School | City | State | Founded | Type | Religious Affiliation | Comment |
Alabama A&M University | Huntsville | Alabama | 1875 | Public | Founded as “Colored Normal School at Huntsville” | |
Alabama State University | Montgomery | Alabama | 1867 | Public | Founded as “Lincoln Normal School of Marion” | |
Bishop State Community College | Mobile | Alabama | 1927 | Public | Originally a branch of Alabama State College | |
Concordia College, Selma | Selma | Alabama | 1922 | Private | Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod | Known as “Alabama Lutheran Academy and Junior College” until 1981 |
Gadsden State Community College | Gadsden | Alabama | 1925 | Public | Founded as “Alabama School of Trades” | |
J. F. Drake State Technical College | Huntsville | Alabama | 1961 | Public | Founded as “Huntsville State Vocational Technical School” | |
Lawson State Community College | Bessemer | Alabama | 1949 | Public | ||
Miles College | Fairfield | Alabama | 1905 | Private | CME Church | Known until 1941 as “Miles Memorial College”; named after Bishop William H. Miles |
Oakwood University | Huntsville | Alabama | 1896 | Private | Seventh-day Adventist | Founded as “Oakwood Industrial School” |
Selma University | Selma | Alabama | 1878 | Private | Alabama State Missionary Baptist Convention | Founded as “Alabama Baptist Normal and Theological School” |
Shelton State Community College | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | 1952 | Public | Founded as “J.P. Shelton Trade School” | |
Stillman College | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | 1876 | Private | Presbyterian | Founded as Tuscaloosa Institute, the College was a concept of Reverend Dr. Charles Allen Stillman, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Tuscaloosa[18] |
Talladega College | Talladega County | Alabama | 1867 | Private | United Church of Christ | Known as “Swayne School” until 1869 |
Trenholm State Technical College | Montgomery | Alabama | 1947 | Public | Founded as “John M. Patterson Technical School”[19] | |
Tuskegee University | Tuskegee | Alabama | 1881 | Private | Founded as Tuskegee Institute, now a National Historic Site | |
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | 1873 | Public | Founded as “Branch Normal College” | |
Arkansas Baptist College | Little Rock | Arkansas | 1884 | Private | Baptist | Founded as “Minister’s Institute”[4] |
Philander Smith College | Little Rock | Arkansas | 1877 | Private | United Methodist Church | Founded as “Walden Seminary” |
Shorter College | Little Rock | Arkansas | 1886 | Private | African Methodist Episcopal | Unaccredited two-year college; founded as “Bethel University” |
Delaware State University | Dover | Delaware | 1891 | Public | Founded as “The State College for Colored Students” | |
University of the District of Columbia | Washington | District of Columbia | 1851 | Public | Founded as “Miner Normal School” | |
Howard University | Washington | District of Columbia | 1867 | Private | Founded as “Howard Normal and Theological School for the Education of Teachers and Preachers” | |
Bethune-Cookman University | Daytona Beach | Florida | 1904 | Private | United Methodist Church | Founded as “Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls” |
Edward Waters College | Jacksonville | Florida | 1866 | Private | AME Church | Founded as “Brown Theological Institute” |
Florida A&M University | Tallahassee | Florida | 1887 | Public | Founded as “State Normal College for Colored Students” | |
Florida Memorial University | Miami Gardens | Florida | 1879 | Private | American Baptist Churches USA | Founded as “Florida Baptist Institute in Live Oak” |
Albany State University | Albany | Georgia | 1903 | Public | Founded as “Albany Bible and Manual Training Institute” | |
Clark Atlanta University | Atlanta | Georgia | 1865 | Private | United Methodist Church | Originally two institutions, Clark College and Atlanta University |
Fort Valley State University | Fort Valley | Georgia | 1895 | Public | Founded as “Fort Valley High and Industrial School” | |
Interdenominational Theological Center | Atlanta | Georgia | 1958 | Private | Interdenominational | |
Morehouse College | Atlanta | Georgia | 1867 | Private | Originally,American Baptist Home Mission Society | Founded as “Augusta Institute” |
Morehouse School of Medicine | Atlanta | Georgia | 1975 | Private | Founded originally as a part of Morehouse College | |
Morris Brown College | Atlanta | Georgia | 1881 | Private | African Methodist Episcopal | |
Paine College | Augusta | Georgia | 1882 | Private | United Methodist Church and Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | Founded as “Paine Institute” |
Savannah State University | Savannah | Georgia | 1890 | Public | Founded as “Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth” | |
