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Table 224  Fall enrollment, degrees conferred, and expenditures in historically black colleges and universities, by institution: 1997

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                                                         | Type  | Enrollment, 1997 |          Degrees conferred, 1996-97         |    Expenditures, 1995-96
                                                         |  and  |                  |                                             |       (In thousands)
                       Institution                       | con-  |__________________|_____________________________________________|_______________________________
                                                         |trol\1\|  Total  | Black  | Asso-  | Bache- |  Mas-  |  Doc-  | First-  |     Current-  |   Educational
                                                         |       |         |        | ciate  | lor's  | ter's  | tor's  | profes- |       fund    |       and
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        | sional  |     expend-   |     general
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |      itures   |   expenditures
_________________________________________________________|_______|_________|________|________|________|________|________|_________|_______________|_______________
                            1                            |   2   |    3    |   4    |   5    |   6    |   7    |   8    |    9    |        10     |        11
_________________________________________________________|_______|_________|________|________|________|________|________|_________|_______________|_______________
     Total ..............................................|   --- | 269,167 |222,331 |  3,222 | 29,450 |  6,421 |    239 |   1,336 |    $3,744,816 |    $3,112,805
                                                         |_______|_________|________|________|________|________|________|_________|_______________|_______________
Alabama A&M University, AL ..............................|   1   |   5,094 |  4,011 |    --- |    600 |    413 |     17 |     --- |        63,407 |        56,728
Alabama State University, AL ............................|   1   |   5,273 |  4,706 |      3 |    504 |    180 |    --- |     --- |        56,228 |        47,697
Bishop State Community College, AL\2\ ...................|   2   |   3,733 |  2,189 |    407 |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |        21,972 |        20,562
C. A. Fredd State Technical College, AL\3\ ..............|   2   |     188 |     88 |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |           --- |           ---
Concordia College, AL ...................................|   3   |     525 |    501 |     15 |     26 |    --- |    --- |     --- |         2,942 |         2,407
J.F. Drake Technical College, AL ........................|   2   |     657 |    328 |     37 |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |         4,693 |         4,549
Lawson State Community College, AL ......................|   2   |   1,589 |  1,554 |    172 |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |        11,303 |        10,620
Miles College, AL .......................................|   3   |   1,340 |  1,334 |    --- |    143 |    --- |    --- |     --- |         9,950 |         8,808
Oakwood College, AL .....................................|   3   |   1,756 |  1,490 |     35 |    202 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        23,276 |        18,593
Selma University, AL\4\ .................................|   3   |     --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |         5,036 |         4,661
Stillman College, AL ....................................|   3   |   1,035 |  1,035 |    --- |    143 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        12,497 |        10,646
Talladega College, AL ...................................|   3   |     650 |    643 |    --- |    125 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        12,671 |        11,464
Trenholm State Technical College, AL ....................|   2   |     694 |    517 |     58 |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |         7,293 |         7,124
Tuskegee University, AL .................................|   3   |   3,023 |  2,754 |    --- |    439 |     44 |    --- |      57 |        70,736 |        62,487
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Arkansas Baptist College, AR ............................|   3   |     199 |    198 |    --- |     17 |    --- |    --- |     --- |         2,061 |         1,959
Philander Smith College, AR .............................|   3   |     851 |    822 |    --- |    110 |    --- |    --- |     --- |         6,656 |         6,200
Shorter College, AR .....................................|   4   |     171 |    140 |     25 |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |         1,524 |         1,498
University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR ..................|   1   |   2,953 |  2,690 |    --- |    375 |     18 |    --- |     --- |        37,250 |        33,067
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Delaware State College, DE ..............................|   1   |   3,320 |  2,373 |    --- |    381 |     82 |    --- |     --- |        45,652 |        38,872
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Howard University, DC ...................................|   3   |  10,438 |  8,810 |    --- |  1,249 |    469 |     93 |     347 |       553,976 |       297,794
