Basic Information
Type
Private
Geographical Reach
Regional
Religious Affiliation
African Methodist Episcopal
Population
1,200,000
Weather
Comfortable Days
75 (8% 🥵)
Sunshine Hours
2,862 (81%)
Days Without Precipitation
249 (56%)
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
1,216
Men / Women
53% / 47%
From State
90%
From Region
8%
Athletes
48.2%
Racial/Ethnic
Black
80%
White
6%
Hispanic
4%
Mixed
1%
Native American
0%
Asian
0%
International
0%
Men in the Entering Class
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 59.2% 59.2%
2012 Men: 67.4% 67.4%
2013 Men: 62.5% 62.5%
2014 Men: 64.4% 64.4%
2015 Men: 55.2% 55.2%
2016 Men: 56.4% 56.4%
2017 Men: 53.7% 53.7%
2018 Men: 55.9% 55.9%
2019 Men: 49.8% 49.8%
2020 Men: 52.2% 52.2%
2021 Men: 57.0% 57.0%
2022 Men: 57.7% 57.7%
2023 Men: 53.2% 53.2%
2024 Men: 61.4% 61.4%
Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 Native: 0.7% 0.7%
2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2021 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 Asian: 0.4% 0.4%
2019 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 Asian: 0.5% 0.5%
2022 Asian: 0.4% 0.4%
2023 Asian: 0.4% 0.4%
2024 Asian: 0.3% 0.3%
2011 Black: 99.5% 99.5%
2012 Black: 95.4% 95.4%
2013 Black: 92.4% 92.4%
2014 Black: 92.2% 92.2%
2015 Black: 91.7% 91.7%
2016 Black: 92.0% 92.0%
2017 Black: 95.0% 95.0%
2018 Black: 90.4% 90.4%
2019 Black: 87.3% 87.3%
2020 Black: 83.2% 83.2%
2021 Black: 89.1% 89.1%
2022 Black: 90.0% 90.0%
2023 Black: 87.0% 87.0%
2024 Black: 85.9% 85.9%
2011 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5%
2012 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6%
2013 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1%
2014 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9%
2015 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7%
2016 Hispanic: 1.5% 1.5%
2017 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7%
2018 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3%
2019 Hispanic: 3.9% 3.9%
2020 Hispanic: 4.1% 4.1%
2021 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4%
2022 Hispanic: 2.6% 2.6%
2023 Hispanic: 3.9% 3.9%
2024 Hispanic: 3.4% 3.4%
2011 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 White: 4.0% 4.0%
2013 White: 5.4% 5.4%
2014 White: 1.7% 1.7%
2015 White: 2.5% 2.5%
2016 White: 3.8% 3.8%
2017 White: 2.1% 2.1%
2018 White: 3.5% 3.5%
2019 White: 5.4% 5.4%
2020 White: 7.6% 7.6%
2021 White: 5.0% 5.0%
2022 White: 2.2% 2.2%
2023 White: 3.9% 3.9%
2024 White: 2.7% 2.7%
2011 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 International: 0.4% 0.4%
2017 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 International: 1.0% 1.0%
2021 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 International: 0.0% 0.0%
Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.
Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2020 Native: 0.1% 0.1%
2021 Native: 0.6% 0.6%
2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2023 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2024 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2%
2020 Asian: 0.2% 0.2%
2021 Asian: 0.3% 0.3%
2022 Asian: 0.2% 0.2%
2023 Asian: 0.4% 0.4%
2024 Asian: 0.3% 0.3%
2025 Asian: 0.4% 0.4%
2020 Black: 85.9% 85.9%
2021 Black: 82.6% 82.6%
2022 Black: 86.0% 86.0%
2023 Black: 84.7% 84.7%
2024 Black: 83.9% 83.9%
2025 Black: 79.7% 79.7%
2020 Hispanic: 4.1% 4.1%
2021 Hispanic: 4.4% 4.4%
2022 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3%
2023 Hispanic: 3.6% 3.6%
2024 Hispanic: 2.0% 2.0%
2025 Hispanic: 4.2% 4.2%
2020 White: 4.2% 4.2%
2021 White: 4.2% 4.2%
2022 White: 3.5% 3.5%
2023 White: 4.9% 4.9%
2024 White: 4.6% 4.6%
2025 White: 5.7% 5.7%
2020 International: 0.1% 0.1%
2021 International: 0.2% 0.2%
2022 International: 0.1% 0.1%
2023 International: 0.2% 0.2%
2024 International: 0.3% 0.3%
2025 International: 0.1% 0.1%
Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.
IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Financial
Tuition & Fees
$17,511
ROI Percentile
64th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
54%
4-Year Graduation Rate
16%
6-Year Graduation Rate
28%
Transfer-Out Rate
19%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Graduated: 17.7% 17.7%
2012 Graduated: 22.9% 22.9%
2013 Graduated: 20.0% 20.0%
2014 Graduated: 19.6% 19.6%
2015 Graduated: 19.8% 19.8%
2016 Graduated: 25.7% 25.7%
2017 Graduated: 31.9% 31.9%
2018 Graduated: 20.1% 20.1%
2019 Graduated: 26.5% 26.5%
2020 Graduated: 27.9% 27.9%
2021 Graduated: 27.6% 27.6%
2022 Graduated: 30.3% 30.3%
2023 Graduated: 28.0% 28.0%
2024 Graduated: 28.2% 28.2%
Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender
0%
12%
24%
36%
48%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 19.0% 19.0%
2012 Men: 18.7% 18.7%
2013 Men: 15.1% 15.1%
2014 Men: 11.6% 11.6%
2015 Men: 15.2% 15.2%
2016 Men: 18.8% 18.8%
2017 Men: 22.8% 22.8%
2018 Men: 12.5% 12.5%
2019 Men: 18.9% 18.9%
2020 Men: 18.0% 18.0%
2021 Men: 24.6% 24.6%
2022 Men: 26.0% 26.0%
2023 Men: 26.1% 26.1%
2024 Men: 19.8% 19.8%
2011 Women: 15.1% 15.1%
2012 Women: 29.4% 29.4%
2013 Women: 28.8% 28.8%
2014 Women: 28.4% 28.4%
2015 Women: 28.6% 28.6%
2016 Women: 35.5% 35.5%
2017 Women: 43.5% 43.5%
2018 Women: 35.1% 35.1%
2019 Women: 39.0% 39.0%
2020 Women: 44.0% 44.0%
2021 Women: 31.6% 31.6%
2022 Women: 36.0% 36.0%
2023 Women: 30.0% 30.0%
2024 Women: 38.2% 38.2%
IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Black: 17.3% 17.3%
2012 Black: 23.4% 23.4%
2013 Black: 20.5% 20.5%
2014 Black: 20.8% 20.8%
2015 Black: 19.4% 19.4%
2016 Black: 25.4% 25.4%
2017 Black: 32.8% 32.8%
2018 Black: 20.8% 20.8%
2019 Black: 27.5% 27.5%
2020 Black: 24.4% 24.4%
2021 Black: 25.9% 25.9%
2022 Black: 29.3% 29.3%
2023 Black: 27.6% 27.6%
2024 Black: 26.2% 26.2%
2011 Hispanic: 100.0% 100.0%
2012 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 Hispanic: 25.0% 25.0%
2017 Hispanic: 100.0% 100.0%
2018 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 Hispanic: 12.5% 12.5%
2020 Hispanic: 75.0% 75.0%
2021 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 Hispanic: 83.3% 83.3%
2023 Hispanic: 20.0% 20.0%
2024 Hispanic: 40.0% 40.0%
2012 White: 14.3% 14.3%
2013 White: 10.0% 10.0%
2014 White: 25.0% 25.0%
2015 White: 33.3% 33.3%
2016 White: 10.0% 10.0%
2017 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 White: 25.0% 25.0%
2019 White: 36.4% 36.4%
2020 White: 46.7% 46.7%
2021 White: 54.5% 54.5%
2022 White: 60.0% 60.0%
2023 White: 10.0% 10.0%
2024 White: 12.5% 12.5%
Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.
IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).