Spelman College | Atlanta | Georgia | 1881 | Private | Originally,American Baptist Home Mission Society | Founded as “Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary” |
Kentucky State University | Frankfort | Kentucky | 1886 | Public | Founded as “State Normal School for Colored Persons” | |
Dillard University | New Orleans | Louisiana | 1869 | Private | United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church | Founding predecessor institutions: “Straight University” and “Union Normal School” |
Grambling State University | Grambling | Louisiana | 1901 | Public | Founded as “Colored Industrial and Agricultural School” | |
Southern University at New Orleans | New Orleans | Louisiana | 1959 | Public | Founded as a branch unit of Southern University in Baton Rouge | |
Southern University at Shreveport | Shreveport | Louisiana | 1967 | Public | Part of the Southern University System | |
Southern University and A&M College | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | 1881 | Public | Conceptualized by P. B. S. Pinchback, T. T. Allain, and Henry Demas | |
Xavier University of Louisiana | New Orleans | Louisiana | 1915 | Private | Roman Catholic | Founding predecessor institutions: “St. Katharine Drexel” and the “Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament” |
Bowie State University | Bowie | Maryland | 1865 | Public | Founded as “Baltimore Normal School” | |
Coppin State University | Baltimore | Maryland | 1900 | Public | Founded as “Colored High School” | |
University of Maryland Eastern Shore | Princess Anne | Maryland | 1886 | Public | Originally: Methodist Episcopal | Founded as “Delaware Conference Academy” |
Morgan State University | Baltimore | Maryland | 1867 | Public | Originally: Methodist Episcopal | Founded as “Centenary Biblical Institute” |
Lewis College of Business | Detroit | Michigan | 1928 | Private | Founded as “Lewis Business College”[12] | |
Alcorn State University | Lorman | Mississippi | 1871 | Public | Founded as “Alcorn University” in honor ofJames L. Alcorn | |
Coahoma Community College | Coahoma County | Mississippi | 1924 | Public | Founded as “Coahoma County Agricultural High School” | |
Hinds Community College at Utica | Utica | Mississippi | 1903 | Public | Founded as “Utica Junior College” | |
Jackson State University | Jackson | Mississippi | 1877 | Public | Founded as “Natchez Seminary” by theAmerican Baptist Home Mission Society, became public in 1942 | |
Mississippi Valley State University | Itta Bena | Mississippi | 1950 | Public | Founded as “Mississippi Vocational College” | |
Rust College | Holly Springs | Mississippi | 1866 | Private | United Methodist Church | Known as “Shaw University” until 1882 |
Tougaloo College | Hinds County | Mississippi | 1869 | Private | American Missionary Association | Founded as “Tougaloo University” |
Harris-Stowe State University | St. Louis | Missouri | 1857 | Public | Founded as “St. Louis Normal School” for whites in 1857, with Stowe Teachers College begun in 1890 for blacks; merged in 1954 [9] | |
Lincoln University of Missouri | Jefferson City | Missouri | 1866 | Public | Founded as “Lincoln Institute”[13] | |
Barber-Scotia College | Concord | North Carolina | 1867 | Private | Presbyterian | Founded as two institutions, Scotia Seminary and Barber Memorial College |
Bennett College | Greensboro | North Carolina | 1873 | Private | United Methodist Church | Founded as “Bennett Seminary” |
Elizabeth City State University | Elizabeth City | North Carolina | 1891 | Public | ||
Fayetteville State University | Fayetteville | North Carolina | 1867 | Public | Founded as “Howard School” | |
Johnson C. Smith University | Charlotte | North Carolina | 1867 | Private | Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | Founded as “Biddle Memorial Institute” |
Livingstone College | Salisbury | North Carolina | 1879 | Private | AME Zion | Founded as “Zion Wesley Institute” |
North Carolina A&T State University | Greensboro | North Carolina | 1891 | Public | ||
North Carolina Central University | Durham | North Carolina | 1910 | Public | Founded as “National Religious Training School and Chautauqua“ | |
Shaw University | Raleigh | North Carolina | 1865 | Private | National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. | |
St. Augustine’s University | Raleigh | North Carolina | 1867 | Private | Episcopal Church (United States) | |
Winston-Salem State University | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 1892 | Public | Founded as “Slater Industrial and State Normal School” | |
Central State University | Wilberforce | Ohio | 1887 | Public | AME Church | Originally a department at Wilberforce University[5] |
Wilberforce University | Wilberforce | Ohio | 1856 | Private | AME Church | Named for William Wilberforce |
