Historically Black Colleges and Universities

The Top 50 HBCU arts schools are below.

  1. Howard University
    Washington, DC, 121 majors

  2. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
    Tallahassee, FL, 97 majors

  3. Tuskegee University
    Tuskegee, AL, 71 majors

  4. North Carolina A & T State University
    Greensboro, NC, 119 majors

  5. Coppin State University
    Baltimore, Maryland

  6. University of Maryland Eastern Shore
    Princess Anne, Maryland

  7. Morgan State University
    Baltimore, Maryland

  8. Delaware State University
    Dover, Delaware

  9. North Carolina Central University
    Durham, North Carolina

  10. Hampton University
    Hampton, Virginia

  11. Bowie State University
    Bowie, Maryland

  12. Prairie View A & M University
    Prairie View, Texas

  13. Winston Salem State University
    Winston Salem, North Carolina

  14. Grambling State University
    Grambling, Louisiana

  15. Tennessee State University
    Nashville, Tennessee

  16. Alabama A & M University
    Normal, Alabama

  17. Kentucky State University
    Frankfort, Kentucky

  18. Norfolk State University
    Norfolk, Virginia

  19. Fayetteville State University
    Fayetteville, North Carolina

  20. Alabama State University
    Montgomery, Alabama

  21. Texas Southern University
    Houston, Texas

  22. University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
    Pine Bluff, Arkansas

  23. Spelman College
    Atlanta, Georgia

  24. Clark Atlanta University
    Atlanta, Georgia

  25. University of the District of Columbia
    Washington, District of Columbia

  26. Johnson C Smith University
    Charlotte, North Carolina

  27. Xavier University of Louisiana
    New Orleans, Louisiana

  28. Claflin University
    Orangeburg, South Carolina

  29. Lincoln University Pennsylvania
    University, Pennsylvania

  30. Elizabeth City State University
    Elizabeth City, North Carolina

  31. South Carolina State University
    Orangeburg, South Carolina

  32. Fort Valley State University
    Fort Valley, Georgia

  33. Virginia Union University
    Richmond, Virginia

  34. West Virginia State University
    Institute, West Virginia

  35. Central State University
    Wilberforce, Ohio

  36. Morehouse College
    Atlanta, Georgia

  37. Tougaloo College
    Tougaloo, Mississippi

  38. Oakwood University
    Huntsville, Alabama

  39. Fisk University
    Nashville, Tennessee

  40. Talladega College
    Talladega, Alabama

  41. Benedict College
    Columbia, South Carolina

  42. Lincoln University
    Jefferson City, Missouri

  43. Saint Augustine's University
    Raleigh, North Carolina

  44. Wilberforce University
    Wilberforce, Ohio

  45. Dillard University
    New Orleans, Louisiana

  46. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
    Cheyney, Pennsylvania

  47. Le Moyne Owen College
    Memphis, Tennessee

  48. Lawson State Community College
    Birmingham, Alabama

  49. Coahoma Community College
    Clarksdale, Mississippi

  50. Stillman College - HBCU School Rankin
    Tuscaloosa, Alabama

HBCU arts schools by diploma:

Certificates: 1 HBCU school
Associate's Degrees: 5 HBCU schools
Bachelor's Degrees: 49 HBCU schools
Master's Degrees: 1 HBCU school
Doctoral Degrees: 1 HBCU school

HBCU arts schools by region:

Midwest: 3 HBCU schools
Northeast: 2 HBCU schools
South: 48 HBCU schools
Southeast: 36 HBCU schools

See the complete list of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Art Schools here and explore your academic area of interest.