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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as an undergraduate
student at Morehouse College
Little Known HBCU
Facts
(as reported by the United
Negro College Fund 2007)
HBCUs enroll upwards of 370,000
students and graduate a significant share of all African Americans
receiving degrees. While comprising only three percent of the nation's
3,688 institutions of higher learning, the 105 HBCUs are responsible for
producing approximately 23 percent of all bachelor's degrees, 13 percent
of all master's degrees, and 20 percent of all first professional degrees
earned by African Americans annually. Black colleges and universities
contribute to the continuing rise of black intellectuals, professionals,
and creative artists which is so evident throughout American society.
The following facts demonstrate the
many successes of HBCUs:
The following HBCU facts and information was
posted on the UNCF website
HBCU graduates are experts in
their chosen field
.
Over
half of all African American professionals are graduates of HBCUs.
Nine
of the top ten colleges that graduate the most African Americans who go on
to earn Ph.D.s are HBCU graduates.
More
than 50% of the nation’s African American public school teachers and 70%
of African American dentists earned degrees at HBCUs.
UNCF
members
Spelman
College
and
Bennett
College
produce over half of the nation’s
African American female doctorates in all science fields.
Excellent Institutions
As
ranked by Black Enterprise in 2003, seven of the top ten “
Top
Colleges
and Universities for African
Americans,” including the top six, were HBCUs.
HBCU
Xavier
University
is #1 nationally in placing
African-Americans into medical school.
The
first Time Magazine/
Princeton
Review
College
of the Year,
Florida
A&M
University
, is an HBCU. It is the #1 producer of
African Americans with baccalaureate degrees.
Tuskeegee
University
is the only college ever to be designated
a national historic site by the U.S. Congress.
The
June 3, 2004
issue of Black Issues in Higher Education shows how HBCUs dominate the
upper echelon in terms of numbers of African American graduates per school
for the 2002-2003 academic year. The article also reported the
following facts
Seven
of the top eight producers of African-American baccalaureates overall were
HBCUs, including #1
Florida
A&M
University
and #2
Howard
University
.
Eight
of the top eleven producers of African American baccalaureates in
agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences were HBCUs,
including #1
Tennessee
State
University
and #3
Tuskegee
University
.
Sixteen
of the top 21 producers of African American baccalaureates in biological
and biomedical sciences were HBCUs, including the entire top six (Xavier
University of LA (#1), Hampton University (#2), Howard University (#3),
Morgan State University (#4), Jackson State University (#5) and Tennessee
State University (#6).
Six
of the top ten producers of African American baccalaureates in education
were HBCUs, including #1
Alabama
State
University
.
Seven
of the top eleven producers of African American baccalaureates in
engineering were HBCUs, including #1
North Carolina
A&T
State
University
.
The
top three producers of African American baccalaureates in health
professions (#1 Southern University and
A&M
College
, #2
Florida
A&M
University
and #3
Howard
University
) were HBCUs.
Eight
of the top nine producers of African American baccalaureates in
mathematics and statistics were HBCUs: #1 Morehouse College, #2 South
Carolina State University #3 Alabama State University, #3 Spelman College,
#5Southern University and A&M College, #6 Tennessee State Unversity,
#7 Hampton University and #9 Howard University.
The
twelve top producers of African American baccalaureates in the physical
sciences, including #1 Xavier University of
Louisiana
, were all HBCUs.
Three
of the top five producers of African American baccalaureates in psychology
were HBCUs: #1
Florida
A&M
University
, #3
Hampton
University
and #5
Howard
University
.
Remarkable
Accomplishments
Grambling
University Coach Eddie Robinson was named the college football coach with
the
Almost
half of the members of the Congressional Black Caucus attended an HBCU.
