Value Colleges Releases Top 50 Best Value Historically Black Colleges and Universities for 2018
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Value Colleges (www.valuecolleges.com), an independent online guide to the best values in undergraduate and graduate education, is pleased to share their Top 50 Best Value Historically Black Colleges and Universities for 2018.
https://www.valuecolleges.com/rankings/top-hbcu/
Historically black colleges and universities are institutions like no other. They are living memorials to America's troubled past, and inspiring visions of America's diverse future. Though HBCUs began in reaction to the exclusion of African-Americans from higher education, they remain as testaments to black excellence and opportunity. Today's HBCUs are redefining their relevance with outreach to minority students from a variety of backgrounds, from first-generation and non-traditional students, to refugees and Dreamers. Renewed dedication to professional education and STEM has helped HBCUs increase the number of minorities in areas like medicine and business. Value Colleges' ranking of the 50 Best Value HBCUs focuses on the qualities that make HBCUs a smart investment for a diverse population of students: academic excellence, student job market success, and return on investment (ROI).
Value Colleges uses four data points to determine ranking:
- Reputation (U.S. News ranking)
- Cost (IPEDS public data)
- ROI (College Scorecard salary potential)
- Graduation Rate (Department of Education data)
Without further ado, the top three Best Value HBCUs for 2017 are: 1) Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida; 2) Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas; and 3) Alcorn State University in Lorman, Mississippi. Value Colleges congratulates the top three, as well as all the top fifty in this ranking.
The full list, in alphabetical order, is as follows:
Alabama A&M University - Normal, AL
Alabama State University - Montgomery, AL
Albany State University - Albany, GA
Alcorn State University - Lorman, MS
Bennett College - Greensboro, NC
Bethune-Cookman University - Daytona Beach, FL
Bluefield State College - Bluefield, WV
Bowie State University - Bowie, MD
Central State University - Wilberforce, OH
Claflin University - Orangeburg, SC
Clark Atlanta University - Atlanta, GA
Coppin State University - Baltimore, MD
Delaware State University - Dover, DE
Dillard University - New Orleans, LA
Elizabeth City State University - Elizabeth City, NC
Fayetteville State University - Fayetteville, NC
Fisk University - Nashville, TN
Florida A&M University - Tallahassee, FL
Florida Memorial University - Miami, FL
Grambling State University - Grambling, LA
Hampton University - Hampton, VA
Howard University - Washington, DC
Jackson State University - Jackson, MS
Johnson C. Smith University - Charlotte, NC
Lincoln University - Jefferson City, MO
Lincoln University - Lincoln University, PA
Mississippi Valley State University - Itta Bena, MS
Morehouse College - Atlanta, GA
Morgan State University - Baltimore, MD
Norfolk State University - Norfolk, VA
North Carolina A&T State University - Greensboro, NC
North Carolina Central University - Durham, NC
Oakwood University - Huntsville, AL
Philander Smith College - Little Rock, AR
Prairie View A&M University - Prairie View, TX
Savannah State University - Savannah, GA
Southern University and A&M College - Baton Rouge, LA
Spelman College - Atlanta, GA
Tennessee State University - Nashville, TN
Tougaloo College - Tougaloo, MS
Tuskegee University - Tuskegee, AL
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff - Pine Bluff, AR
University of Maryland Eastern Shore - Princess Anne, MD
University of the District of Columbia - Washington, DC
Virginia State University - Petersburg, VA
Virginia Union University - Richmond, VA
West Virginia State University - Institute, WV
Wilberforce University - Wilberforce, OH
Winston-Salem State University - Winston-Salem, NC
Xavier University of Louisiana - New Orleans, LA
Carrie Sealey-Morris
Lead Editor, Value Colleges
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SOURCE Value Colleges
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