List of Historically Black and

Regionally Additional School City State Founded Type Religious Affiliation Comment accredited resources A&M Normal Alabama 1875 Public Founded as "Colored Normal School at Huntsville" Yes hbcuconnect.com

Alabama State University Montgomery Alabama 1867 Public Founded as "Lincoln Normal School of Marion" Yes hbcuconnect.com

Albany 1903 Public Founded as "Albany Bible and Manual Training Yes Institute" hbcuconnect.com Founded as "Alcorn University" in honor of James Lorman Mississippi 1871 Public L. Alcorn Yes hbcuconnect.com African Methodist Columbia South Carolina 1870 Private Episcopal Founded as "Payne Institute" Yes hbcuconnect.com Federal designation as a historically Black Nashville 1924 Private Baptist or university was awarded on 20, 2013 by Yes hbcuconnect.com the U.S. Education Department. Baptist College Little Rock Arkansas 1884 Private Baptist Founded as "Minister’s Institute" Yes hbcuconnect.com Founded as two institutions, Scotia Seminary and Barber-Scotia College Concord 1867 Private Presbyterian Barber Memorial College No hbcuconnect.com American Baptist Columbia South Carolina 1870 Private Churches USA Founded as "Benedict Institute" Yes hbcuconnect.com United Methodist Greensboro North Carolina 1873 Private Church Founded as "Bennett Seminary" Yes hbcuconnect.com United Methodist Founded as "Daytona Educational and Industrial Bethune-Cookman University Daytona Beach Florida 1904 Private Church Training School for Negro Girls" Yes hbcuconnect.com Bishop State Community Mobile Alabama 1927 Public Originally a branch of Alabama State College Yes hbcuconnect.com College Bluefield State College Bluefield West 1895 Public Founded as "Bluefield Colored Institute" Yes hbcuconnect.com Bowie Maryland 1865 Public Founded as "Baltimore Normal School" Yes hbcuconnect.com African Methodist Wilberforce Ohio 1887 Public Episcopal Church Originally a department at Yes hbcuconnect.com Cheyney University of The oldest HBCU. Founded Cheyney Pennsylvania 1837 Public by Quakerphilanthropist Richard Humphreys as Yes hbcuconnect.com Pennsylvania "Institute for Colored Youth" United Methodist Claflin University Orangeburg South Carolina 1869 Private Church Yes hbcuconnect.com United Methodist Originally two institutions, Clark College and Atlanta Georgia 1865 Private Church Atlanta University Yes hbcuconnect.com Clinton Junior College Rock Hill South Carolina 1894 Private AME Zion Founded as "Clinton Institute" Yes hbcuconnect.com Coahoma Community Founded as "Coahoma County Agricultural High Coahoma County Mississippi 1924 Public Yes hbcuconnect.com College School" Lutheran Church– Known as "Alabama Lutheran Academy and Junior Concordia College, Alabama Selma Alabama 1922 Private Missouri Synod College" until 1981 Yes hbcuconnect.com Baltimore Maryland 1900 Public Founded as "Colored High School" Yes hbcuconnect.com Founded as "The State College for Colored Delaware State University Dover Delaware 1891 Public Students" Yes hbcuconnect.com Denmark Technical College Denmark South Carolina 1947 Public Founded as "Denmark Area Trade School" Yes hbcuconnect.com United Church of Founding predecessor institutions: "Straight 1869 Private Christand the United Yes hbcuconnect.com Methodist Church University" and "New Orleans University" Jacksonville Florida 1866 Private AME Church Founded as "Brown Theological