According to U.S. News & World Report, the top three HBCUs are Spelman College, Howard University and Xavier University of Louisiana.
According to Jones, other schools students may not be aware of include Clinton College in South Carolina and Coppin State University in Baltimore.Jones said of the HBCUs listed by the Department of Education, two are closed and two are unaccredited. Morris Brown College in Atlanta lost its accreditation 20 years ago butDelaware State also gained accreditation in 1945, but lost it in 1949, said Holmes, university historian.
"The majority of students at Howard have long-been African American," she told USA TODAY."But it was based on laws that white people created."Jones said some people think students who graduate from HBCUs aren't taken seriously, nor will they get a great education, and that HBCUs are"a failure," but these ideas are simply not true.
"The idea of being on a campus where you know that 100 years ago, there were people who were trailblazers walking across a campus that look like you is something that just you can't match," she said.
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