Basic Information
Type
Private
Geographical Reach
National
Religious Affiliation
African Methodist Episcopal
Population
200,000
Weather
Comfortable Days
115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours
2,680 (63%)
Days Without Precipitation
256 (72%)
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
965
Men / Women
59% / 41%
From State
34%
From Region
14%
Athletes
27.8%
Racial/Ethnic
Black
82%
International
6%
Mixed
5%
Hispanic
4%
White
2%
Native American
0%
Asian
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: 54.4% 54.4%
2012 Men: 65.4% 65.4%
2013 Men: 55.4% 55.4%
2014 Men: 55.8% 55.8%
2015 Men: 51.1% 51.1%
2016 Men: 48.7% 48.7%
2017 Men: 48.6% 48.6%
2018 Men: 48.5% 48.5%
2019 Men: 54.9% 54.9%
2020 Men: 59.1% 59.1%
2021 Men: 62.3% 62.3%
2022 Men: 70.0% 70.0%
2023 Men: 57.6% 57.6%
2024 Men: 57.7% 57.7%
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: 0.5% 0.5%
2012 Native: 0.8% 0.8%
2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 Native: 0.3% 0.3%
2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 Native: 0.8% 0.8%
2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2%
2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 Native: 0.3% 0.3%
2023 Native: 0.8% 0.8%
2024 Native: 0.8% 0.8%
2011 Asian: 0.5% 0.5%
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: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 Asian: 0.2% 0.2%
2022 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2011 Black: 93.6% 93.6%
2012 Black: 96.1% 96.1%
2013 Black: 94.2% 94.2%
2014 Black: 97.3% 97.3%
2015 Black: 97.2% 97.2%
2016 Black: 97.5% 97.5%
2017 Black: 93.5% 93.5%
2018 Black: 86.4% 86.4%
2019 Black: 90.6% 90.6%
2020 Black: 83.9% 83.9%
2021 Black: 79.6% 79.6%
2022 Black: 67.9% 67.9%
2023 Black: 89.0% 89.0%
2024 Black: 89.6% 89.6%
2011 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5%
2012 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3%
2014 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5%
2016 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0%
2017 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2%
2018 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3%
2019 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3%
2020 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9%
2021 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7%
2022 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3%
2023 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3%
2024 Hispanic: 2.9% 2.9%
2011 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 White: 0.8% 0.8%
2013 White: 1.8% 1.8%
2014 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 White: 0.9% 0.9%
2016 White: 0.3% 0.3%
2017 White: 0.9% 0.9%
2018 White: 0.6% 0.6%
2019 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 White: 0.2% 0.2%
2022 White: 0.5% 0.5%
2023 White: 0.5% 0.5%
2024 White: 1.6% 1.6%
2011 International: 0.5% 0.5%
2012 International: 0.4% 0.4%
2013 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 International: 0.8% 0.8%
2017 International: 0.6% 0.6%
2018 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 International: 1.1% 1.1%
2023 International: 0.5% 0.5%
2024 International: 1.3% 1.3%
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: 1.3% 1.3%
2021 Native: 1.1% 1.1%
2022 Native: 0.6% 0.6%
2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2%
2024 Native: 0.6% 0.6%
2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2%
2020 Asian: 0.2% 0.2%
2021 Asian: 0.2% 0.2%
2022 Asian: 0.3% 0.3%
2023 Asian: 1.2% 1.2%
2024 Asian: 0.2% 0.2%
2025 Asian: 0.1% 0.1%
2020 Black: 89.7% 89.7%
2021 Black: 89.1% 89.1%
2022 Black: 90.3% 90.3%
2023 Black: 87.8% 87.8%
2024 Black: 88.1% 88.1%
2025 Black: 82.3% 82.3%
2020 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5%
2023 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6%
2024 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5%
2025 Hispanic: 4.4% 4.4%
2020 White: 3.1% 3.1%
2021 White: 1.1% 1.1%
2022 White: 1.5% 1.5%
2023 White: 1.5% 1.5%
2024 White: 1.7% 1.7%
2025 White: 2.0% 2.0%
2020 International: 1.9% 1.9%
2021 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 International: 2.5% 2.5%
2024 International: 2.8% 2.8%
2025 International: 5.7% 5.7%
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.
