HBCUs with the Highest Former-Student Earnings

HBCUs with the Highest Former-Student Earnings, ranked by median 10-year earnings. Median earnings of federally aided former students who are working and not enrolled, 10 years after entry; includes students who did not graduate. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 72 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Howard UniversityWashington, District of Columbia41%1213$51k$63k70%10,1083 mi 2Spelman CollegeAtlanta, Georgia25%1220$39k$60k78%3,414222 mi 3Hampton UniversityHampton, Virginia62%969$25k$59k57%3,7271 mi 4Bowie State UniversityBowie, Maryland72%—$19k$55k38%5,04310 mi 5Morehouse CollegeAtlanta, Georgia44%1090$39k$53k59%2,844222 mi 6Xavier University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana69%1080$17k$52k49%2,6285 mi 7Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, Maryland82%971$15k$51k41%9,0195 mi 8Tuskegee UniversityTuskegee, Alabama49%1120$35k$50k55%2,630136 mi 9Delaware State UniversityDover, Delaware47%940$14k$49k39%4,3987 mi 10University of Maryland Eastern ShorePrincess Anne, Maryland96%—$13k$48k35%2,3916 mi 11Coppin State UniversityBaltimore, Maryland46%975$10k$46k26%1,8444 mi 12Virginia State UniversityPetersburg, Virginia89%948$16k$46k39%5,07410 mi 13Fisk UniversityNashville, Tennessee37%1200$32k$45k30%1,035378 mi 14Prairie View A & M UniversityPrairie View, Texas79%980$14k$45k43%8,87761 mi 15Winston-Salem State UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina78%945$13k$45k47%4,170178 mi 16Norfolk State UniversityNorfolk, Virginia88%927$15k$45k39%5,3922 mi 17North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, North Carolina50%1074$11k$44k57%12,182157 mi 18Florida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityTallahassee, Florida21%1107$14k$44k53%7,58223 mi 19Southern University and A & M CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana35%942$20k$43k27%5,51951 mi 20Southern University Law CenterBaton Rouge, Louisiana———$43k—60751 mi 21Lincoln UniversityLincoln University, Pennsylvania66%920$15k$43k44%1,53914 mi 22North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, North Carolina87%1050$15k$43k42%6,081108 mi 23Huston-Tillotson UniversityAustin, Texas39%1014$20k$43k34%1,005124 mi 24Tennessee State UniversityNashville, Tennessee70%1000$16k$43k34%4,848378 mi 25Clark Atlanta UniversityAtlanta, Georgia64%—$38k$43k49%3,603222 mi 26Johnson C Smith UniversityCharlotte, North Carolina45%—$21k$43k34%1,244155 mi 27Oakwood UniversityHuntsville, Alabama45%—$26k$42k45%1,153288 mi 28Grambling State UniversityGrambling, Louisiana45%943$20k$41k36%4,164187 mi 29Albany State UniversityAlbany, Georgia——$12k$41k31%5,956101 mi 30Alabama A & M UniversityNormal, Alabama58%938$18k$41k24%6,124290 mi 31West Virginia State UniversityInstitute, West Virginia96%955$11k$40k39%1,321211 mi 32Claflin UniversityOrangeburg, South Carolina65%—$18k$40k52%1,70666 mi 33Fayetteville State UniversityFayetteville, North Carolina82%959$8k$40k38%5,76281 mi 34Elizabeth City State UniversityElizabeth City, North Carolina64%1019$6k$40k44%1,9751 mi 35Lincoln UniversityJefferson City, Missouri——$19k$39k21%1,392328 mi 36Dillard UniversityNew Orleans, Louisiana42%1050$22k$39k43%1,0633 mi 37Jackson State UniversityJackson, Mississippi93%965$24k$39k51%4,600132 mi 38Texas Southern UniversityHouston, Texas97%914$17k$39k22%6,84418 mi 39University of the Virgin IslandsCharlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands99%938$7k$39k28%1,5181 mi 40Bethune-Cookman UniversityDaytona Beach, Florida88%880$12k$39k31%2,7322 mi 41Philander Smith UniversityLittle Rock, Arkansas——$14k$38k30%751324 mi 42Wilberforce UniversityWilberforce, Ohio41%—$6k$38k12%822129 mi 43Virginia Union UniversityRichmond, Virginia98%850$13k$38k34%1,20318 mi 44South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg, South Carolina83%—$18k$38k37%2,93466 mi 45Bluefield State UniversityBluefield, West Virginia97%989$14k$38k37%1,042218 mi 46Savannah State UniversitySavannah, Georgia——$8k$38k28%2,8338 mi 47Cheyney University of PennsylvaniaCheyney, Pennsylvania——$14k$38k41%61710 mi 48Fort Valley State UniversityFort Valley, Georgia66%994$10k$37k41%2,684162 mi 49Florida Memorial UniversityMiami Gardens, Florida85%—$23k$37k31%1,1837 mi 50Alcorn State UniversityAlcorn State, Mississippi45%904$13k$36k57%2,363116 mi 51Kentucky State UniversityFrankfort, Kentucky96%870$8k$36k32%1,309245 mi 52Le Moyne-Owen CollegeMemphis, Tennessee99%—$7k$36k27%581324 mi 53University of Arkansas at Pine BluffPine Bluff, Arkansas41%922$13k$36k40%1,807286 mi 54Stillman CollegeTuscaloosa, Alabama62%—$15k$35k25%706172 mi 55Edward Waters UniversityJacksonville, Florida85%—$14k$35k28%1,08717 mi 56Tougaloo CollegeTougaloo, Mississippi60%—$17k$35k33%639139 mi 57Alabama State UniversityMontgomery, Alabama98%976$20k$35k30%3,477128 mi 58Shaw UniversityRaleigh, North Carolina80%—$17k$34k22%87591 mi 59Southern University at New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana79%944$15k$34k13%1,0551 mi 60Texas CollegeTyler, Texas——$11k$34k14%614182 mi 61Central State UniversityWilberforce, Ohio99%—$13k$33k23%2,620128 mi 62Wiley UniversityMarshall, Texas——$7k$33k24%712179 mi 63Jarvis Christian UniversityHawkins, Texas——$10k$33k15%577195 mi 64Miles CollegeFairfield, Alabama——$14k$33k16%1,155199 mi 65Livingstone CollegeSalisbury, North Carolina59%—$13k$33k28%924163 mi 66Talladega CollegeTalladega, Alabama85%—$16k$32k31%701202 mi 67Mississippi Valley State UniversityItta Bena, Mississippi92%870$10k$32k27%1,439216 mi 68Benedict CollegeColumbia, South Carolina96%—$18k$32k24%1,536101 mi 69Lane CollegeJackson, Tennessee——$11k$32k18%736341 mi 70Harris-Stowe State UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri——$10k$31k28%960256 mi 71Allen UniversityColumbia, South Carolina73%—$11k$30k13%576101 mi 72Paul Quinn CollegeDallas, Texas40%—$13k$29k27%620226 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.