Langston University | Langston | Oklahoma | 1897 | Public | Founded as “Oklahoma Colored Agricultural and Normal University” | |
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | Cheyney | Pennsylvania | 1837 | Public | The oldest HBCU. Founded by Quakerphilanthropist Richard Humphreys as “Institute for Colored Youth” | |
Lincoln University | Chester County | Pennsylvania | 1854 | Public | Founded as “Ashmun Institute” | |
Allen University | Columbia | South Carolina | 1870 | Private | African Methodist Episcopal | Founded as “Payne Institute” |
Benedict College | Columbia | South Carolina | 1870 | Private | American Baptist Churches USA | Founded as “Benedict Institute” |
Claflin University | Orangeburg | South Carolina | 1869 | Private | United Methodist Church | |
Clinton Junior College | Rock Hill | South Carolina | 1894 | Private | AME Zion | Founded as “Clinton Institute”[6] |
Denmark Technical College | Denmark | South Carolina | 1947 | Public | Founded as “Denmark Area Trade School”[7] | |
Morris College | Sumter | South Carolina | 1908 | Private | Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention | |
South Carolina State University | Orangeburg | South Carolina | 1896 | Public | Founded as “Colored, Normal, Industrial, Agricultural, and Mechanical College of South Carolina” | |
Voorhees College | Denmark | South Carolina | 1897 | Private | Episcopal Church | Founded as “Denmark Industrial School” |
American Baptist College | Nashville | Tennessee | 1924 | Private | Baptist | Federal designation as a historically Black college or university was awarded on March 20, 2013 by the U.S. Education Department. [3] |
Fisk University | Nashville | Tennessee | 1866 | Private | United Church of Christ[8] | Named for Clinton Bowen Fisk |
Knoxville College | Knoxville (Mechanicsville) | Tennessee | 1875 | Private | United Presbyterian Church of North America | |
Lane College | Jackson | Tennessee | 1882 | Private | Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | Founded as “Colored Methodist Episcopal High School”[10] |
LeMoyne-Owen College | Memphis | Tennessee | 1862 | Private | United Church of Christ | Founded as “LeMoyne Normal and Commercial School”[11] (elementary school until 1870) |
Meharry Medical College | Nashville | Tennessee | 1876 | Private | United Methodist Church | Founded as the Medical Department ofCentral Tennessee College |
Tennessee State University | Nashville | Tennessee | 1912 | Public | Founded as “Agricultural and Industrial State Normal School” | |
Huston-Tillotson University | Austin | Texas | 1881 | Private | United Methodist Church /United Church of Christ | Founded as “Tillotson Collegiate and Normal Institute” |
Jarvis Christian College | Hawkins | Texas | 1912 | Private | The Disciples | |
Paul Quinn College | Dallas | Texas | 1872 | Private | AME Church | Named for William Paul Quinn |
Prairie View A&M University | Prairie View | Texas | 1876 | Public | Founded as “Alta Vista Agriculture & Mechanical College for Colored Youth”[15] | |
Southwestern Christian College | Terrell | Texas | 1948 | Private | Church of Christ | Founded as “Southern Bible Institute”[16] |
St. Philip’s College | San Antonio | Texas | 1898 | Public | Episcopal Church | Founded as “St. Philip’s Sewing Class for Girls”[17] |
Texas College | Tyler | Texas | 1894 | Private | Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | |
Texas Southern University | Houston | Texas | 1927 | Public | Founded as “Texas State University for Negroes” | |
Wiley College | Marshall | Texas | 1873 | Private | United Methodist Church | Named for Isaac William Wiley |
University of the Virgin Islands | St. Croix & St. Thomas | United States Virgin Islands | 1962 | Public | Founded as “College of the Virgin Islands” | |
Hampton University | Hampton | Virginia | 1868 | Private | Founded as “Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute” | |
Norfolk State University | Norfolk | Virginia | 1935 | Public | Founded as “Norfolk Unit of Virginia State University”[14] | |
Virginia State University | Petersburg | Virginia | 1882 | Public | Founded as “Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute at Petersburg” | |
Virginia Union University | Richmond | Virginia | 1864 | Private | American Baptist Churches USA | Founded as “Wayland Seminary,” and merged with Richmond Institute (1865) in 1889[20] |
Virginia University of Lynchburg | Lynchburg | Virginia | 1886 | Private | Baptist | Founded as “Lynchburg Baptist Seminary” |
Bluefield State College | Bluefield | West Virginia | 1895 | Public | Founded as “Bluefield Colored Institute” | |
West Virginia State University | Kanawha County | West Virginia | 1891 | Public | Founded as “West Virginia Colored Institute” |