Enhancing HBCU Diversity: Explore HBCU Colleges

HBCU’s,  Historically Black College sand Universities are institutions of higher education that were established before 1964 with the primary mission of serving the Black community,

Here are the 10-most-diverse-historically-black-schools. While HBCUs were founded to serve Black Americans, many HBCUs today serve a wide variety of students. HBCUs like Kentucky State University and Fayetteville State University have a significant portion of white, Asian, and Latinx students.

According to U.S. News data, the 10 most diverse HBCUs in 2013, based on the lowest percentages of Black undergraduate students, were:

• Bluefield State College (WV): 10.2% Black, 85.1% White, 1.2% Hispanic, 0.2% Asian

• West Virginia State University: 11.7% Black, 60.8% White, 0.5% Hispanic, 0.4% Asian

• Kentucky State University: 61.8% Black, 19.8% White, 1.3% Hispanic, 0.6% Asian

• Fayetteville State University (NC): 67.1% Black, 16.6% White, 6.0% Hispanic, 1.2% Asian

• Johnson C. Smith University (NC): 72.8% Black, 0.6% White, 6.0% Hispanic, 0.1% Asian

• University of Maryland—Eastern Shore: 73.6% Black, 10.6% White, 2.0% Hispanic, 1.1% Asian

• Delaware State University: 74.7% Black, 11.0% White, 5.6% Hispanic, 0.7% Asian

• Xavier University of Louisiana: 75.5% Black, 2.9% White, 3.8% Hispanic, 10.3% Asian

• North Carolina Central University: 76.8% Black, 12.8% White, 3.0% Hispanic, 0.8% Asian

• Lincoln University (PA): 77.0% Black, 13.0% White, 3.0% Hispanic, 0.5% Asian

 

These are some of the most diverse HBCUs in the US, but there are many more that you can find in your state or online. Y

 

PREs1 and TiT4Tat Research Team