Posted By: Reggie Culpepper on September 11, 2014



For the eighth consecutive year, U.S. News has produced a ranking measuring the quality of the undergraduate education at historically black colleges and universities. In order to be on the list, a school must be currently designated by the U.S. Department of Education as an HBCU. To qualify for the U.S. News ranking, an HBCU also must be an undergraduate baccalaureate-granting institution that enrolls primarily first-year, first-time students and must be a school that is part of the 2015 Best Colleges rankings.



The Higher Education Act of 1965 defines an HBCU as "any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary (of Education) to be a reliable authority as to the quality of training offered or is, according to such an agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation."



If an HBCU is listed as Unranked in the 2015 Best Colleges rankings, it is also listed as Unranked in the HBCU rankings



In total, there were 80 HBCUs eligible to be included on the list; 69 of those were ranked and 11 of those were Unranked.



1. Spelman College

2. Howard University

3. Morehouse College

4. Hampton University

5. Tuskegee University

6. Xavier University of Louisiana

7. Fisk University

8. Florida A&M University

9. Claflin University

10. North Carolina A&T State University

11. North Carolina Central University

12. Tougaloo College

13. (Tie) Delaware State University

13. (Tie) Dillard University

15.







(Tie) Morgan State University

15. (Tie) Winston-Salem State University

17. Johnson C. Smith University

18. Clark Atlanta University

19. Jackson State University

20. Elizabeth City State University

21. (Tie) Lincoln University of PA

21. (Tie) Tennessee State University

23. (Tie) Alabama A&M University

23. (Tie) University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

25. (Tie) Bennett College

25. (Tie) Bowie State University

27. Alcorn State University

28. (Tie) Albany State University

28. (Tie) Fayetteville State University

30. South Carolina State University

31. Bethune-Cookman University

32. Virginia State University

33. Oakwood University

34. Norfolk State University

35. (Tie) Philander Smith College

35. (Tie) University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff

37. Prairie View A&M University

38. (Tie) Fort Valley State University

38. (Tie) Kentucky State University

40. Stillman College

41. (Tie) Alabama State University

41. (Tie) Central State University

41. (Tie) West Virginia State University

44. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

45. (Tie) Paine College

45. (Tie) Southern University and A&M College

47. Savannah State University

48. Livingstone College

49. Texas Southern University

50. (Tie) Bluefield State College

50. (Tie) Florida Memorial University

50. (Tie) Grambling State University

50. (Tie) Mississippi Valley State University



For more on the rankings INCLUDING unranked schools not on the list, go to http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews....





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