Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)

The "Black Ivy League" (also known as the "Elite Eight")

These colleges are the oldest and most prestigious of the
historically black colleges and universities.

• Lincoln University, Pennsylvania (1854)
• Atlanta University (1865) (now part of Clark-Atlanta University)
• Fisk University (1866)
• Howard University (1867)
• Morehouse College (1867)
• Hampton University (1868)
• Spelman College (1881)
• Tuskegee University (1881)

The following HBCUs are land grant institutions under the 1890 Second Morrill (Land Grant) Act, which required states not discriminate on the basis of race in their land grant colleges, or else establish separate colleges for black students. This is a list of those (formerly) separate institutions.

• Alabama A&M U
• Alabama State U
• Alcorn State U (Mississippi)
• U of Arkansas–Pine Bluff
• Central State U (Ohio)
• Delaware State U
• Florida A&M
• Fort Valley State U (Georgia)
• Langston U (Oklahoma)
• Lincoln U, Missouri
• U of Maryland, Eastern Shore
• Mississippi Valley State U
• North Carolina A&T State U
• Prairie View A&M (Texas)
• South Carolina State U
• Virginia State U
• West Virginia State U

The following community colleges are HBCUs.

• Bishop State CC (7 campuses in Mobile, AL, and vicinity)
• Coahoma CC (Mississippi)
• Gadsden State CC (Alabama)
• Hinds CC (Mississipp)
• Shelton State CC (Alabama)