Spelman and Howard Top 1st Best Black College List

US News and World Report has ranked the Top 10 HBCU’s in this order.

Here is Black Enterprise’s Top Colleges for African Americans

1 Spelman College

Atlanta, GA
Score 100 |
Tier 1
Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $20,280 2007 Total enrollment: 2,343 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 33.0 %

2 Howard University

Washington, DC
Score 95 |
Tier 1
Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $14,685 2007 Total enrollment: 10,125 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 53.7 %

3 Morehouse College

Atlanta, GA
Score 81 |
Tier 1
Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $20,358 2007 Total enrollment: 2,810 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 59.0 %

4 Hampton University

Hampton, VA
Score 77 |
Tier 1
Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $16,392 2007 Total enrollment: 5,656 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 37.4 %

5 Fisk University

Nashville, TN
Score 73 |
Tier 1
Costs: 2007-2008 Tuition and Fees: $15,620 2007 Total enrollment: 814 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 51.1 %

6 Tuskegee University

Tuskegee, AL
Score 69 |
Tier 1
Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $15,034 2007 Total enrollment: 2,936 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 58.2 %

7 Claflin University

Orangeburg, SC
Score 65 |
Tier 1
Costs: 2007-2008 Tuition and Fees: $12,358 2007 Total enrollment: 1,763 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 45.3 %

7 Dillard University

New Orleans, LA
Score 65 |
Tier 1
Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $13,580 2007 Total enrollment: 956 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 45.9 %

# 9 Xavier University of Louisiana

New Orleans, LA
Score 64 |
Tier 1
Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $15,500 2007 Total enrollment: 3,088 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 59.2 %

10 Johnson C. Smith University

Charlotte, NC
Score 56 |
Tier 1
Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $15,754 2007 Total enrollment: 1,463 Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 46.0 %