Spelman College ranked top among HBCUs – report

Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia has been ranked the top amongst historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States for the year 2017, according to the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings.

In 2nd place is Howard University in Washington, D.C. followed by Hampton University in Virginia.

The report ranks colleges and universities within several categories, including National Universities, National Liberal Arts Colleges, Regional Universities and Regional Colleges and HBCUs.

The list of top 20 HBCUs:

1. Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia
2. Howard University in Washington, D.C.
3. Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia
4. (Tied). Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia and Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama
6. Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, Louisiana
7. Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida
8. Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee
9. Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina
10. North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, North Carolina
11. Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi
12. Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana
13. North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina
14. Delaware State University in Dover, Delaware
15. Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina
16. Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi
17. Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina
18. Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia
19. Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City, North Carolina
20. (Tied). Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania and Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland