Admissions Acceptance Rates at Top 25 HBCUs

Historically Black Colleges and Universities Ranking - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report 1 Spelman College Atlanta, GA Score 100 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $20,280 2007 Total enrollment: 2,343 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 33.0 % 2 Howard University Washington, DC Score 95 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $14,685 2007 Total enrollment: 10,125 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 53.7 % 3 Morehouse College Atlanta, GA Score 81 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $20,358 2007 Total enrollment: 2,810 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 59.0 % 4 Hampton University Hampton, VA Score 77 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $16,392 2007 Total enrollment: 5,656 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 37.4 % 5 Fisk University Nashville, TN Score 73 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 Tuition and Fees: $15,620 2007 Total enrollment: 814 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 51.1 % 6 Tuskegee University Tuskegee, AL Score 69 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $15,034 2007 Total enrollment: 2,936 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 58.2 % 7 Claflin University Orangeburg, SC Score 65 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 Tuition and Fees: $12,358 2007 Total enrollment: 1,763 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 45.3 % 7 Dillard University New Orleans, LA Score 65 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $13,580 2007 Total enrollment: 956 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 45.9 % 9 Xavier University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA Score 64 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $15,500 2007 Total enrollment: 3,088 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 59.2 % 10 Johnson C. Smith University Charlotte, NC Score 56 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $15,754 2007 Total enrollment: 1,463 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 46.0 % 11 Tennessee State University Nashville, TN Score 52 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 In-state: $2,981; Out-of-state: $16,024 2007 Total enrollment: 9,065 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 48.1 % 12 Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City, NC Score 50 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 In-state: $3,354; Out-of-state: $12,235 2007 Total enrollment: N/A Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 71.3 % 12 Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem, NC Score 50 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 In-state: $3,837; Out-of-state: $12,477 2007 Total enrollment: 5,870 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 67.9 % 14 Virginia State University Petersburg, VA Score 46 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 In-state: $5,396; Out-of-state: $12,926 2007 Total enrollment: 4,720 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 57.8 % 15 Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL Score 45 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 In-state: $3,269; Out-of-state: $14,465 2007 Total enrollment: 11,587 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 63.4 % 15 North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC Score 45 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 In-state: $3,500; Out-of-state: $12,942 2007 Total enrollment: N/A Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 76.6 % 15 North Carolina Central University Durham, NC Score 45 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 In-state: $3,670; Out-of-state: $13,414 2007 Total enrollment: 8,383 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 73.6 % 15 South Carolina State University Orangeburg, SC Score 45 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 In-state: $3,659; Out-of-state: $7,181 2007 Total enrollment: 4,933 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 88.0 % 19 Morgan State University Baltimore, MD Score 44 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 In-state: $6,318; Out-of-state: $14,438 2007 Total enrollment: 7,672 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 33.7 % 20 Jackson State University Jackson, MS Score 43 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 In-state: $4,432; Out-of-state: $9,976 2007 Total enrollment: 8,698 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 36.0 % 21 Bennett College Greensboro, NC Score 42 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $14,648 2007 Total enrollment: 678 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 48.4 % 22 Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, GA Score 41 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $17,038 2007 Total enrollment: 4,271 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 66.1 % 22 Delaware State University Dover, DE Score 41 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 In-state: $6,481; Out-of-state: $13,742 2007 Total enrollment: 3,756 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 42.8 % 24 Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University Normal, AL Score 40 | Tier 1 Costs: 2008-2009 In-state: $4,420; Out-of-state: $8,320 2007 Total enrollment: 5,706 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 31.8 % 25 Albany State University Albany, GA Score 39 | Tier 1 Costs: 2007-2008 In-state: $3,470; Out-of-state: $12,074 2007 Total enrollment: 4,033 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 28.7 %