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Report: Jackson State a Top 20 HBCU Value

By R.L. Nave

September 11, 2014

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.

  1. Spelman College
  2. Howard University
  3. Morehouse College
  4. Hampton University
  5. Tuskegee University
  6. Xavier University of Louisiana
  7. Fisk University
  8. Florida A&M University
  9. Claflin University
  10. North Carolina A&T State University
  11. North Carolina Central University
  12. Tougaloo College
  13. (Tie) Delaware State University
  14. (Tie) Dillard University
  15. (Tie) Morgan State University
  16. (Tie) Winston-Salem State University
  17. Johnson C. Smith University
  18. Clark Atlanta University
  19. Jackson State University
  20. Elizabeth City State University
  21. (Tie) Lincoln University of PA
  22. (Tie) Tennessee State University
  23. (Tie) Alabama A&M University
  24. (Tie) University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
  25. (Tie) Bennett College
  26. (Tie) Bowie State University
  27. Alcorn State University
  28. (Tie) Albany State University
  29. (Tie) Fayetteville State University
  30. South Carolina State University
  31. Bethune-Cookman University
  32. Virginia State University
  33. Oakwood University
  34. Norfolk State University
  35. (Tie) Philander Smith College
  36. (Tie) University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff
  37. Prairie View A&M University
  38. (Tie) Fort Valley State University
  39. (Tie) Kentucky State University
  40. Stillman College
  41. (Tie) Alabama State University
  42. (Tie) Central State University
  43. (Tie) West Virginia State University
  44. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
  45. (Tie) Paine College
  46. (Tie) Southern University and A&M College
  47. Savannah State University
  48. Livingstone College
  49. Texas Southern University
  50. (Tie) Bluefield State College
  51. (Tie) Florida Memorial University
  52. (Tie) Grambling State University
  53. (Tie) Mississippi Valley State University

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by R.L. Nave

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