Located in Huntsville, Alabama, Alabama A&M University is a public, historically Black land-grant institution offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs while advancing teaching, research, innovation, workforce development, community service, and student success within an academic environment.

Located in Montgomery, Alabama, this institution began through the Marion Nine and grew into a public four-year HBCU offering bachelor’s and master’s programs, recognized for academic opportunity, cultural pride, and its Marching Hornets band, today.

Located in Albany, Georgia, this institution was founded by Joseph Winthrop Holley and now serves thousands of students through liberal arts programs, emphasizing citizenship, academic excellence, and its motto, “Potential. Realized.”, for students today statewide.

Located in Lorman, Mississippi, this institution offers liberal arts, sciences, MBA, and nursing programs across multiple campuses, preparing leaders in education, human services, nursing, and community-centered professional service, advancing access, leadership, and community impact today.

Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this institution is a private historically Black university serving a predominantly Black student body on a campus listed as the Allen University Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, American Baptist College is a private, historically Black Christian liberal arts institution preparing students for leadership, ministry, service, and social justice through faith-centered education grounded in compassion, reconciliation, engagement, and community transformation.

Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, this institution integrates academic study with Christian principles, offering associate and bachelor’s programs while maintaining strong religious roots and a close-knit HBCU learning environment, for students, alumni, and communities today.

Located in Concord, North Carolina, this institution was established by Reverend Luke Dorland under Presbyterian leadership to educate African American women, later expanding from elementary and secondary instruction into college-level programming, for students and communities today.

Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this institution was founded by a Baptist mission society to educate formerly enslaved people and now offers broad programs in liberal arts, education, science, engineering, and related fields, for students today.

Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this institution is a private women’s HBCU liberal arts institution offering degree programs while continuing a legacy rooted in educating newly freed people and advancing academic achievement, for students today statewide.

Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, this institution is a private historically Black university whose campus heritage includes White Hall and the Mary McLeod Bethune Home, both listed on the National Register of Historic Places, for students.

Located in Mobile, Alabama, Bishop State Community College began by offering additional courses for teachers and now provides technical and academic programs as a two-year public HBCU pathway to further education for students and communities today.