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A Virtual Museum shared by Marion High School Counseling Department for Black History Month

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Bethune Cookman University • Bethune–Cookman University • https://www.cookman.edu/ is a private historically black university in Daytona Beach, • Address: 640 Dr Mary McLeod Florida. Bethune-Cookman Bethune Blvd, Daytona Beach, FL University is affiliated with the 32114 . The • Phone: (386) 481-2000 primary administration building, White Hall, and the • Undergraduate enrollment: 3,619 Mary McLeod Bethune Home (2018–19) are in the National Register of • Average annual cost Historic Places. Wikipedia • Before aid • Avg cost after aid • $30,226 • $15K • After aid • Graduation rate • $15,372 • 34% • Acceptance rate • 84% Alabama State Alabama State University is https://www.alasu.edu/ University a public historically black Address: 915 S Jackson St, university in Montgomery, Montgomery, AL 36104 Alabama. Founded in 1867, ASU is a member-school of the Phone: (334) 229-4100 Thurgood Marshall Undergraduate Fund. Wikipedia enrollment: 3,903 (2018–19) Avg cost after aid Majors $13K https://www.alasu.edu/majo Graduation rate r-list 21% Acceptance rate 97% Stacey Abrams

Spellman College Atlanta, Georgia Famous Graduate: Stacey Abrams • is a private • https://www.spelman.edu/ historically black women's liberal arts college in Atlanta, • Address: 350 Spelman Ln SW, Georgia, . The Atlanta, GA 30314 college is part of the Atlanta • Phone: (404) 681-3643 University Center academic consortium in • Undergraduate Spellman Atlanta. Wikipedia enrollment: 2,166 (2018–19) • Avg cost after aid • Average annual cost College • $41K • Before aid • Graduation rate • $54,310 • 78% • After aid • Acceptance rate • $40,840 • 43% James Clyburn State University

• South Carolina State • http://www.scsu.edu/ University is a public, historically black, land-grant • Address: 300 College Ave North East, university in Orangeburg, Orangeburg, SC 29117 South Carolina, United • Phone: (800) 260-5956 States. Wikipedia • Undergraduate enrollment: 2,415 • Avg cost after aid (2018–19) • $21K • Average annual in-state cost • Graduation rate • Before aid • 38% • $30,060 • Acceptance rate • After aid • 66% • $21,467 Dr. Leo Twiggs, Artist

Mr. Cecil Williams, Photographer • https://www.claflin.edu// • Claflin University is a private • Address: 400 Magnolia St, historically black university in Orangeburg, SC 29115 Orangeburg, South Carolina. • Phone: (800) 922-1276 Founded in 1869 after the American Civil War by northern • Undergraduate missionaries for the education of enrollment: 2,043 (2018–19) freedmen and their children, it • Average annual cost offers bachelor's andClick master's to add text degrees. Wikipedia • Before aid • Avg cost after aid • $33,822 • $19K • After aid • Graduation rate • $19,396 • 57% • Judge • Acceptance rate • Earnest • 55% • Finney, Jr. Denmark Technical College • https://www.denmarktech.edu/ • Address: 1126 Soloman Blatt Blvd, Denmark, SC 29042 Denmark Technical College • Phone: (803) 793-5176 • Undergraduate enrollment: 314 • Denmark Technical College is a (2018–19) two-year college in Denmark, • Average annual in-state cost South Carolina. The college primarily serves Bamberg, • Before aid Barnwell and Allendale • $19,817 counties in South Carolina. Wikipedia • After aid • Avg cost after aid • $11,844 • $12K • In-state tuition • $5,647

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• Voorhees College is a private, • https://www.voorhees.edu/ historically black college in Denmark, South Carolina. It is • Address: 481 Porter Dr, Denmark, SC affiliated with the Episcopal 29042 Church and is accredited by the • Phone: (803) 780-1234 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Wikipedia • Undergraduate enrollment: 491 (2018– 19) • Avg cost after aid • Average annual cost • $18K • Before aid • Graduation rate • $26,336 • 33% • After aid • Acceptance rate • $18,489 • –– Kenya Barris "Blackish"

Clark Atlanta University • https://www.cau.edu/ • Address: 223 James P Brawley Dr SW, • Clark Atlanta University is a Atlanta, GA 30314 private Methodist historically • Phone: (404) 880-8000 black research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Clark Atlanta • Undergraduate enrollment: 3,320 (2018– University is the first HBCU in the 19) Southern United States. Founded September 19, 1865, as Atlanta • Average annual cost University; consolidated with • Before aid Clark College to form Clark Atlanta University in 1988. Wikipedia • $39,194 • Avg cost after aid • After aid • $33K • $33,276 • Graduation rate • 37% • Acceptance rate • 55% This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC.