University of the District of Columbia, DC ..............|   1   |   4,715 |  3,808 |    233 |    583 |    134 |    --- |     --- |        98,632 |        97,399
University of the District of Columbia Law School, DC\5\ |   1   |     172 |    107 |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |      62 |           --- |           ---
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Bethune-Cookman College, FL .............................|   3   |   2,523 |  2,382 |    --- |    253 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        33,555 |        29,098
Edward Waters College, FL ...............................|   3   |     482 |    417 |    --- |     71 |    --- |    --- |     --- |         6,276 |         5,987
Florida A&M University, FL ..............................|   1   |  10,991 |  9,909 |     56 |  1,423 |    279 |      4 |      35 |       141,996 |       129,052
Florida Memorial College, FL ............................|   3   |   1,643 |  1,472 |    --- |    230 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        16,402 |        15,111
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Albany State College, GA ................................|   1   |   3,232 |  2,914 |    --- |    331 |    105 |    --- |     --- |        31,345 |        26,639
Clark Atlanta University, GA ............................|   3   |   5,912 |  5,769 |    --- |    596 |    369 |     23 |     --- |       122,416 |       116,080
Fort Valley State College, GA ...........................|   1   |   2,847 |  2,613 |      5 |    265 |    142 |    --- |     --- |        34,196 |        30,163
Interdenominational Theological Center, GA\6\ ...........|   3   |     395 |    366 |    --- |    --- |     10 |      5 |      80 |         6,462 |         6,414
Morehouse College, GA ...................................|   3   |   3,000 |  2,992 |    --- |    473 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        51,068 |        43,304
Morehouse School of Medicine, GA ........................|   3   |     186 |    154 |    --- |    --- |      1 |    --- |      30 |        56,179 |        56,179
Morris Brown College, GA ................................|   3   |   2,091 |  2,002 |    --- |    184 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        25,661 |        22,414
Paine College, GA\6\ ....................................|   3   |     852 |    831 |    --- |     54 |    --- |    --- |     --- |         9,602 |         8,341
Savannah State College, GA ..............................|   1   |   2,745 |  2,536 |     16 |    345 |      1 |    --- |     --- |        29,299 |        24,315
Spelman College, GA .....................................|   3   |   1,937 |  1,887 |    --- |    402 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        42,709 |        35,654
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Kentucky State University, KY ...........................|   1   |   2,288 |  1,187 |     73 |    183 |     21 |    --- |     --- |        36,561 |        33,374
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Dillard University, LA ..................................|   3   |   1,550 |  1,535 |    --- |    209 |    --- |    --- |     --- |\6\     19,322 |        17,779
Grambling State University, LA ..........................|   1   |   5,862 |  5,602 |     48 |    830 |    144 |     10 |     --- |        65,548 |        47,796
Southern University and A&M College,                     |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
  Baton Rouge, LA .......................................|   1   |   9,815 |  9,285 |     41 |    985 |    258 |      1 |      99 |        95,447 |        83,120
Southern University, New Orleans, LA ....................|   1   |   4,002 |  3,731 |     11 |    465 |    134 |    --- |     --- |        21,808 |        20,629
Southern University, Shreveport-Bossier                  |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
  City Campus, LA .......................................|   2   |   1,345 |  1,215 |    102 |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |         7,392 |         7,303
Xavier University of Louisiana, LA ......................|   3   |   3,506 |  3,168 |    --- |    379 |     96 |    --- |     142 |        53,337 |        49,293
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Bowie State University, MD ..............................|   1   |   5,167 |  3,981 |    --- |    485 |    542 |    --- |     --- |        37,734 |        32,283
Coppin State College, MD ................................|   1   |   3,540 |  3,327 |    --- |    332 |    114 |    --- |     --- |        26,297 |        23,701
Morgan State University, MD .............................|   1   |   5,909 |  5,590 |    --- |    692 |     82 |      5 |     --- |        77,314 |        65,668
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, MD ...............|   1   |   3,209 |  2,301 |    --- |    341 |     67 |    --- |     --- |        39,790 |        32,672
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Lewis College of Business, MI ...........................|   4   |     247 |    246 |     15 |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |         2,020 |         2,016
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Alcorn State University, MS .............................|   1   |   2,847 |  2,719 |     30 |    389 |    102 |    --- |     --- |        40,535 |        36,265
Coahoma Community College, MS ...........................|   2   |   1,141 |  1,098 |     86 |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |         8,518 |         7,923