Institute" Yes hbcuconnect.com Page 1 HBCUs Elizabeth City State Elizabeth City North Carolina 1891 Public Yes hbcuconnect.com University Fayetteville State University Fayetteville North Carolina 1867 Public Founded as "Howard School" Yes hbcuconnect.com United Church of Nashville Tennessee 1866 Private Christ[9] Named for Clinton Bowen Fisk Yes hbcuconnect.com Founded as "State Normal College for Colored Florida A&M University Tallahassee Florida 1887 Public Students" Yes hbcuconnect.com American Baptist Florida Memorial University Miami Gardens Florida 1879 Private Churches USA Founded as "Florida Baptist Institute in Live Oak" Yes hbcuconnect.com Founded as "Fort Valley High and Industrial Fort Valley State University Fort Valley Georgia 1895 Public School" Yes hbcuconnect.com Gadsden State Community Gadsden Alabama 1925 Public Founded as "Alabama School of Trades" Yes hbcuconnect.com College Founded as "Colored Industrial and Agricultural Grambling State University Grambling Louisiana 1901 Public School" Yes hbcuconnect.com Founded as "Hampton Normal and Agricultural Hampton Virginia 1868 Private Institute" Yes hbcuconnect.com Founded as "St. Louis Normal School" for whites in Harris-Stowe State University St. Louis Missouri 1857 Public 1857, with Stowe Teachers College begun in 1890 Yes hbcuconnect.com for blacks; merged in 1954 at Utica Mississippi 1903 Public Founded as "Utica Junior College" Yes hbcuconnect.com Utica Founded as "Howard Normal and Theological Washington District of Columbia 1867 Private School for the Education of Teachers and Yes hbcuconnect.com Preachers" United Methodist Founded as "Tillotson Collegiate and Normal Huston-Tillotson University Austin 1875 Private Church /United Church Yes hbcuconnect.com of Christ Institute" Interdenominational Atlanta Georgia 1958 Private Interdenominational Yes hbcuconnect.com Theological Center J. F. Drake State Technical Founded as "Huntsville State Vocational Technical Huntsville Alabama 1961 Public Yes hbcuconnect.com College School" Founded as "Natchez Seminary" by the American Jackson Mississippi 1877 Public Baptist Home Mission Society, became public in Yes hbcuconnect.com 1942 Hawkins Texas 1912 Private The Disciples Yes hbcuconnect.com Presbyterian Church Johnson C. Smith University Charlotte North Carolina 1867 Private (U.S.A.) Founded as "Biddle Memorial Institute" Yes hbcuconnect.com Founded as "State Normal School for Colored Kentucky State University Frankfort Kentucky 1886 Public Persons" Yes hbcuconnect.com United Presbyterian Knoxville Tennessee 1875 Private Church of North No hbcuconnect.com (Mechanicsville) America Christian Methodist Founded as "Colored Methodist Episcopal High Jackson Tennessee 1882 Private Episcopal Church School" Yes hbcuconnect.com Founded as "Oklahoma Colored Agricultural and Langston Oklahoma 1897 Public Normal University" Yes hbcuconnect.com Lawson State Community Bessemer Alabama 1949 Public Yes hbcuconnect.com College United Church of Founded as "LeMoyne Normal and Commercial LeMoyne-Owen College Memphis Tennessee 1862 Private Christ School"[12] (elementary school until 1870) Yes hbcuconnect.com Lincoln University Chester County Pennsylvania 1854 Public Founded as "Ashmun Institute" Yes hbcuconnect.com Lincoln University of Missouri Jefferson City Missouri 1866 Public Founded as "Lincoln Institute" Yes hbcuconnect.com

