: MediaTakeOut.com just caught wind of the new US News & World Report rankings – the one for Historically Black Colleges & Universities. Here’s the top 25:
Atlanta, GA Score 100 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $20,280 2007 Total enrollment: 2,343 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 33.0 %
Washington, DC Score 95 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $14,685 2007 Total enrollment: 10,125 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 53.7 %
Atlanta, GA Score 81 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $20,358 2007 Total enrollment: 2,810 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 59.0 %
Hampton, VA Score 77 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $16,392 2007 Total enrollment: 5,656 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 37.4 %
Nashville, TN Score 73 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 Tuition and Fees: $15,620 2007 Total enrollment: 814 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 51.1 %
Tuskegee, AL Score 69 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $15,034 2007 Total enrollment: 2,936 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 58.2 %
Orangeburg, SC Score 65 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 Tuition and Fees: $12,358 2007 Total enrollment: 1,763 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 45.3 %
New Orleans, LA Score 65 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $13,580 2007 Total enrollment: 956 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 45.9 %
New Orleans, LA Score 64 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $15,500 2007 Total enrollment: 3,088 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 59.2 %
Charlotte, NC Score 56 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $15,754 2007 Total enrollment: 1,463 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 46.0 %
Nashville, TN Score 52 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 In-state: $2,981; Out-of-state: $16,024 2007 Total enrollment: 9,065 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 48.1 %
Elizabeth City, NC Score 50 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 In-state: $3,354; Out-of-state: $12,235 2007 Total enrollment: N/A Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 71.3 %
Winston-Salem, NC Score 50 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 In-state: $3,837; Out-of-state: $12,477 2007 Total enrollment: 5,870 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 67.9 %
Petersburg, VA Score 46 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 In-state: $5,396; Out-of-state: $12,926 2007 Total enrollment: 4,720 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 57.8 %
Tallahassee, FL Score 45 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 In-state: $3,269; Out-of-state: $14,465 2007 Total enrollment: 11,587 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 63.4 %
Greensboro, NC Score 45 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 In-state: $3,500; Out-of-state: $12,942 2007 Total enrollment: N/A Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 76.6 %
Durham, NC Score 45 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 In-state: $3,670; Out-of-state: $13,414 2007 Total enrollment: 8,383 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 73.6 %
Orangeburg, SC Score 45 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 In-state: $3,659; Out-of-state: $7,181 2007 Total enrollment: 4,933 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 88.0 %
Baltimore, MD Score 44 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 In-state: $6,318; Out-of-state: $14,438 2007 Total enrollment: 7,672 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 33.7 %
Jackson, MS Score 43 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 In-state: $4,432; Out-of-state: $9,976 2007 Total enrollment: 8,698 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 36.0 %
Greensboro, NC Score 42 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $14,648 2007 Total enrollment: 678 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 48.4 %
Atlanta, GA Score 41 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $17,038 2007 Total enrollment: 4,271 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 66.1 %
Dover, DE Score 41 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 In-state: $6,481; Out-of-state: $13,742 2007 Total enrollment: 3,756 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 42.8 %
Normal, AL Score 40 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 In-state: $4,420; Out-of-state: $8,320 2007 Total enrollment: 5,706 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 31.8 %
Albany, GA Score 39 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 In-state: $3,470; Out-of-state: $12,074 2007 Total enrollment: 4,033 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 28.7 %
I got to Morehouse College and am an advocate for HBCUs and HBCU love and unity; however, these rankings are so arbitrary it's hard to say who's the best. Graduation rate is has a huge bearing on the rankings and let's be real, some HBCUs are harder to matriculate from than others. For example, Morehouse is extremely academically challenging, so making it out in 4 years is difficult here. Spelman on the other hand has the same number of required hours to graduate as Morehouse except they get 4 hours for each class while we get 3. So obviously it's easier to graduate. My girl goes to Spelman and has taken no more than 15 hours any semester, and she's still graduating a semester early. I have never taken less than 18 hours and even took 21 last semester. Despite this, I am in my last semester and am taking 18 credits. I'm making it out in four years but trust me it's rare at Morehouse. These rankings do show the top 3 schools in terms of matriculation into highly ranked graduate schools though. So, take these rankings with a grain of salt.