Hinds Community College, Utica Campus, MS\7\ ............|   2   |   1,351 |  1,160 |    335 |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |           --- |           ---
Jackson State University, MS ............................|   1   |   6,333 |  5,933 |    --- |    702 |    211 |      9 |     --- |        78,054 |        66,642
Mary Holmes College, MS .................................|   4   |     512 |    491 |     60 |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |         7,010 |         6,724
Mississippi Valley State University, MS .................|   1   |   2,234 |  2,179 |    --- |    275 |     13 |    --- |     --- |        25,537 |        21,444
Rust College, MS ........................................|   3   |     875 |    804 |      7 |    163 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        11,833 |        10,306
Tougaloo College, MS ....................................|   3   |     916 |    914 |    --- |    157 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        14,109 |        13,425
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Harris-Stowe State College, MO ..........................|   1   |   1,699 |  1,267 |    --- |    174 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        12,157 |        12,157
Lincoln University, MO ..................................|   1   |   3,041 |    741 |     75 |    270 |     79 |    --- |     --- |        29,020 |        27,039
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Barber-Scotia College, NC ...............................|   3   |     500 |    498 |    --- |     59 |    --- |    --- |     --- |         4,851 |         4,385
Bennett College, NC .....................................|   3   |     617 |    616 |    --- |    105 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        12,055 |        11,035
Elizabeth City State University, NC .....................|   1   |   1,937 |  1,447 |    --- |    379 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        31,790 |        26,966
Fayetteville State University, NC .......................|   1   |   4,606 |  3,022 |     53 |    564 |    106 |      3 |     --- |        40,071 |        34,630
Johnson C. Smith University, NC .........................|   3   |   1,357 |  1,348 |    --- |    200 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        24,847 |        22,012
Livingstone College, NC .................................|   3   |     906 |    879 |    --- |    106 |      2 |    --- |      16 |        12,134 |        10,817
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical                |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
  State University, NC ..................................|   1   |   7,585 |  6,662 |    --- |  1,039 |    196 |    --- |     --- |       108,827 |        93,633
North Carolina Central University, NC ...................|   1   |   5,904 |  4,850 |    --- |    739 |    246 |    --- |      85 |        63,836 |        52,968
St. Augustine's College, NC .............................|   3   |   1,639 |  1,488 |    --- |    205 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        27,021 |        23,463
Shaw University, NC .....................................|   3   |   2,327 |  2,240 |      6 |    362 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        26,277 |        23,758
Winston-Salem State University, NC ......................|   1   |   2,957 |  2,302 |    --- |    529 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        34,652 |        28,451
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Central State University, OH ............................|   1   |   1,051 |    958 |    --- |    301 |      4 |    --- |     --- |        37,644 |        35,405
Wilberforce University, OH ..............................|   3   |     932 |    897 |    --- |    154 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        14,410 |        11,593
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Langston University, OK .................................|   1   |   3,376 |  2,053 |    --- |    558 |      9 |    --- |     --- |        25,169 |        21,522
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, PA ..................|   1   |   1,432 |  1,330 |    --- |    146 |    113 |    --- |     --- |        25,528 |        22,603
Lincoln University, PA ..................................|   1   |   2,020 |  1,888 |    --- |    219 |    109 |    --- |     --- |        27,494 |        23,825
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Allen University, SC ....................................|   3   |     358 |    343 |    --- |     24 |    --- |    --- |     --- |         3,008 |         2,749
Benedict College, SC\6\ .................................|   3   |   2,203 |  2,198 |    --- |    183 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        21,983 |        19,315
Claflin College, SC .....................................|   3   |   1,006 |  1,005 |    --- |    122 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        12,635 |        11,141
Clinton Junior College, SC\4\ ...........................|   4   |     --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |           --- |           ---
Denmark Technical College, SC ...........................|   2   |   1,102 |  1,046 |     82 |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |         6,610 |         5,992
