About HBCUs

There are 105 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the nation. In 1965, in Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, Congress officially defined an HBCU as an institution whose principal mission was and is the education of black Americans, was accredited and was established before 1964. The first HBCU, CHEYNEY University in Pennsylvania was founded in 1837. All HBCUs play a critical role in the American higher education system. For most of America's history, African Americans who received a college education could only get it from an HBCU. Today, HBCUs remain one of the surest ways for an African American, or student of any race, to receive a quality education.

While the 105 HBCUs represent just three percent of the nation's institutions of higher learning, they graduate nearly 20 percent of African Americans who earn undergraduate degrees. HBCUs, because of their unique sensibility to the special needs of young African American minds, remain the institutions that demonstrate the most effective ability to graduate African American students who are poised to be competitive in the corporate, research, academic, governmental and military arenas.

UNCF supports minority students at many schools that are not HBCUs. However, UNCF directly supports 37 private HBCUs.

Content taken from: http://www.uncf.org/sections/MemberColleges/SS_AboutHBCUs/about.hbcu.asp

Participating Universities & Colleges include…

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges & Universities)
Dillard University
Langston University
Southern University
Spelman College
Tougaloo College

Pacific Northwest Colleges & Universities
Central Washington University
Eastern Washington University
The Evergreen State College
Lewis & Clark College
Pacific Lutheran University
Portland State University
University of Oregon
Seattle University
Seattle Pacific University
University of Washington
Western Washington University
Willamette University

Previous Universities & Colleges include…

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges & Universities)
Bennett College for Women
Bethune-Cookman University
Claflin University
Clark Atlanta University
Fisk University
Grambling State University
Hampton University
Howard University
Johnson C. Smith University
Lane College
Langston University
Lincoln University
Livingstone College
Morehouse College
Norfolk State University
Savannah State University
Shaw University
Southern University
Talladega College
Tuskegee University
Wilberforce University
Xavier University of Louisiana

Pacific Northwest Colleges & Universities
Academy of Interactive Entertainment
Central Washington University
Clover Park Technical College
Cornish College of the Arts
Eastern Washington University
Heritage University
Multnomah University
Northwest College of Art & Design
Pacific Lutheran University
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland State University
Seattle Central College
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle University
The Evergreen State College
University of Washington Business School
University of Washington Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity
University of Washington - Tacoma
University of Oregon
Washington State University
Western Washington University
Whitman College
Willamette University