Top 15 Institutions with the Highest Graduation Rate for Black Students

Black Issues in Higher Education, Oct 14, 1999

In keeping with this edition's recruitment and retention theme, following schools, selected from this year's Top 100 African American Baccalaureate Degree Producers, list, are ranked according to their retention rates provided by the National Collegiate Athletics Association. These are six-year graduation rates for the 1991-92 graduating class, the latest available.

Traditionally White Institutions

1. University of Virginia (90 percent)
2. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (69 percent)
3. University of South Carolina-Columbia (64 percent)
4. University of California-Los Angeles (63 percent)
5. Rutgers University-New Brunswick (62 percent)
6. University of California-Berkeley (61 percent)
7. Florida State University (57 percent)
8. University of South Florida (49 percent)
9. University of Maryland-College Park (45 percent)
9. Florida International University (45 percent)
9. Michigan State University (45 percent)
9. East Carolina University (45 percent)
13. Ohio State University (41 percent)
14. Virginia Commonwealth University (41 percent)
15. University of North Carolina-Charlotte (40 percent)

Historically Black Institutions

1. Elizabeth City State University (69 percent)
2. Hampton University (59 percent)
3. Morehouse College (55 percent)
4. Howard University (54 percent)
5. North Carolina Central University (47 percent)
5. South Carolina State University (47 percent)
7. North Carolina A&T University (46 percent)
7. Fayetteville State University (46 percent)
9. Florida A&M University (45 percent)
10. Tuskegee University (44 percent)
11. Tennessee State University (39 percent)
11. Bowie State University (39 percent)
11. Winston-Salem University (39 percent)
14. Shaw University (39 percent)
15. Bethune-Cookman College (37 percent)

Federal Grants Awarded During National Historically Black Colleges Week, Sept. 19-25, 1999

* U.S. Department    Institution                    Award Amount
of Education

Gear Up              Gadsden State College            $1,600,000
program grants.      Claflin College                   2,384,000

Teacher quality      Jackson State University           $582,678
recruitment and      North Carolina Central
preparation           University                         705,419
grants.              South Carolina State
                      University                       1,745,678

Minority science     Clark Atlanta University           $308,000
& engineering        Florida A&M University              433,000
improvement          Norfolk State University            180,000
program grants.      Howard University                   261,000
                     Winston-Salem State
                      University                         100,500
                     North Carolina A&T
                      University                         159,000
                     Alabama State University            171,067
                     University of
                      Maryland-Eastern Shore             113,000
                     Morehouse College                   161,000
                     Alabama A&M University               83,000
                     Alcorn State University             137,589
                     Lincoln State University            149,000
                     Albany State University             102,067
                     Fort Valley State University        110,000
                     LeMoyne-Owen College                100,500
                     Lane College                         25,000
                     Dillard University                   23,000
                     Talledega College                   160,000
                     Jackson State University            223,000

Low-income student   Grambling State                     $82,465
child-care
services.

For upgrading        Xavier University &
educators'            North Carolina Central
technology            University                        $390,000
skills.

* U.S. Department    Institution                    Award Amount
of Energy

Pipeline programs    Florida A&M                        $150,487
math, science &      Alcorn State University             250,000
engineering.

* National Science   Institution                    Award Amount
Foundation
                     Albany State                     $2,565,527
5-year awards to     Alcorn State University           2,555,200
promote              Bennett College                   2,192,172
participation of     Clark Atlanta University          3,000,000
under-represented    Florida A&M University            3,500,000
groups in science    Hampton University                2,997,110
& math-based         Howard University                 2,999,908
disciplines.         Jackson State University          2,993,413
                     Miles College                     2,106,000
                     North Carolina A&T
                      University                       2,999,943
                     Oakwood College                   2,137,346
                     Prairie View A&M University       3,812,859
                     Tuskegee University               2,998,908
                     University of the Virgin
                      Islands                          3,531,168

* National           Institution                    Award Amount
Aeronautics
and Space            Alabama A&M University           $1,191,697
Administration       Albany State University             200,000
                     Bethune Cookman College           1,399,982
Innovative           Bowie State University              262,824
education            Clark Atlanta                       397,948
research             Elizabeth City State                200,180
projects aimed       Fayetteville State                  199,990
at making the        Fisk University                     412,243
Internet more        Florida A&M University              200,000
accessible and       Hampton University                  599,821
usable by            Howard University                 1,499,999
HBCUs and            Johnson C. Smith University         200,000
minority-serving     Mississippi Valley State
public               University                         200,000
schools.             Morehouse School of Medicine        403,898
                     Norfolk State University            500,000
                     North Carolina A&T State
                      University                         400,000
                     Savannah State University           199,930
                     Southern University System          344,582
                     Spelman College                     329,935
                     Tennessee State University          400,000
                     Texas Southern University            99,998
                     University of the District
                      of Columbia                        420,256
                     Wilberforce University              399,918

Curriculum           Allen University                   $294,228
improvement.         Fort Valley State University        300,000
                     Paine College                       283,773
                     Paul Quinn College                  294,719
                     St. Phillip's College               103,500

* U.S. Department    Institution                    Award Amount
of Housing & Urban
Development          Bishop State Community
                      College                           $400,000
Community            Oakwood College                     466,665
development          Stillman College                    466,665
grants to            University of Arkansas-Pine
revitalize            Bluff                              466,665
areas around         Howard University                   466,665
campus.              Bethune-Cookman College             400,000
                     Morehouse College                   400,000
                     Southern University-New
                      Orleans                            466,665
                     Elizabeth City State
                      University                         466,665
                     Johnson C. Smith University         466,690
                     North Carolina A&T State
                      University                         466,665
                     North Carolina Central State
                      University                         466,665
                     Winston-Salem State
                      University                         466,665
                     Hampton University                  466,665
                     Voorhees College                    466,665
                     St. Philip's College/Alamo
                      Community                          466,665
                     Texas College                       400,000
                     Norfolk State University            466,665
                     St. Paul's College                  466,665
                     West Virginia State
                      University                         400,000