Graduation rates at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

Graduation Rates at HBCUs

Graduation Rates of Black Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Ranked by highest graduation rate

Top 10 in red

Institution          Black Student Graduation Rate 2011

Spelman College (all women’s college) 79%

Howard University 64%

Morehouse College (all men’s college) 61%

Hampton University 54%

Claflin University 48%

Tuskegee University 46%

Albany State University 45%

Elizabeth City State University 45%

North Carolina Central University 45%

Clark Atlanta University 44%

Jackson State University 42%

Virginia State University 42% 

South Carolina State University 41%

Alcorn State University 40%

Johnson C. Smith University 39%

North Carolina A&T State University 39%

Tennessee State University 38%

Delaware State University 37%

St. Paul’s College 37%

Winston-Salem State University 37%

Fayetteville State University 36%

Lincoln University (Penn.) 36%

Bethune-Cookman University 35%

Prairie View A&M University 35%

Florida A&M University 35%

Savannah State University 35%

University of Maryland-Eastern Shore 35%

Morgan State University 34%

Fort Valley State University 33%

Livingtonston College 33%

Norfolk State University 33%

St. Augustine’s College 33%

Alabama A&M University 32%

Stillman College 32%

Bowie State University 31%

Shaw University 31%

Mississippi Valley State University 30%

Grambling State University 30%

Lane College 29%

Southern University 29%

Benedict College 28%

Paine College 28%

University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff 27%

Central State University 26%

Kentucky State University 25%

Alabama State University 24%

LeMoyne-Owen College 21%

Cheyney University 20%

Virginia Union University 20%

Lincoln University (Missouri) 17%

Coppin State University 16%

Rust College 16%

Miles College 16%

Texas Southern University 11%

University of District of Columbia 10%

The graduation rate date listed here are four-year averages for the year noted and the three previous years.

Source of statistics: National Collegiate Athletic Association