These Are The Top 25 Historically Black Colleges And Universities Right Now

College Choice, a leading college search resource, published its 2015 rankings of top 25 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the U.S.  Tuskegee (Alabama) University took the top spot, followed by Hampton (Virginia) University, and Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, Florida. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and Winston-Salem State (North Carolina) University round out the top five schools.

Other schools included in the list (in Alphabetical order):

Alabama A & M University

Bethune-Cookman University

Bowie State University

Coppin State University

Delaware State University

Elizabeth City State University

Fayetteville State University

Fisk University

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Hampton University

Howard University

Langston University

Morehouse College

Norfolk State University

North Carolina A & T State University

North Carolina Central University

Philander Smith College

Prairie View A & M University

Spelman College

Tennessee State University

Tuskegee University

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Virginia State University

Winston-Salem State University

Xavier University of Louisiana

The complete ranking can be found at http://www.collegechoice.net/rankings/best-historically-black-colleges-universities/.

College Choice rankings of HBCUs are based exclusively on factors actual college freshmen said were most important to their college decision. According to the most recent nationwide survey published by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA, these factors include academic reputation, financial aid offerings, overall cost, and success of graduates in the post-college job market. Each of these factors were weighted equally in the ranking and data was derived from a variety of publicly available sources, including U.S. News & World Report, the National Center for Education Statistics, and PayScale.com.

There are more than 100 historic black colleges and universities, a majority of them located in the Southeastern United States.

Source: PRNewsWire