Page 2 HBCUs Salisbury North Carolina 1879 Private AME Zion Founded as "Zion Wesley Institute" Yes hbcuconnect.com United Methodist Founded as the Medical Department of Central Nashville Tennessee 1876 Private Church Tennessee College Yes hbcuconnect.com Known until 1941 as "Miles Memorial College"; Fairfield Alabama 1905 Private CME Church named after Bishop William H. Miles Yes hbcuconnect.com Mississippi Valley State Itta Bena Mississippi 1950 Public Founded as "Mississippi Vocational College" Yes hbcuconnect.com University Originally: American Atlanta Georgia 1867 Private Baptist Home Mission Founded as "Augusta Institute" Yes hbcuconnect.com Society Morehouse School of Atlanta Georgia 1975 Private Founded as a part of Morehouse College Yes hbcuconnect.com Medicine Originally: Methodist Baltimore Maryland 1867 Public Episcopal Founded as "Centenary Biblical Institute" Yes hbcuconnect.com African Methodist Named after the second Bishop in the African College Atlanta Georgia 1881 Private Episcopal Methodist Episcopal Church No hbcuconnect.com Baptist Educational Sumter South Carolina 1908 Private and Missionary Yes hbcuconnect.com Convention Founded as "Norfolk Unit of Virginia State Norfolk Virginia 1935 Public University" Yes hbcuconnect.com North Carolina Agricultural & Founded as "The Agricultural & Mechanical Greensboro North Carolina 1891 Public Yes hbcuconnect.com Technical State University College for the Colored Race" North Carolina Central Founded as "National Religious Training School Durham North Carolina 1910 Public Yes hbcuconnect.com University and Chautauqua" Huntsville Alabama 1896 Private Seventh-day Adventist Founded as "Oakwood Industrial School" Yes hbcuconnect.com and Christian Augusta Georgia 1882 Private Methodist Episcopal Founded as "Paine Institute" Yes hbcuconnect.com Church Dallas Texas 1872 Private AME Church Named for William Paul Quinn Yes hbcuconnect.com Named for Bishop . Founded as a Payne Theological Seminary Wilberforce Ohio 1856 Private African Methodist seminary with Wilberforce University in 1856. Later Yes hbcuconnect.com Episcopal Church became Payne Theological Seminary in 1894 United Methodist Philander Little Rock Arkansas 1877 Private Church Founded as "Walden Seminary" Yes hbcuconnect.com Founded as "Alta Vista Agriculture & Mechanical Prairie View A&M University Prairie View Texas 1876 Public College for Colored Youth" Yes hbcuconnect.com United Methodist hbcuconnect.com Holly Springs Mississippi 1866 Private Church Known as "" until 1882 Yes Founded as "Georgia State Industrial College for Savannah State University Savannah Georgia 1890 Public Colored Youth" Yes hbcuconnect.com Alabama State Founded as "Alabama Baptist Normal and Selma Alabama 1878 Private Missionary Baptist Yes hbcuconnect.com Convention Theological School" Shaw University National Baptist hbcuconnect.com Raleigh North Carolina 1865 Private Convention, USA, Inc. Yes Shelton State Community Tuscaloosa Alabama 1952 Public Founded as "J.P. Shelton Trade School" Yes hbcuconnect.com College African Methodist Shorter College Little Rock Arkansas 1886 Private Episcopal Two-year college; founded as "Bethel University" Yes hbcuconnect.com Founded as Kentucky Normal Technological Simmons College Louisville Kentucky 1869 Private Institute Yes hbcuconnect.com

