Showing posts with label 50 best colleges for African Americans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 50 best colleges for African Americans. Show all posts

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Essence Magazines 50 best colleges for African Americans list


Choosing a college is one of the most important decisions Black students will make in their lifetime. ESSENCE partnered with MoneyMagazine to create a definitive list of the schools that serve African Americans most. The following factors were used when making the list. Representation (African-Americans had to make up at least 5 percent of each college’s student body.)  , affordability, and Postgrad earnings.
Here are the top 50 colleges and universities in the country: 
1. Princeton University 
2. Harvard University
3. Duke University 
4. Cornell University
5. Florida A&M University 
6. Spelman College
7. University of Pennsylvania
8. Yale University
9. North Carolina A&T State University 
10. University of Maryland, College Park
11. Columbia University 
12. Georgia Institute of Technology
13. Georgetown University 
14. University of Florida
15. Hampton University 
16. Bowie State University 
17. Wellesley College
18. Berea College 
19. Amherst College
20. Virginia State University 
21. Xavier University of Louisiana 
22. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
23. Rice University 
24. Vanderbilt University 
25. Brown University
26. University of Richmond
27. Dartmouth College
28 Howard University 
29. University of Virginia 
30. Davidson College
31. The College of William and Mary 
32. Alcorn State University 
33. Williams College
34. Trinity Washington University
35. Jackson State University
36. Johns Hopkins University 
37. Elizabeth City State University 
38. Prairie View A&M University 
39. Pomona College
40. Northwestern University 
41. Binghamton University 
42. Emory University
43. North Carolina Central University 
44. Tennessee State University 
45. Towson University 
46. Stony Brook University 
47. Barnard College
48. Winston-Salem State University 
49. Talladega College
50. Rutgers University-Newark