88 Best Colleges for African Americans
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Top Colleges by Major
Best College and University for African Americans, Directory of UNCF Colleges, HBCU, Historically Black Colleges
Schools are listed alphabetically.

     Represents colleges and universities that have graduation rates that are 3 or more times their listed ACT score.

     Represents colleges and universities that have a graduation rates that are 4 times or more their listed ACT score.

* Our estimated ACT score needed to have in order to graduate from the institution.   See methodology below.

source: nces.ed.gov
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College/University         ACTSAT
    (minimum recommended*)
University of Alabama, AL
Alcorn State University, AL
Amherst College, MA
Baylor University, TX
Bloomburg University, PA
Brown University, RI
University of California-Riverside, CA
Citidal Military College of S.C., SC
Claflin University, SC
Clark Atlanta University, GA
Clemson University, SC
University of Central Florida, FL
University of Connecticut-Stamford, CT
Dartmouth College, NH
Dillard University, LA
Dominican University, CA
Drexel University, PA
Duke University, NC
Eastern Illinois University, IL
East Carolina University, NC
Elizabeth City State University, NC
Emory University, GA
Fisk University, TN
Florida Southern College, FL
Florida State University, FL
University of Florida, FL
Georgetown University, DC
George Washington University, VA
Georgia Southern University, GA
Georgia State University, GA
Georgia Institute of Technology, GA
Harvard  University, MA
Hampton University, VA
Howard University, DC
Indiana Wesleyan College, IN
Johns Hopkins University, MD
University of Miami, FL
U. of Maryland - Baltimore County, MD
University of Maryland College Park
Metropolitan College of New York, NY
Michigan State University, MI
University of Michigan, MI
Morehouse College, GA
North Carolina Central University, NC
North Carolina A & T, NC
University of N.C. Charlotte, NC
University of N.C. Chapel Hill, NC
University of N. C. Greensboro, NC
North Carolina State University, NC
College of Notre Dame - Maryland, MD
Oakwood University, AL
Pepperdine University, CA
Princeton University, NJ
University of Pennsylvania, PA
Pennsylvania State Schuylkil, PA
University of Pittsburgh, PA
Richard Stockton College of NJ, NJ
Rice University, TX
Rutgers University-New Brunswick, NJ
St. Johns University, NY
St. Mary's College Maryland, MD
University of South Carolina, SC
South Carolina State, SC
University of South Carolina - Upstate,SC
Spelman College, GA
Stanford University, CA
Swathmore College, PA
Syracuse University
Temple University, PA
Tennessee State University, TN
Texas Lutheran University, TX
The University of Texas-Tyler, TX
Tufts University, MA
Tulane University, LA
Tuskegee University, AL
Washington University, MO
Western Kentucky University, KY
Winston-Salem State University, NC
Wofford College, SC
Vanderbilt, University, TN
University of Virginia, VA
University of Virginia - College of Wise,VA
Virginia State University, VA
Wake Forest University, NC
Virginia Wesleyan College, VA
University of West Florida, FL
Xavier University, LA
Yale University, CT