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Historically black colleges and universities, known as HBCUs, are higher education institutions
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in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to primarily
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serve the African American community. In this episode of The Five, we'll look at the top five HBCUs
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Hi, my name's Jared and welcome to The Five where we share five interesting things in
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Did you know there's 107 HPCUs both public and private in the United States
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Of those 107 HPCU's, 27 offer Doctor's programs, 52 offer Master's programs, 83 offer Bachelor's
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programs, 38 offer Associate programs. This top 5 list is in no particular order
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Let's start with Hampton University. Hampton is a private institution that was founded in 1868 as the Hampton Normal and
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Agricultural Institute. It is located near the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia and it has a campus size of 314 acres
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It runs a semester-based academic calendar and has a total undergraduate enrollment of
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3,714 students. Students can choose from more than 80 undergraduate and graduate programs, including Masters of
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Health and Physics programs. Interestingly students are mandated to wear a dress code that prohibits certain fashions on campus For instance no head coverings and hoodies are allowed in any building
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The university's website states that students are expected to dress neatly at all times
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Notable alumni include Alberto Williams King, mother of Martin Luther King, Booker T. Washington, and comedian Wanda Sykes
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Number 2. Tuskegee University Founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881, Tuskegee University is a private institution located in the city of Tuskegee, Alabama
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The campus is designated as the Tuskegee Institute National Historical Site by the National Park Service
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It has a rural setup with a campus size of 5,000 acres
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It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar and has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,394
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Students are required to live off-campus during their junior and senior years
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Tuskegee University is the only historical black college or university campus in the nation to be designated as a national historical site
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Notable alumni of the university include radio host Tom Joyner, singer Lionel Richie, Baptist minister and civil rights activist Charles William Carpenter, and more
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Number three, Xavier University of Louisiana. Xavier University of Louisiana is a private historically black Roman Catholic university in New Orleans
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It is the only Catholic HBCU and the second Catholic university founded by a saint after St. Mary of the Woods College
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Xavier University of Louisiana is a top producer of African American medical school applicants according to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges
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It has an undergraduate enrollment size of about 2,500. Xavier is ranked number three in the nation in the number of African American graduates who go on to earn a Ph.D. in science and engineering disciplines
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Xavier was also signaled out as one of the nation's 384 best institutions for undergraduate education by the Princeton Review in the 2019 edition of its annual The Best 384 Colleges
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Number 4, Howard University. Howard University is a private institution that was founded in 1867 and is arguably the most famous HBCU
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It is located in the heart of Washington, D.C. It has an urban setting and a campus size of 257 acres
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Like most HPCUs, it uses a semester-based academic calendar and has an undergraduate enrollment of 6,526 students
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Howard has many graduate programs as well, including those in the School of Business, School of Law, College of Medicine, and College of Engineering, Architecture, and Computer Sciences
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Howard University is ranked number 80 in the 2021 edition of Best Colleges or Universities
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The National Science Foundation has ranked Howard as the top producer of African American undergraduates who later earned science and engineering doctoral degrees
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The university also boasts nationally ranked programs in social work, business, and communication
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Notable alumni include former US Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall Pulitzer Prize winning author Toni Morrison and Emmy Award winning actress Felicia Rashad and the first woman
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ever to be elected Vice President Kamala Harris. And last but not least, of course, Spelman University
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Spelman College is a private, historically black women's liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia
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It was founded in 1881. It is recognized as America's oldest private historically black liberal arts college for women
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It has a campus size of 39 acres and runs a semester-based academic session
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Spellman has an undergraduate enrollment of 2,120. It has an old tradition that is still observed to date wearing respectable and conservative
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white dresses to designated formal events on campus. It has the highest graduation rate among HPCUs with a graduation rate of about 76% after
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six years. Spelman is ranked number 54 best among National Liberal Arts Colleges
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Notable alumni are African American COO of Starbucks and CEO of Sam's Club Rosalyn Brewer
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Pulitzer Prize winner Allison Walker, former Dean of Howard College Evelyn M Hammonds
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actress Casey Davis, Latonya Richardson, and Adrienne Joy Johnson. I know we left out some of your favorite HPCU's, but for this series we can only pick five
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Just leave your favorite HPCU a shout out in the comments. That's it for this episode of the Five
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We'll be back with another episode in Black culture and society