Page 3 HBCUs South Carolina State Founded as "Colored, Normal, Industrial, Orangeburg South Carolina 1896 Public Agricultural, and Mechanical College of South Yes hbcuconnect.com University Carolina" and A&M Conceptualized by P. B. S. Pinchback, T. T. Allain, Baton Rouge Louisiana 1880 Public Yes hbcuconnect.com College and Henry Demas Southern University at New Founded as a branch unit of Southern University in New Orleans Louisiana 1959 Public Yes hbcuconnect.com Orleans Baton Rouge Southern University at Shreveport Louisiana 1967 Public Part of the Southern University System Yes hbcuconnect.com Shreveport Southwestern Christian Terrell Texas 1948 Private Church of Christ Founded as "Southern Bible Institute" Yes hbcuconnect.com College Originally, American Atlanta Georgia 1881 Private Baptist Home Mission Founded as "Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary" Yes hbcuconnect.com Society Episcopal Church St. Augustine's University Raleigh North Carolina 1867 Private () Yes hbcuconnect.com St. Philip's College San Antonio Texas 1898 Public Episcopal Church Founded as "St. Philip's Sewing Class for Girls" Yes hbcuconnect.com Founded as Tuscaloosa Institute, the College was Tuscaloosa Alabama 1876 Private Presbyterian a concept of Reverend Dr. Charles Allen Stillman, Yes hbcuconnect.com pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Tuscaloosa United Church of Talladega County Alabama 1867 Private Christ Known as "Swayne School" until 1869 Yes hbcuconnect.com Founded as "Agricultural and Industrial State Tennessee State University Nashville Tennessee 1912 Public Normal School" Yes hbcuconnect.com Christian Methodist Tyler Texas 1894 Private Episcopal Church Yes hbcuconnect.com Texas Southern University Houston Texas 1927 Public Founded as "Texas State University for Negroes" Yes hbcuconnect.com American Missionary Hinds County Mississippi 1869 Private Association Founded as "Tougaloo University" Yes hbcuconnect.com Trenholm State Technical Montgomery Alabama 1947 Public Founded as "John M. Patterson Technical School" Yes hbcuconnect.com College Founded as Tuskegee Institute, Now a National hbcuconnect.com Tuskegee Alabama 1881 Private Historic Site Yes at Pine Bluff Arkansas 1873 Public Founded as "Branch Normal College" Yes hbcuconnect.com Pine Bluff University of Maryland Originally: Methodist Princess Anne Maryland 1886 Public Founded as "Delaware Conference Academy" Yes hbcuconnect.com Eastern Shore Episcopal University of the District of Washington District of Columbia 1851 Public Founded as "Miner Normal School" Yes hbcuconnect.com Columbia University of the Virgin St. Croix & St. United States 1962 Public Founded as "College of the Virgin Islands" Yes hbcuconnect.com Islands Thomas Virgin Islands Founded as "Virginia Normal and Collegiate Virginia State University Petersburg Virginia 1882 Public Institute at Petersburg" Yes hbcuconnect.com American Baptist Founded as "Wayland Seminary," and merged with Virginia Richmond Virginia 1865 Private Churches USA Richmond Institute (1865) in 1889 Yes hbcuconnect.com Virginia University of Lynchburg Virginia 1886 Private Baptist Founded as "Lynchburg Baptist Seminary" Yes hbcuconnect.com Lynchburg Denmark South Carolina 1897 Private Episcopal Church Founded as "Denmark Industrial School" Yes hbcuconnect.com West Virginia State University Institute West Virginia 1891 Public Founded as "West Virginia Colored Institute" Yes hbcuconnect.com Wilberforce University Wilberforce Ohio 1856 Private AME Church Named for William Wilberforce Yes hbcuconnect.com

