Basic Information
Type
Private
Geographical Reach
Regional
Religious Affiliation
African Methodist Episcopal
Population
100,000
Weather
Comfortable Days
110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours
2,305 (17%)
Days Without Precipitation
227 (16%)
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
713
Men / Women
46% / 54%
Athletes
16.6%
Racial/Ethnic
Black
97%
White
1%
International
1%
Native American
0%
Asian
0%
Hispanic
0%
Mixed
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: 33.1% 33.1%
2012 Men: 44.6% 44.6%
2013 Men: 42.0% 42.0%
2014 Men: 58.1% 58.1%
2015 Men: 44.1% 44.1%
2016 Men: 41.5% 41.5%
2017 Men: 52.2% 52.2%
2018 Men: 49.6% 49.6%
2019 Men: 40.0% 40.0%
2020 Men: 41.0% 41.0%
2021 Men: 44.0% 44.0%
2022 Men: 37.2% 37.2%
2023 Men: 57.8% 57.8%
2024 Men: 47.1% 47.1%
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: 1.1% 1.1%
2012 Native: 1.3% 1.3%
2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 Native: 0.7% 0.7%
2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 Native: 0.9% 0.9%
2018 Native: 0.7% 0.7%
2019 Native: 1.4% 1.4%
2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 Native: 1.6% 1.6%
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: 0.7% 0.7%
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: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2011 Black: 94.6% 94.6%
2012 Black: 86.9% 86.9%
2013 Black: 95.7% 95.7%
2014 Black: 98.4% 98.4%
2015 Black: 91.5% 91.5%
2016 Black: 92.9% 92.9%
2017 Black: 96.5% 96.5%
2018 Black: 92.6% 92.6%
2019 Black: 97.1% 97.1%
2020 Black: 100.0% 100.0%
2021 Black: 94.7% 94.7%
2022 Black: 96.1% 96.1%
2023 Black: 99.2% 99.2%
2024 Black: 99.6% 99.6%
2011 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1%
2012 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7%
2013 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8%
2014 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5%
2015 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8%
2017 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7%
2019 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4%
2020 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8%
2024 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2011 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 White: 7.8% 7.8%
2013 White: 0.4% 0.4%
2014 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 White: 1.0% 1.0%
2023 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 White: 0.4% 0.4%
2011 International: 0.5% 0.5%
2012 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 International: 2.1% 2.1%
2016 International: 1.6% 1.6%
2017 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 International: 0.7% 0.7%
2019 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 International: 0.0% 0.0%
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: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2025 Native: 0.1% 0.1%
2020 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 Asian: 0.2% 0.2%
2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2025 Asian: 0.1% 0.1%
2020 Black: 97.5% 97.5%
2021 Black: 96.6% 96.6%
2022 Black: 94.9% 94.9%
2023 Black: 72.9% 72.9%
2024 Black: 78.5% 78.5%
2025 Black: 97.5% 97.5%
2020 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4%
2025 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3%
2020 White: 1.6% 1.6%
2021 White: 0.9% 0.9%
2022 White: 0.7% 0.7%
2023 White: 0.4% 0.4%
2024 White: 0.9% 0.9%
2025 White: 0.6% 0.6%
2020 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 International: 0.2% 0.2%
