The U.S. News and World Report ranked a total of 78 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). This ranking measures the quality of the undergraduate education at the HBCUs. These HBCUs were compared only with one another for this ranking.
The Higher Education Act of 1965 defines an HBCU as “any historically Black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of Black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary of Education to be a reliable authority as to the quality of training offered or is, according to such an agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation.”
To qualify for this ranking, an HBCU also must be an undergraduate baccalaureate- granting institution that enrolls primarily first-year, first-time students and must be a school that is part of the 2022 Best colleges rankings.
The map displays 78 ranked HBCUs. Schools that place in the top three-fourths display their individual ranks. The remaining schools display the bottom quartile numberical ranking range.