If you want to go to school to feel good about yourself go to a HBCU, if you want to get a real education attend a major to mid major university.
The fact that Claflin and Fiski is on the list means that there are really low standards for black colleges and universities.
HBCU undergrades always have problems competing with graduates from major universities, including minority graduates. The problem is lack of facilities and connections to cutting edge research and industry leaders-all of which have heavy influence, and access on major college campuses.
HBCU's are not cheaper. Although they lack the facilities (poor libraries and technology overall)they charge the same prices as the world best and most prestigous universities. In the end the graduates cannot compete with their counter-parts from major universities but have equivalent to greater debt loads after graduation.
HBCU's served their purpose but have now become retirement homes for old professors who may not be aware or in touch with new developments in their fields. HBCU's create a false sense of accomplishment in it's graduates and does not prepare them for interactions with the diveres work and professional world, which is most definetly mostly white.
DO NOT CRIPPLE YOUR CHILDREN!!! HBCU's ARE TRAPS!!!
Join the mainstream and prosper!
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#1 should be my school that I graduated from, Hampton University. No other school can get with our ''home by the sea.'' Howard, Spelman, and Morehouse are all in shabby areas. Hampton's campus looks better than most ''White'' schools. We have numerous scholars excelling in all fields throughout the country. No HBCU can touch the real H.U.
Peace to all my Hamptonians who chilled at the infamous ''Yellow House.''
NICE TOO SEE THESE COLLEGES STILL THRIVING, BUT LIKE SOMEONE SAID EARLIER, MANY HBCU'S NEED MAJOR FUNDING.
IN OHIO, 2 WELL KNOWN HBCU'S, CENTRAL STATE AND WILBERFORCE, STILL NEED MAJOR FUNDING TO MAINTAIN RELEVANCY THOUGH THEY BOTH HAVE TREMENDOUS HISTORIES AND PRIDE.
BIG, BIG "UPS" TO ALL THE HBCU'S STILL STANDING!
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I BEG TO DIFFER
MOREHOUSE
MOREHOUSE SHOULD BE #1. It's THE ONLY SCHOOL WITH A MEDICAL SCHOOL.
XAVIER XAVIER SHOULD BE #2. ITS' THE ONLY SCHOOL THAT IS #1 IN PLACING BLACKS INTO MEDICAL SCHOOL.
CAN'T BE MUCH SMARTER THAN A DR. AND MOREHOUSE AND XAVIER TOPS THAT LIST.
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Hats off & Big *** out to go my HOWARD UNIVERSITY FAMILY!!!
Much Love to the Beautiful sisters @ Spelman for holding down the #1 slot.
Big ups to the Morehouse Men for getting our backs @ the #3 slot.
Last but not least congrats to the other HU for making the Top 5 (so long as you stay in your place and Salute the REAL HU HOWARD U).
To the rest of my HBCU family, stay Black and step your game up... Knowledge is POWER!!!
Hats off & Big *** out goes to my HOWARD UNIVERSITY FAMILY!!!
Much Love to the Beautiful sisters @ Spelman for holding down the #1 slot.
Big ups to the Morehouse Men for getting our backs @ the #3 slot.
Last but not least congrats to the other HU for making the Top 5 (so long as you stay in your place and Salute the REAL HU HOWARD U).
To the rest of my HBCU family, stay Black and step your game up... Knowledge is POWER!!!
AGGIE PRIDE IS NATION WIDE!!!! A&T produces the most African American engineers 2nd school in the state of NC to have an ACCREDITED Journalsim & Mass Comm program (thats out of majority and HBCU's) 1st CACREP (counseling program) accredited HBCU period! One of the top research schools in NC period!
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