Page 4 HBCUs United Methodist Marshall Texas 1873 Private Church Named for Isaac William Wiley Yes hbcuconnect.com Winston-Salem State Founded as "Slater Industrial and State Normal Winston-Salem North Carolina 1892 Public Yes hbcuconnect.com University School" Founding predecessor institutions: "St. Katharine Xavier University of Louisiana New Orleans Louisiana 1915 Private Roman Catholic Drexel" and the "Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament" Yes hbcuconnect.com

Page 5 HBCUs List of United Methodist Church Colleges and Universities

School City State Additional resources

Adrian College Adrian Michigan https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Albion College Albion Michigan https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Albright College Reading Pennsylvania https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Allegheny College Meadville Pennsylvania https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

American University Washington District of Columbia https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Andrew College Cuthbert Georgia https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Baker University Baldwin City Kansas https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Baldwin Wallace University Berea Ohio https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Bennett College Greensboro North Carolina https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Bethune Cookman University Daytona Beach Florida https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Birmingham Southern College Birmingham Alabama https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Brevard College Brevard North Carolina https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Centenary College Hackettstown New Jersey https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Centenary College of Louisiana Shreveport Louisiana https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Central College of Grad Studies Fayette Missouri https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Central Methodist University College ofLiberal Arts Fayette Missouri https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Claflin University Orangeburg South Carolina https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Claremont School of Theology Clareont California https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Clark Atlanta University Atlanta Georgia https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Columbia College of South Carolina Columbia South Carolina https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Cornell College Mount Vernon Iowa https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Dakota Mitchell South Dakota https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

DePauw University Greencastle Indiana https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Dillard University New Orleans Louisiana https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Drew University Madison New Jersey https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Page 1 UMC Colleges Durham North Carolina https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Emory & Henry College Emory Virginia https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Emory University Atlanta Georgia https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Ferrum College Ferrum Virginia https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Florida Southern College Lakeland Florida https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary Evanston Illinois https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Green Mountain Gollege Poultney Vermont https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Greensboro College Greensboro North Carolina https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Hamline University Saint Paul Minnesota https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Hendrix College Conway Arkansas https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

High High Point North Carolina https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Hiwassee College Madisonville Tennessee https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Huntingdon College Montgomery Alabama https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Iliff School of Theology Denver Colorado https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Iowa Wesleyan University Mount Pleasant Iowa https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Kansas Wesleyan University Salina Kansas https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Kendall College Chicago Illinois https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Kentucky Owensboro Kentucky https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

LaGrange College LaGrange Georgia https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Lebanon Valley College Annville Pennsylvania https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Lindsey Wilson College Columbia Kentucky https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Louisburg College Louisburg North Carolina https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Lycoming College Williamsport Pennsylvania https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

MacMurray College Jacksonville Illinois https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Martin Methodist College Pulaski Tennessee https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

McKendree University Lebanon Illinois https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

McMurry University Abilene Texas https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

MeHarry Medical College Nashville Tennessee https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Page 2 UMC Colleges Mercy St Luke's School of Radiologic Technology Cedar Rapids Iowa https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Methodist Theologica; School of Ohio Delaware Ohio https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Methodist University Fayetteville North Carolina https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Millsaps College Jacksonville Mississippi https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Morningside College Sioux City Iowa https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing&Allied Health Omaha Nebraska https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Nebraska Wesleyan University Lincoln Nebraska https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

North Carolina Wesleyan College Rocky Mount North Carolina https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

North Central College Naperville Illinois https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Ohio Northern University Ada Ohio https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware Ohio https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City Oklahoma https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Otterbein University Westerville Ohio https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Paine College Augusta Georgia https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Pfieiffer University Misenheimer North Carolina https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Philander Smith College Little Rock Arkansas https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Randolph College Lynchburgh Virginia https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Randolph Macon College Ashland Virginia https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Reinhardt University Waleska Georgia https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Rust College Holly Springs Mississippi https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Saint Paul School of Theology Leawood Kansas https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Shenandoah University Winchester Virginia https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Simpson College Indianola Iowa https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Southern Methodist University Dallas Texas https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Southwestern College Winfield Winfield Kansas https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Southwestern University Georgetown Texas https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Spartanburg Methodist College Spartanburg South Carolina https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Tennessee Wesleyan College Athens Tennessee https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Page 3 UMC Colleges Texas Wesleyan Univesrsity Fort Worth Texas https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Union College Barbourville Barbourville Kentucky https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

United Theology Seminary Dayton Ohio https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

University of Evansville Evansville Indiana https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

University of Indianapolis Indianapolis Indiana https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

University of Mount Union Alliance Ohio https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Virginia Wesleyan College Norfolk Virginia https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Wesley College Dover Delaware https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Wesley Theological Seminary Washington District of Columbia https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Wesleyan College Macon Georgia https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon West Virginia https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Wiley College Marshall Texas https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Wooford College Spartanburg South Carolina https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

Young Harris Young Harris Georgia https://www.american-school-search.com/colleges/christian/united-methodist

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