2025 International: 0.8% 0.8%
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
⇅
Wilberforce University
68
32% / 68%
0%
$61,481
73
Computer Engineering
2 —
0% / 100%
0%
—
—
—
Electrical Engineering
2 —
100% / 0%
0%
$93,107
96
—
Computer Science
1 —
100% / 0%
0%
$90,186
95
—
Biology
4 —
25% / 75%
0%
$58,788
68
—
Accounting
— —
—
—
$68,917
82
—
Business Administration
12 —
42% / 58%
0%
$64,105
76
—
Health Services Administration
11 —
18% / 82%
0%
$57,329
65
—
Management Information Systems
3 —
67% / 33%
0%
$77,054
88
—
Marketing
— —
—
—
$63,727
76
—
Organizational Leadership
17 —
24% / 76%
0%
$63,915
76
—
Literature
1 —
0% / 100%
0%
$51,121
50
—
Media Studies
3 —
67% / 33%
0%
$48,827
44
—
Political Science
2 —
0% / 100%
0%
$58,035
66
—
Psychology
4 —
75% / 25%
0%
$50,896
50
—
Social Work
4 —
0% / 100%
0%
$51,260
51
—
Sociology
1 —
0% / 100%
0%
$50,549
49
—
Music
— —
—
—
$40,627
20
—
Assistive/Augmentative Technology
— —
—
—
$80,032
90
—
Criminal Justice
1 —
0% / 100%
0%
$55,800
62
—
Financial
Tuition & Fees
$16,987
ROI Percentile
73th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
74%
4-Year Graduation Rate
6%
6-Year Graduation Rate
12%
Transfer-Out Rate
0%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Graduated: 29.7% 29.7%
2012 Graduated: 83.0% 83.0%
2013 Graduated: 12.9% 12.9%
2014 Graduated: 30.1% 30.1%
2015 Graduated: 26.8% 26.8%
2016 Graduated: 21.4% 21.4%
2017 Graduated: 25.7% 25.7%
2018 Graduated: 18.4% 18.4%
2019 Graduated: 20.3% 20.3%
2020 Graduated: 39.4% 39.4%
2021 Graduated: 18.4% 18.4%
2022 Graduated: 41.1% 41.1%
2023 Graduated: 16.0% 16.0%
2024 Graduated: 12.0% 12.0%
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%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 24.3% 24.3%
2012 Men: 100.0% 100.0%
2013 Men: 8.9% 8.9%
2014 Men: 18.2% 18.2%
2015 Men: 16.7% 16.7%
2016 Men: 13.7% 13.7%
2017 Men: 12.8% 12.8%
2018 Men: 14.8% 14.8%
2019 Men: 10.3% 10.3%
2020 Men: 40.0% 40.0%
2021 Men: 15.1% 15.1%
2022 Men: 31.5% 31.5%
2023 Men: 12.1% 12.1%
2024 Men: 3.4% 3.4%
2011 Women: 33.3% 33.3%
2012 Women: 75.0% 75.0%
2013 Women: 16.7% 16.7%
2014 Women: 38.7% 38.7%
2015 Women: 33.0% 33.0%
2016 Women: 26.7% 26.7%
2017 Women: 32.4% 32.4%
2018 Women: 21.3% 21.3%
2019 Women: 27.5% 27.5%
2020 Women: 38.5% 38.5%
2021 Women: 21.2% 21.2%
2022 Women: 48.3% 48.3%
2023 Women: 19.7% 19.7%
2024 Women: 20.5% 20.5%
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: 29.7% 29.7%
2012 Black: 80.5% 80.5%
2013 Black: 12.2% 12.2%
2014 Black: 30.0% 30.0%
2015 Black: 26.2% 26.2%
2016 Black: 23.1% 23.1%
2017 Black: 25.7% 25.7%
2018 Black: 16.7% 16.7%
2019 Black: 20.9% 20.9%
2020 Black: 39.4% 39.4%
2021 Black: 18.3% 18.3%
2022 Black: 41.2% 41.2%
2023 Black: 16.1% 16.1%
2024 Black: 12.1% 12.1%
2012 White: 100.0% 100.0%
2013 White: 100.0% 100.0%
2022 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 White: 0.0% 0.0%
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
63.2%
43
30% / 70%
0%
$63,200
75
—
Humanities & Social Sciences
22.1%
15
33% / 67%
0%
$51,523
51
—
Engineering
5.9%
4
50% / 50%
0%
$93,107
96
—
Life & Natural Sciences
5.9%
4
25% / 75%
0%
$58,788
68
—
Computer Science
1.5%
1
100% / 0%
0%
$90,186
95
—
Professional
1.5%
1
0% / 100%
0%
$55,800
62
—
Admissions
Uses Common App
Yes
Acceptance Rate
39%
Yield (Unbound)
8%
Acceptance Rates
In-State
Out-of-State
International
Regular Decision
39%
39%
39%
Acceptance & Yield
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Acceptance: 92.5% 92.5%