Tuskegee University • https://www.tuskegee.edu/ • Tuskegee University is a private, historically black land-grant • Address: 1200 W Montgomery Rd, university in Tuskegee, Alabama. Tuskegee, AL 36088 The campus is designated as the • Phone: (334) 727-8011 Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site by the National Park • Undergraduate enrollment: 2,529 Service. The university was home (2018–19) to scientist George Washington Carver and to World War II's • Average annual cost Tuskegee Airmen. Wikipedia • Before aid Booker T. Washington • Avg cost after aid • $40,750 • $35K • After aid • Graduation rate • $35,353 • 45% • Acceptance rate • 52%

Hampton University

• is a private • http://www.hamptonu.edu/ historically black research university in Hampton, Virginia. It was founded • Address: 100 E Queen St, in 1868 by black and white leaders of Hampton, VA 23669 the American Missionary Association • Phone: (757) 727-5000 after the American Civil War to provide education to • Undergraduate enrollment: 3,661 freedmen. Wikipedia (2018–19) • Avg cost after aid • Average annual cost • $29K • Before aid • Graduation rate • $44,291 • 54% • After aid • Acceptance rate • $28,568 • 36% Spike Lee

• Morehouse College is a private • https://www.morehouse.edu/ historically black men's liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia. • Address: 830 Westview Dr SW, Anchored by its main campus of Atlanta, GA 30314 61 acres near downtown Atlanta, • Phone: (470) 639-0999 the college has a variety of residential dorms and academic • Undergraduate buildings east of Ashview enrollment: 2,205 (2018–19) Heights. Wikipedia • Average annual cost • Avg cost after aid • Before aid • $40K • $48,500 • Graduation rate • After aid • 51% • $40,068 • Acceptance rate • 100% Common Florida A & M University

• Florida Agricultural and • https://www.famu.edu/ Mechanical University is a public historically black land- • Address: 1601 S Martin Luther King grant university in Tallahassee, Jr Blvd, Tallahassee, FL 32307 Florida. Founded in 1887, it is • Phone: (850) 599-3000 located on the highest geographic hill in • Undergraduate enrollment: 7,711 Tallahassee. Wikipedia (2018–19) • Avg cost after aid • Average annual in-state cost • $15K • Before aid • Graduation rate • $23,433 • 41% • After aid • Acceptance rate • $15,341 • 36% North Carolina A & T University North Carolina A & T University

• North Carolina Agricultural and • https://www.ncat.edu/ Technical State University is a public, historically black land- • Address: 1601 E Market St, Greensboro, grant research university in NC 27411 Greensboro, North Carolina. It is • Phone: (336) 334-7500 a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina • Undergraduate enrollment: 10,299 System. Wikipedia (2018–19) • Avg cost after aid • Average annual in-state cost • $10K • Before aid • Graduation rate • $18,487 • 43% • After aid • Acceptance rate • $10,046 • 58% Shannon Sharpe

Savannah State University Savannah State University • https://savannahstate.edu/ • Address: 3219 College St, Savannah, GA Savannah State University is a 31404 public historically black university in Savannah, Georgia. • Phone: (912) 358-3389 It is the oldest historically black • Undergraduate enrollment: 3,742 (2018– public university in the state. The 19) university is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College • Average annual in-state cost Fund. Wikipedia • Before aid Avg cost after aid • $17,255 $10K • After aid Graduation rate • $10,132 26% Acceptance rate 33% Howard University

• Howard University is a private, • https://home.howard.edu/ federally chartered historically Black research university in • Address: 2400 6th St NW, Washington, DC Washington, D.C. It is classified 20059 among "R2: Doctoral Universities – • Phone: (202) 806-6100 High research activity" and accredited by the Middle States • Undergraduate enrollment: 6,166 (2018–19) Commission on Higher • Average annual cost Education. Wikipedia • Before aid • Avg cost after aid • • $40K $45,971 • After aid • Graduation rate • $39,792 • 59% • Acceptance rate • 36% Benedict College

• Benedict College is a private • https://www.benedict.edu/ historically black, liberal arts college in Columbia, South • Address: 1600 Harden St, Columbia, SC Carolina. Founded in 1870 by 29204 northern Baptists, it was originally • Phone: (803) 253-5000 a teachers' college. It has since expanded to offer majors in many • Undergraduate enrollment: 2,165 (2018–19) disciplines across the liberal • Average annual cost arts. Wikipedia • Before aid • Avg cost after aid • • $25K $28,000 • After aid • Graduation rate • $24,725 • 20% • Acceptance rate • 77% This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-NC.

Allen University • https://allenuniversity.edu/ • Average annual cost • Before aid • Allen University is a private • $23,932 historically black university in • After aid Columbia, South Carolina. It has more than 600 students and • $14,790 still serves a predominantly Black constituency. The campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Allen University Historic District. Wikipedia • Avg cost after aid • $15K • Graduation rate • 19% • Acceptance rate • 53%

This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-NC. • https://www.morris.edu/ Morris College • Address: 100 W College St, Sumter, SC 29150 • Morris College is a private, Baptist • Phone: (803) 934-3200 historically black college • Undergraduate This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY- in Sumter, South NC. enrollment:649 (2018–19) Carolina. It was founded and is operated by the • Average annual cost Baptist Educational and • Before aid Missionary Convention of South • $27,170 Carolina. Wikipedia • After aid • Avg cost after aid • $16,814 • $17K • Graduation rate • 20% • Acceptance rate Tennessee State University Tennessee State University • Tennessee State University is a public and historically black • https://www.tnstate.edu/ land-grant university in • Address: 3500 John A Merritt Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville, TN 37209 Founded in 1912, it is the only state-funded historically black • Phone: (615) 963-5000 university in Tennessee. It is a • Undergraduate enrollment: 6,116 member-school of the (2018–19) Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Wikipedia • Average annual in-state cost • Avg cost after aid • Before aid • $10K • $23,424 • Graduation rate • After aid • 33% • $10,427 • Acceptance rate • –– Do your research and learn about more colleges and universities. Note: Marion High School Counseling Department supports ALL colleges and universities. Resources: Wikipedia Vantu News Britannia The Charleston Chronicle Bing Free Pictures Ranker.com abccolumbia.com The Atlanta Voice Black Past Biography.com Times and Democrat creativecommons.org usnews.com hbcuconnect.com college websites (included in presentation)