy 80 E, Hawkins, Texas 75765-1470 | www.jarvis.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Paul Quinn College | 3837 Simpson Stuart Rd, Dallas, Texas 75241 | www.pqc.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Prairie View A & M University | FM 1098 Road & University Drive, Prairie View, Texas 77446 | www.pvamu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Southwestern Christian College | 200 Bowser Circle, Terrell, Texas 75160-4812 | www.swcc.edu/ | 4-year, primarily associate’s, Private not-for-profit |
| St Philip’s College | 1801 Martin Luther King Dr, San Antonio, Texas 78203-2098 | www.alamo.edu/spc/ | 2-year, Public |
| Texas College | 2404 N. Grand Avenue, Tyler, Texas 75702 | www.texascollege.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Texas Southern University | 3100 Cleburne St, Houston, Texas 77004 | www.tsu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Wiley College | 711 Wiley Ave, Marshall, Texas 75670 | www.wileyc.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| University of the Virgin Islands | 2 John Brewers Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands 00802-9990 | www.uvi.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| University of the Virgin Islands-Albert A. Sheen | St. Croix, St. Croix, Virgin Islands 00850 | www.uvi.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Hampton University | 200 William R. Harvey Way, Hampton, Virginia 23668-0099 | www.hamptonu.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Norfolk State University | 700 Park Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia 23504-8000 | www.nsu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Virginia State University | 1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, Virginia 23806 | www.vsu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| Virginia Union University | 1500 N Lombardy St, Richmond, Virginia 23220 | www.vuu.edu/ | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Virginia University of Lynchburg | 2058 Garfield Ave, Lynchburg, Virginia 24501 | www.vul.edu/ | 4-year, primarily associate’s, Private not-for-profit |
| Bluefield State College | 219 Rock Street, Bluefield, West Virginia 24701-2198 | https://bluefieldstate.edu/ | 4-year, Public |
| West Virginia State University | Rte 25, Institute, West Virginia 25112-1000 | www.wvstateu.edu/ | 4-year, Public |