Morris College, SC ......................................|   3   |     971 |    970 |    --- |    105 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        10,803 |         9,513
South Carolina State College, SC ........................|   1   |   4,657 |  4,299 |    --- |    616 |    160 |      7 |     --- |        54,599 |        42,937
Voorhees College, SC ....................................|   3   |     924 |    905 |    --- |    153 |    --- |    --- |     --- |         9,369 |         7,859
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Fisk University, TN .....................................|   3   |     765 |    763 |    --- |    151 |     14 |    --- |     --- |        15,784 |        13,713
Knoxville College, TN\4\ ................................|   3   |     --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |         8,295 |         7,259
Lane College, TN ........................................|   3   |     673 |    670 |    --- |     79 |    --- |    --- |     --- |         8,693 |         6,815
Le Moyne-Owen College, TN ...............................|   3   |     990 |    967 |    --- |    120 |      2 |    --- |     --- |        14,614 |        14,438
Meharry Medical College, TN .............................|   3   |     880 |    669 |    --- |    --- |     19 |      9 |     115 |        72,541 |        67,346
Tennessee State University, TN ..........................|   1   |   8,625 |  6,084 |    157 |    834 |    356 |     26 |     --- |        84,191 |        77,365
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Huston-Tillotson College, TX ............................|   3   |     698 |    556 |    --- |     72 |    --- |    --- |     --- |         8,716 |         7,816
Jarvis Christian College, TX ............................|   3   |     472 |    454 |    --- |     63 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        10,414 |         9,260
Paul Quinn College, TX ..................................|   3   |     641 |    587 |    --- |     95 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        11,231 |        10,801
Prairie View A&M University, TX .........................|   1   |   6,004 |  5,167 |    --- |    666 |    344 |    --- |     --- |        73,293 |        60,085
St. Philip's College, TX ................................|   2   |   7,577 |  1,518 |    472 |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |        28,038 |        27,960
Southwestern Christian College, TX ......................|   3   |     190 |    163 |     33 |      4 |    --- |    --- |     --- |         3,574 |         3,230
Texas College, TX\4\ ....................................|   3   |     --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |         5,755 |         5,262
Texas Southern University, TX ...........................|   1   |   7,282 |  6,361 |    --- |    658 |    198 |     19 |     223 |        76,078 |        70,748
Wiley College, TX .......................................|   3   |     651 |    554 |    --- |    149 |    --- |    --- |     --- |         8,384 |         7,707
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Hampton University, VA ..................................|   3   |   5,705 |  4,960 |    --- |    805 |     95 |    --- |     --- |        88,680 |        79,334
Norfolk State University, VA ............................|   1   |   7,659 |  6,482 |     59 |    820 |    180 |      2 |     --- |        72,619 |        56,872
St. Paul's College, VA ..................................|   3   |     658 |    631 |    --- |    133 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        10,752 |         9,625
Virginia State University, VA ...........................|   1   |   4,200 |  3,796 |    --- |    461 |    126 |    --- |     --- |        49,075 |        38,279
Virginia Union University, VA ...........................|   3   |   1,815 |  1,774 |    --- |    155 |    --- |      6 |      45 |        19,250 |        17,309
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
Bluefield State College, WV .............................|   1   |   2,513 |    177 |    221 |    215 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        13,322 |        12,285
West Virginia State College, WV .........................|   1   |   4,603 |    646 |    154 |    397 |    --- |    --- |     --- |        25,892 |        21,258
                                                         |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
University of the Virgin Islands,                        |       |         |        |        |        |        |        |         |               |
  St. Thomas Campus, VI .................................|   1   |   1,598 |  1,292 |     40 |    150 |     32 |    --- |     --- |        35,750 |        32,024
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\1\1=public 4-year; 2=public 2-year; 3=private 4-year; and 4=private 2-year.
\2\In 1993, Carver State Technical College and Southwest State Technical College merged with Bishop State Community College.
\3\School merged with Sheldon State Community College in 1995. Enrollment is for C.A. Fredd State Technical College only. School reported supplemental data.
\4\School lost accreditation.
\5\Was formerly included in the University of the District of Columbia. In 1997, it was reported separately.
\6\Data imputed.
\7\School reported data. **Land-grant institution.
--Data not reported or not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment, 1997," "Completions, 1996-97," and "Finance, 1995-96" surveys. (This table was prepared October 1999.)


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