2012 Acceptance: 41.7% 41.7%
2013 Acceptance: 58.3% 58.3%
2014 Acceptance: 37.5% 37.5%
2015 Acceptance: 55.1% 55.1%
2016 Acceptance: 38.4% 38.4%
2017 Acceptance: 48.3% 48.3%
2018 Acceptance: 67.4% 67.4%
2019 Acceptance: 39.1% 39.1%
2020 Acceptance: 61.6% 61.6%
2021 Acceptance: 38.8% 38.8%
2022 Acceptance: 45.1% 45.1%
2023 Acceptance: 52.7% 52.7%
2024 Acceptance: 40.5% 40.5%
2011 Yield: 12.6% 12.6%
2012 Yield: 12.9% 12.9%
2013 Yield: 7.7% 7.7%
2014 Yield: 6.6% 6.6%
2015 Yield: 20.3% 20.3%
2016 Yield: 15.5% 15.5%
2017 Yield: 10.5% 10.5%
2018 Yield: 10.2% 10.2%
2019 Yield: 9.8% 9.8%
2020 Yield: 7.1% 7.1%
2021 Yield: 15.3% 15.3%
2022 Yield: 19.6% 19.6%
2023 Yield: 3.1% 3.1%
2024 Yield: 8.2% 8.2%
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: 1,063 1,063
2012 Applicants: 2,446 2,446
2013 Applicants: 1,534 1,534
2014 Applicants: 1,284 1,284
2015 Applicants: 1,596 1,596
2016 Applicants: 3,562 3,562
2017 Applicants: 2,692 2,692
2018 Applicants: 3,567 3,567
2019 Applicants: 3,544 3,544
2020 Applicants: 2,688 2,688
2021 Applicants: 2,531 2,531
2022 Applicants: 4,100 4,100
2023 Applicants: 12,661 12,661
2024 Applicants: 6,338 6,338
2011 Admitted: 983 983
2012 Admitted: 1,020 1,020
2013 Admitted: 895 895
2014 Admitted: 482 482
2015 Admitted: 880 880
2016 Admitted: 1,368 1,368
2017 Admitted: 1,300 1,300
2018 Admitted: 2,403 2,403
2019 Admitted: 1,384 1,384
2020 Admitted: 1,655 1,655
2021 Admitted: 982 982
2022 Admitted: 1,850 1,850
2023 Admitted: 6,676 6,676
2024 Admitted: 2,567 2,567
2011 Enrolled: 124 124
2012 Enrolled: 132 132
2013 Enrolled: 69 69
2014 Enrolled: 32 32
2015 Enrolled: 179 179
2016 Enrolled: 212 212
2017 Enrolled: 136 136
2018 Enrolled: 246 246
2019 Enrolled: 135 135
2020 Enrolled: 117 117
2021 Enrolled: 150 150
2022 Enrolled: 363 363
2023 Enrolled: 204 204
2024 Enrolled: 210 210
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Published SAT Distribution
SAT Composite
600
800
1000
1200
1400
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2015 25th: 613 613
2016 25th: 710 710
2017 25th: 780 780
2018 25th: 731 731
2019 25th: 734 734
2020 25th: 731 731
2021 25th: 780 780
2022 25th: 840 840
2015 75th: 780 780
2016 75th: 960 960
2017 75th: 980 980
2018 75th: 850 850
2019 75th: 843 843
2020 75th: 850 850
2021 75th: 1147 1147
2022 75th: 940 940
SAT Math
300
400
500
600
700
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2015 25th: 310 310
2016 25th: 350 350
2017 25th: 390 390
2018 25th: 381 381
2019 25th: 383 383
2020 25th: 381 381
2021 25th: 380 380
2022 25th: 410 410
2015 75th: 400 400
2016 75th: 470 470
2017 75th: 490 490
2018 75th: 405 405
2019 75th: 401 401
2020 75th: 405 405
2021 75th: 517 517
2022 75th: 470 470
SAT Reading & Writing
300
400
500
600
700
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2015 25th: 303 303
2016 25th: 360 360
2017 25th: 390 390
2018 25th: 350 350
2019 25th: 351 351
2020 25th: 350 350
2021 25th: 400 400
2022 25th: 430 430
2015 75th: 380 380
2016 75th: 490 490
2017 75th: 490 490
2018 75th: 445 445
2019 75th: 442 442
2020 75th: 445 445
2021 75th: 630 630
2022 75th: 470 470
Submitting a Test Score
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2015 Submitted: 78.0% 78.0%
2016 Submitted: 77.0% 77.0%
2017 Submitted: 76.0% 76.0%
2018 Submitted: 74.0% 74.0%
2019 Submitted: 75.0% 75.0%
2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2021 Submitted: 73.0% 73.0%
2022 Submitted: 19.0% 19.0%
2023 Submitted: 3.0% 3.0%
2024 Submitted: 1.0% 1.0%
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.