Schools & Majors
⇅
Livingstone College
80
60% / 40%
8%
$37,124
12
94%
Computer Science
3 —
100% / 0%
33%
$41,748
22
96%
Mathematics
1 —
0% / 100%
0%
$56,587
63
—
Biology
7 —
0% / 100%
14%
$36,701
11
90%
Business Administration
19 —
53% / 47%
11%
$35,430
10
95%
Hospitality Management
3 —
33% / 67%
0%
$38,817
15
—
Sports Management
17 —
76% / 24%
6%
$38,325
14
92%
English
— —
—
—
$37,832
13
—
History
— —
—
—
$36,736
12
—
Political Science
— —
—
—
$39,514
17
—
Psychology
6 —
67% / 33%
17%
$36,248
11
—
Social Work
4 —
25% / 75%
0%
$32,742
7
100%
Sociology
2 —
100% / 0%
0%
$36,854
12
—
Elementary Education
1 —
100% / 0%
0%
—
—
—
General Education
9 —
89% / 11%
0%
$32,536
7
96%
Mathematics Teacher Education
1 —
100% / 0%
0%
—
—
—
Music
1 —
100% / 0%
0%
—
—
—
Criminal Justice
6 —
50% / 50%
0%
$43,957
28
98%
Financial
Tuition & Fees
$19,441
ROI Percentile
12th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
71%
4-Year Graduation Rate
18%
6-Year Graduation Rate
28%
Transfer-Out Rate
0%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
0%
8%
16%
24%
32%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Graduated: 28.3% 28.3%
2012 Graduated: 22.7% 22.7%
2013 Graduated: 20.4% 20.4%
2014 Graduated: 23.8% 23.8%
2015 Graduated: 24.4% 24.4%
2016 Graduated: 24.9% 24.9%
2017 Graduated: 26.3% 26.3%
2018 Graduated: 24.1% 24.1%
2019 Graduated: 23.8% 23.8%
2020 Graduated: 27.8% 27.8%
2021 Graduated: 23.0% 23.0%
2022 Graduated: 25.5% 25.5%
2023 Graduated: 27.1% 27.1%
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%
15%
30%
45%
60%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 18.3% 18.3%
2012 Men: 17.9% 17.9%
2013 Men: 12.9% 12.9%
2014 Men: 18.9% 18.9%
2015 Men: 15.9% 15.9%
2016 Men: 18.3% 18.3%
2017 Men: 22.4% 22.4%
2018 Men: 19.7% 19.7%
2019 Men: 17.8% 17.8%
2020 Men: 22.4% 22.4%
2021 Men: 19.2% 19.2%
2022 Men: 20.2% 20.2%
2023 Men: 20.3% 20.3%
2024 Men: 23.4% 23.4%
2011 Women: 46.3% 46.3%
2012 Women: 30.3% 30.3%
2013 Women: 31.1% 31.1%
2014 Women: 33.0% 33.0%
2015 Women: 35.5% 35.5%
2016 Women: 34.1% 34.1%
2017 Women: 30.8% 30.8%
2018 Women: 32.3% 32.3%
2019 Women: 31.2% 31.2%
2020 Women: 34.7% 34.7%
2021 Women: 26.9% 26.9%
2022 Women: 30.5% 30.5%
2023 Women: 33.5% 33.5%
2024 Women: 32.8% 32.8%
IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity
0%
8%
16%
24%
32%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Black: 29.7% 29.7%
2012 Black: 22.9% 22.9%
2013 Black: 21.3% 21.3%
2014 Black: 24.5% 24.5%
2015 Black: 24.6% 24.6%
2016 Black: 24.5% 24.5%
2017 Black: 26.5% 26.5%
2018 Black: 23.0% 23.0%
2019 Black: 23.7% 23.7%
2020 Black: 29.7% 29.7%
2021 Black: 23.3% 23.3%
2022 Black: 26.7% 26.7%
2023 Black: 27.7% 27.7%
2024 Black: 29.1% 29.1%
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
48.8%
39
62% / 38%
8%
$36,952
12
94%
Humanities & Social Sciences
15.0%
12
58% / 42%
8%
$35,180
10
100%
Education
13.8%
11
91% / 9%
0%
$32,536
7
96%
Life & Natural Sciences
8.8%
7
0% / 100%
14%
$36,701
11
90%
Professional
7.5%
6
50% / 50%
0%
$43,957
28
98%
Computer Science
3.8%
3
100% / 0%
33%
$41,748
22
96%
Arts
1.2%
1
100% / 0%
0%
—
—
—
Physical Sciences & Math
1.2%
1
0% / 100%
0%
$56,587
63
—
Admissions
Uses Common App
Yes
Acceptance Rate
51%
Yield (Unbound)
9%
Acceptance Rates
In-State
Out-of-State
International
Regular Decision
51%
51%
51%
Acceptance & Yield
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Acceptance: 53.9% 53.9%
2012 Acceptance: 63.7% 63.7%
2013 Acceptance: 71.2% 71.2%
2014 Acceptance: 64.3% 64.3%
2015 Acceptance: 71.3% 71.3%
2016 Acceptance: 47.8% 47.8%
2017 Acceptance: 37.2% 37.2%
2018 Acceptance: 41.6% 41.6%
2019 Acceptance: 50.1% 50.1%
2020 Acceptance: 69.0% 69.0%
2021 Acceptance: 51.3% 51.3%
2022 Acceptance: 63.8% 63.8%
2023 Acceptance: 74.1% 74.1%
2024 Acceptance: 59.2% 59.2%
