U.S News & World Report released the 2022-2023 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) rankings. The rankings occur annually to qualified institutions that are undergraduate baccalaureate-granting institutions that enrolls first time students. The methodology of how the list is made up goes as follows:
- 77 HBCUs that were eligible to be included on the list were ranked
- U.S. News used the same data in the HBCU rankings that was used in the 2022-2023 edition of the Best Colleges rankings, except for the peer survey results that were based on a separate HBCU peer assessment survey.
- The ranking system is based on two pillars: quantitative and qualitative measures that education experts have proposed as reliable indicators of academic quality, and U.S. News’ view of what matters in education.
- The indicators used to capture academic quality fall into seven categories: outcome, measures, graduate indebtedness, assessment by administrators at peer HBCUs, faculty resources, financial resources, student excellence and alumni giving.
To read more about the methodology, visit the US News & World Report’s website linked here. Spelman College claimed the title as the top HBCU in the nation based on the list for the 15th consecutive year. Tuskegee and Delaware State made significant leaps in the rankings from last year and Claflin University and North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University tied for the #9 spot in the rankings.
Below are the top 10 HBCUs ranked by U.S News & World Report
#1 Spelman College
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Last Year Ranking: 1
Acceptance rate: 52.6% (2020)
Undergraduate enrollment: 2,417 (Fall 2021)
#2 Howard University
Location: Washington, DC
Last Year Ranking: 2
Acceptance rate: 38.6% (2020)
Undergraduate enrollment: 8,964 (Fall 2021)
#3 Tuskegee University
Location: Tuskegee, Alabama
Last Year Ranking Tied For 4th with Morehouse & Hampton
Acceptance rate: 61.1% (2020)
Undergraduate enrollment: 2,184 (Fall 2021)
#4 Morehouse College
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Last Year Ranking: Tied for 4th with Tuskegee & Hampton
Acceptance rate: 77.1% (2020)
Undergraduate enrollment: 2,554 (Fall 2021)
#5 Xavier University of Louisiana
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Last year Ranking: 3
Acceptance rate: 80.6% (2020)
Undergraduate enrollment: 2,755 (Fall 2021)
#6 Hampton University
Location: Hampton, Virginia
Last Year Ranking: Tied For 4th with Morehouse & Tuskegee
Acceptance rate: 36% (2020)
Undergraduate enrollment:2,863 (Fall 2021)
#7 Florida A&M University
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
Last Year Ranking: 7
Ranking Means That Florida A&M Is The #1 Public HBCU In The Nation
Acceptance rate: 33% (2020)
Undergraduate enrollment: 7,301 (Fall 2021)
#8 Delaware State University
Location: Dover, Delaware
Last Year Ranking: 11 (Most significant gain in the top 10)
Acceptance rate: 40% (2020)
Undergraduate enrollment: 4,399 (Fall 2021)
#9 Claflin University (Tie)
Location: Orangeburg, South, Carolina
Last Year Ranking: 10
Acceptance rate: 65% (2020)
Undergraduate enrollment: 1,779 (Fall 2021)
#9 North Carolina A&T State University (Tie)
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Last Year Ranking: 8
Acceptance rate: 56.7% (2020)
Undergraduate enrollment: 13,560 (Fall 2022)
To see the full list as well as the list of the top colleges and universities in the nation visit the U.S. News & World Report website.