Academics
⇅
Business & Economics
53.9%
82
70% / 30%
0%
$58,336
71
—
Humanities & Social Sciences
24.3%
37
46% / 54%
0%
$48,305
49
—
Professional
15.1%
23
35% / 65%
0%
$50,356
54
—
Life & Natural Sciences
6.6%
10
40% / 60%
0%
$54,806
64
—
Admissions
Uses Common App
No
Acceptance Rate
42%
Yield (Unbound)
3%
Acceptance Rates
In-State
Out-of-State
International
Regular Decision
42%
42%
42%
Acceptance & Yield
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Acceptance: 22.7% 22.7%
2012 Acceptance: 27.5% 27.5%
2013 Acceptance: 27.3% 27.3%
2014 Acceptance: 53.0% 53.0%
2015 Acceptance: 53.7% 53.7%
2016 Acceptance: 57.7% 57.7%
2017 Acceptance: 60.5% 60.5%
2018 Acceptance: 55.5% 55.5%
2019 Acceptance: 61.1% 61.1%
2020 Acceptance: 57.0% 57.0%
2021 Acceptance: 80.1% 80.1%
2022 Acceptance: 83.5% 83.5%
2023 Acceptance: 84.8% 84.8%
2024 Acceptance: 84.9% 84.9%
2011 Yield: 62.5% 62.5%
2012 Yield: 41.6% 41.6%
2013 Yield: 39.9% 39.9%
2014 Yield: 21.5% 21.5%
2015 Yield: 14.4% 14.4%
2016 Yield: 11.5% 11.5%
2017 Yield: 16.6% 16.6%
2018 Yield: 16.5% 16.5%
2019 Yield: 11.4% 11.4%
2020 Yield: 8.9% 8.9%
2021 Yield: 6.9% 6.9%
2022 Yield: 4.2% 4.2%
2023 Yield: 3.8% 3.8%
2024 Yield: 3.0% 3.0%
Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Applicants: 1,611 1,611
2012 Applicants: 2,147 2,147
2013 Applicants: 1,907 1,907
2014 Applicants: 2,100 2,100
2015 Applicants: 3,353 3,353
2016 Applicants: 3,759 3,759
2017 Applicants: 2,923 2,923
2018 Applicants: 3,617 3,617
2019 Applicants: 3,444 3,444
2020 Applicants: 5,364 5,364
2021 Applicants: 6,254 6,254
2022 Applicants: 8,988 8,988
2023 Applicants: 9,805 9,805
2024 Applicants: 10,283 10,283
2011 Admitted: 365 365
2012 Admitted: 591 591
2013 Admitted: 521 521
2014 Admitted: 1,112 1,112
2015 Admitted: 1,801 1,801
2016 Admitted: 2,169 2,169
2017 Admitted: 1,767 1,767
2018 Admitted: 2,009 2,009
2019 Admitted: 2,105 2,105
2020 Admitted: 3,059 3,059
2021 Admitted: 5,010 5,010
2022 Admitted: 7,509 7,509
2023 Admitted: 8,316 8,316
2024 Admitted: 8,735 8,735
2011 Enrolled: 228 228
2012 Enrolled: 246 246
2013 Enrolled: 208 208
2014 Enrolled: 239 239
2015 Enrolled: 259 259
2016 Enrolled: 250 250
2017 Enrolled: 294 294
2018 Enrolled: 331 331
2019 Enrolled: 239 239
2020 Enrolled: 272 272
2021 Enrolled: 344 344
2022 Enrolled: 318 318
2023 Enrolled: 316 316
2024 Enrolled: 264 264
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Standardized Tests
Test Policy
required
Submitted Test Scores
57%
SAT Range
790
–
970
SAT Math Range
390
–
490
SAT RW Range
400
–
480
Published SAT Distribution
SAT Composite
600
800
1000
1200
1400
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 640 640
2012 25th: 680 680
2013 25th: 710 710
2014 25th: 720 720
2015 25th: 680 680
2016 25th: 720 720
2017 25th: 790 790
2018 25th: 830 830
2019 25th: 757 757
2020 25th: 820 820
2011 75th: 820 820
2012 75th: 890 890
2013 75th: 880 880
2014 75th: 930 930
2015 75th: 885 885
2016 75th: 910 910
2017 75th: 970 970
2018 75th: 1040 1040
2019 75th: 1092 1092
2020 75th: 990 990
SAT Math
300
400
500
600
700
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 310 310
2012 25th: 350 350
2013 25th: 360 360
2014 25th: 350 350
2015 25th: 330 330
2016 25th: 350 350
2017 25th: 390 390
2018 25th: 390 390
2019 25th: 357 357
2020 25th: 390 390
2011 75th: 400 400
2012 75th: 450 450
2013 75th: 440 440
2014 75th: 460 460
2015 75th: 455 455
2016 75th: 460 460
2017 75th: 490 490
2018 75th: 510 510
2019 75th: 532 532
2020 75th: 480 480
SAT Reading & Writing
300
400
500
600
700
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 330 330
2012 25th: 330 330
2013 25th: 350 350
2014 25th: 370 370
2015 25th: 350 350
2016 25th: 370 370
2017 25th: 400 400
2018 25th: 440 440
2019 25th: 400 400
2020 25th: 430 430
2011 75th: 420 420
2012 75th: 440 440
2013 75th: 440 440
2014 75th: 470 470
2015 75th: 430 430
2016 75th: 450 450
2017 75th: 480 480
2018 75th: 530 530
2019 75th: 560 560
2020 75th: 510 510
Submitting a Test Score
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Submitted: 72.0% 72.0%
2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2013 Submitted: 93.0% 93.0%
2014 Submitted: 93.0% 93.0%
2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2020 Submitted: 57.0% 57.0%
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.
