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Table 224. Fall enrollment, degrees conferred, and expenditures in degree-granting historically Black colleges and universities, by institution: 2003, 2003–04, 2004, and 2004–05 
Institution State Type and control1  Enrollment, fall 2003 Enrollment, fall 2004 Degrees conferred, 2004–05 Total expenditures, 2003–04
(in thousands)
Total Black enrollment Associate's Bachelor's Master's First- professional Doctor's
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Total 306,727 2  308,939 257,545 3,673 30,287 6,929 1,661 434 $5,457,142
Alabama A&M University3  AL 1 6,588   6,323 5,518 0 600 312 8 100,869
Alabama State University AL 1 6,024   5,653 5,268 0 520 284 5 71,833
Bishop State Community College AL 2 5,222   4,650 2,878 344 23,260
Concordia College AL 3 851   905 845 54 47 5,257
Gadsden State Community College AL 2 5,859   5,549 1,079 489 35,360
H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College,
 Trenholm
AL 2 672   1,522 969 164 16,065
J. F. Drake Technical College AL 2 795   782 451 58 5,184
Lawson State Community College AL 2 2,433   2,322 2,262 127 14,728
Miles College AL 3 1,660   1,715 1,704 183 17,764
Oakwood College AL 3 1,787   1,753 1,589 5 369 35,135
Shelton State Community College,
 C. A. Fredd campus
AL 2 300   320 164 0 4,694
Stillman College AL 3 1,200   1,116 1,088 170 21,519
Talladega College AL 3 468   362 360 68 11,117
Tuskegee University3  AL 3 2,763   2,869 2,726 397 41 53 1 101,318
                       
Arkansas Baptist College AR 3 375   245 245 29 4,850
Philander Smith College AR 3 887   949 920 111 19,420
University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff3  AR 1 3,251   3,303 3,140 0 420 29 53,529
                       
Delaware State University3  DE 1 3,178   3,270 2,688 368 81 63,907
                       
Howard University DC 3 10,658   10,623 9,283 1,395 415 525 114 716,631
University of the District of Columbia3  DC 1 5,241   5,168 4,423 166 281 37 86,728
University of the District of Columbia,
 David A. Clark, School of Law
DC 1 183   220 71 53 5,471
                       
Bethune-Cookman College FL 3 2,794   2,895 2,661 322 48,260
Edward Waters College FL 3 1,301   1,206 1,166 141 21,567
Florida A&M University3  FL 1 13,013   13,067 11,953 83 1,317 293 169 21 246,645
Florida Memorial College FL 3 2,176   2,219 2,142 317 34 35,178
                       
Albany State College GA 1 3,681   3,668 3,293 546 136 47,999
Clark Atlanta University GA 3 4,915   4,588 4,562 592 251 26 98,417
Fort Valley State University3  GA 1 2,537   2,558 2,381 13 229 37 45,620
Interdenominational Theological Center GA 3 406   479 446 2 87 5 9,118
Morehouse College GA 3 2,859   2,891 2,787 434 66,885
Morehouse School of Medicine GA 3 236   253 191 11 44 3 111,747
Morris Brown College4  GA 3  
Paine College GA 3 972   882 867 98 17,982
Savannah State College GA 1 2,752   2,800 2,618 286 57 37,264
Spelman College GA 3 2,063   2,186 2,144 498 61,333
                       
Kentucky State University3  KY 1 2,306   2,335 1,436 48 224 52 52,506
                       
Dillard University LA 3 2,312   2,155 2,140 340 52,613
Grambling State University LA 1 4,673   5,039 4,729 51 512 130 6 62,568
Southern University and A&M College,
 Baton Rouge3 
LA 1 8,884   9,438 8,961 5 923 303 14 126,398
Southern University at New Orleans LA 1 3,500   3,647 3,504 31 440 166 31,241
Southern University at Shreveport LA 2 2,208   2,331 2,027 239 0 12,965
Xavier University of Louisiana LA 3 3,913   4,121 3,556 441 80 96 90,263
                       
Bowie State University MD 1 5,454   5,415 4,723 580 285 15 63,172
Coppin State College MD 1 3,749   3,875 3,637 315 75 42,315
Morgan State University MD 1 6,621   6,891 6,427 833 95 26 125,625
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore3  MD 1 3,762   3,775 2,902 389 62 5 70,785
                       
Lewis College of Business MI 4 285   345 337 38 3,092
                       
Alcorn State University3  MS 1 3,309   3,443 3,058 28 397 169 54,393
Coahoma Community College MS 2 1,842   1,961 1,904 237 18,268
Hinds Community College, Utica Campus MS 2 1,734   1,345 1,247 60
Jackson State University MS 1 7,815   8,351 7,756 812 314 31 151,260
Mary Holmes College5  MS 4  
Mississippi Valley State University MS 1 3,505   3,621 3,505 346 77 44,514
Rust College MS 3 988   1,001 927 13 89 14,118
Tougaloo College MS 3 940   971 964 3 106 24,744
                       