2011 Yield: 23.1% 23.1%
2012 Yield: 25.9% 25.9%
2013 Yield: 17.0% 17.0%
2014 Yield: 16.0% 16.0%
2015 Yield: 12.9% 12.9%
2016 Yield: 12.1% 12.1%
2017 Yield: 13.5% 13.5%
2018 Yield: 13.2% 13.2%
2019 Yield: 11.3% 11.3%
2020 Yield: 5.6% 5.6%
2021 Yield: 10.4% 10.4%
2022 Yield: 8.4% 8.4%
2023 Yield: 7.6% 7.6%
2024 Yield: 8.6% 8.6%
Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled
0
2,500
5,000
7,500
10,000
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Applicants: 2,714 2,714
2012 Applicants: 2,188 2,188
2013 Applicants: 3,270 3,270
2014 Applicants: 4,420 4,420
2015 Applicants: 4,574 4,574
2016 Applicants: 6,565 6,565
2017 Applicants: 7,295 7,295
2018 Applicants: 6,873 6,873
2019 Applicants: 6,084 6,084
2020 Applicants: 5,395 5,395
2021 Applicants: 3,811 3,811
2022 Applicants: 4,074 4,074
2023 Applicants: 4,748 4,748
2024 Applicants: 6,721 6,721
2011 Admitted: 1,462 1,462
2012 Admitted: 1,393 1,393
2013 Admitted: 2,329 2,329
2014 Admitted: 2,840 2,840
2015 Admitted: 3,260 3,260
2016 Admitted: 3,137 3,137
2017 Admitted: 2,717 2,717
2018 Admitted: 2,862 2,862
2019 Admitted: 3,046 3,046
2020 Admitted: 3,720 3,720
2021 Admitted: 1,955 1,955
2022 Admitted: 2,598 2,598
2023 Admitted: 3,518 3,518
2024 Admitted: 3,982 3,982
2011 Enrolled: 338 338
2012 Enrolled: 361 361
2013 Enrolled: 395 395
2014 Enrolled: 453 453
2015 Enrolled: 421 421
2016 Enrolled: 380 380
2017 Enrolled: 366 366
2018 Enrolled: 377 377
2019 Enrolled: 344 344
2020 Enrolled: 208 208
2021 Enrolled: 204 204
2022 Enrolled: 217 217
2023 Enrolled: 269 269
2024 Enrolled: 343 343
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Published SAT Distribution
SAT Composite
600
700
800
900
1000
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 665 665
2012 25th: 670 670
2013 25th: 640 640
2014 25th: 645 645
2015 25th: 640 640
2016 25th: 640 640
2017 25th: 755 755
2018 25th: 770 770
2019 25th: 760 760
2020 25th: 770 770
2021 25th: 810 810
2022 25th: 800 800
2011 75th: 820 820
2012 75th: 820 820
2013 75th: 820 820
2014 75th: 800 800
2015 75th: 810 810
2016 75th: 810 810
2017 75th: 920 920
2018 75th: 930 930
2019 75th: 930 930
2020 75th: 930 930
2021 75th: 988 988
2022 75th: 960 960
SAT Math
300
350
400
450
500
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 335 335
2012 25th: 340 340
2013 25th: 320 320
2014 25th: 320 320
2015 25th: 320 320
2016 25th: 320 320
2017 25th: 375 375
2018 25th: 380 380
2019 25th: 380 380
2020 25th: 380 380
2021 25th: 390 390
2022 25th: 400 400
2011 75th: 420 420
2012 75th: 410 410
2013 75th: 410 410
2014 75th: 400 400
2015 75th: 410 410
2016 75th: 400 400
2017 75th: 460 460
2018 75th: 460 460
2019 75th: 470 470
2020 75th: 460 460
2021 75th: 488 488
2022 75th: 460 460
SAT Reading & Writing
300
350
400
450
500
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 330 330
2012 25th: 330 330
2013 25th: 320 320
2014 25th: 325 325
2015 25th: 320 320
2016 25th: 320 320
2017 25th: 380 380
2018 25th: 390 390
2019 25th: 380 380
2020 25th: 390 390
2021 25th: 420 420
2022 25th: 400 400
2011 75th: 400 400
2012 75th: 410 410
2013 75th: 410 410
2014 75th: 400 400
2015 75th: 400 400
2016 75th: 410 410
2017 75th: 460 460
2018 75th: 470 470
2019 75th: 460 460
2020 75th: 470 470
2021 75th: 500 500
2022 75th: 500 500
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: 71.0% 71.0%
2012 Submitted: 46.0% 46.0%
2013 Submitted: 93.0% 93.0%
2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2015 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0%
2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2018 Submitted: 96.0% 96.0%
2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2020 Submitted: 64.0% 64.0%
2021 Submitted: 29.0% 29.0%
2022 Submitted: 20.0% 20.0%
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.
