HBCU Rankings

HBCU Liberal Arts College Rankings: A Johnson C. Smith female French language major looks at a globe in the media center. JCSU has been recognized as one of the top-ranked liberal arts colleges in 2014 by Washington Monthly magazine.

Top HBCU Liberal Arts College Rankings 2014

Independent news magazine-Washington Monthly has recently released its annual Liberal Arts College Rankings list. Known for its unique standard and methodology, the magazine evaluates and ranks colleges in the Unites States based on their contribution to the public good in three broad categories. It rates schools based on their ability to recruit and graduate low […]

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In its annual College Return on Investment (ROI) Report, Payscale.com ranked Tuskegee No. 5 in the state.

Tuskegee Among Top 10 Best Return on Investment Colleges in Alabama

Offering great news for both current and prospective students, Tuskegee University has just been named among the Top 10 schools in Best Return on Investment by Payscale.com. The list, which included 1,330 schools across the country, included just 29 four-year institutions in Alabama, making Tuskegee’s spot even more important. What is ROI? Return on Investment,

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Graduation Success Rate: University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s (UMES) basketball student-athlete Ishaq Pitt on the court during a game against Savannah State University (2012-2013).

Graduation Success Rate: UMES Men’s Basketball Leads all HBCU Programs

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) men’s basketball team has been getting it done off the court recently as the Hawks were ranked No. 1 of all Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) men’s basketball teams in graduation success rate at 86-percent. The findings were distributed by the HBCU Digest, who recently named UMES

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Howard University School: Campus signage displaying Howard University name and founding date.

Howard University School of Law Ranked Among the Top 50 in the Nation

Already one of the most well-known and respected HBCUs in the nation, Howard University of Washington, DC now has another proud distinction. In a recent National Law Journal & Legal Times article, Howard University School of Law was ranked among the top fifty law schools in the nation. Rankings were based on the number of

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Peace Corps 2014 Top HBCUs: Howard University volunteer participants work alongside Haitian locals to unload a truck of bricks used for the completion of a school wall.

Peace Corps Announces 2014 Top Volunteer-Producing HBCUs

The Peace Corps today announced its 2014 rankings of the top volunteer-producing Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). For the third consecutive year, Howard University in Washington, D.C., claimed the top spot among HBCUs with 18 undergraduate alumni currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers. Howard made Peace Corps history earlier this year as the first-ever

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What is an HBCU? The letters HBCU are an acronym that for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Pictured are graduates march out of the Cravath Hall building at Fisk University, a private HBCU in Nashville, TN.

College Completion: Top 10 HBCUs by Graduation Rate

College graduation rates offer valuable information for the prospective student. They indicate how many students enrolled at a particular college actually graduate from that college. While low college graduation rates aren’t necessarily a negative sign, students often want to surround themselves with like-minded individuals who are dedicated to obtaining a degree from their chosen school.

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Psychology Degree Programs: Students from the School of Education and Human Development pose on the campus of Hampton University.

Top Producing Psychology Degree Programs at HBCUs

Psychology is one of the most rewarding career fields around, offering opportunities to help others both in large-scale scenarios and face-to-face counseling. An article in Black Issues in Higher Education named the five programs producing the most African-American psychology graduates in the country. Three of those five were HBCUs, which we’ll review here. Florida A&M

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The Class of 2017 has packed the Library Bowl amphitheater on the campus of North Carolina Central University (7th Largest HBCU).

Largest HBCU in the Nation: Top 10 Black Colleges by Enrollment

When choosing a college, several important factors come into play. While large enrollment numbers don’t guarantee that a particular school is right for every student, they can be a great clue in finding each students’ ideal college. Here, we’ll take a look at the largest HBCU by enrollment. Largest HBCU Rankings: 10. Norfolk State University

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