Harris-Stowe State College MO 1 1,911   1,605 1,355 133 16,756
Lincoln University3  MO 1 3,128   3,275 1,176 103 304 61 35,011
                       
Barber-Scotia College6  NC 3 742  
Bennett College NC 3 429   505 488 68 0 16,810
Elizabeth City State University NC 1 2,308   2,470 1,946 296 9 41,973
Fayetteville State University NC 1 5,329   5,441 4,108 698 123 11 64,996
Johnson C. Smith University NC 3 1,474   1,415 1,408 248 30,230
Livingstone College NC 3 1,005   1,016 977 118 21,566
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical
 State University3 
NC 1 10,030   10,383 9,301 998 306 7 160,494
North Carolina Central University NC 1 7,191   7,727 6,345 732 317 109 112,962
St Augustine's College NC 3 1,629   1,395 1,278 169 27,238
Shaw University NC 3 2,616   2,709 2,598 7 411 2 25 38,942
Winston-Salem State University NC 1 4,102   4,805 3,921 543 73 69,077
                       
Central State University OH 1 1,621   1,820 1,762 144 1 42,911
Wilberforce University OH 3 1,180   998 909 259 17,005
                       
Langston University3  OK 1 2,968   3,049 2,351 9 351 39 41,144
                       
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania PA 1 1,536   1,545 1,479 139 50 31,218
Lincoln University PA 1 1,938   2,012 1,819 240 128 38,614
                       
Allen University SC 3 565   567 548 85 8,673
Benedict College SC 3 2,850   2,769 2,749 312 55,524
Claflin College SC 3 1,627   1,807 1,705 284 21 30,580
Clinton Junior College SC 4 97   89 89 14 1,700
Denmark Technical College SC 2 1,464   1,423 1,365 142 8,279
Morris College SC 3 1,007   897 895 163 18,490
South Carolina State University3  SC 1 4,466   4,294 4,113 499 144 27 74,327
Voorhees College SC 3 876   902 901 154 17,574
                       
Fisk University TN 3 881   842 797 140 8 23,409
Lane College TN 3 952   1,045 1,041 116 13,125
Le Moyne-Owen College TN 3 796   852 837 98 12,426
Meharry Medical College TN 3 723   687 558 13 104 13 106,980
Tennessee State University3  TN 1 9,090   9,100 7,220 132 982 398 58 139,045
                       
Huston-Tillotson College TX 3 666   685 525 69 13,978
Jarvis Christian College TX 3 654   538 524 59 12,772
Paul Quinn College TX 3 858   966 876 146 12,220
Prairie View A&M University3  TX 1 7,808   8,350 7,506 778 671 2 111,338
Saint Philip's College TX 2 9,490   10,164 1,743 631 44,739
Southwestern Christian College TX 3 220   241 219 37 8 4,872
Texas College TX 3 1,035   757 732 100 14,111
Texas Southern University TX 1 10,888   11,635 10,041 538 209 245 11 127,038
Wiley College TX 3 707   791 717 0 125 16,040
                       
Hampton University VA 3 5,797   6,154 5,491 5 790 97 38 4 148,402
Norfolk State University VA 1 6,846   6,165 5,485 62 722 218 4 101,488
Saint Paul's College VA 3 475   627 599 101 9,744
Virginia State University3  VA 1 4,933   4,859 4,570 727 156 74,029
Virginia Union University VA 3 1,961   1,777 1,726 160 113 17 25,947
                       
Bluefield State College WV 1 3,511   3,506 336 182 185 20,561
West Virginia State College WV 1 4,966   3,344 524 438 0 42,682
                       
University of the Virgin Islands,
 St. Thomas Campus3 
VI 1 1,481   1,565 1,270 93 172 57 56,612
†Not applicable.
1 1 = public, 4-year; 2 = public, 2-year; 3 = private, 4-year; and 4 = private, 2-year.
2 Includes enrollment for institutions that are no longer Title IV participants.
3 Land-grant institution.
4 Not participating in Title IV programs after 2002.
5 School closed in 2003.
6 Not participating in Title IV programs after 2003.
NOTE: Excludes historically Black colleges and universities that are not participating in Title IV programs. Historically Black colleges and universities are degree-granting institutions established prior to 1964 with the principal mission of educating Black Americans. Federal regulations, 20 U.S. Code, Section 1061 (2), allow for certain exceptions to the founding date. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003 through 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2004, Fall 2005, and Spring 2005. (This table was prepared July 2006.)

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