Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science is located in Los Angeles, California and is named after the African American Physician Dr. Charles R. Drew. The campus consists of 10 acres of land that includes a high school, elementary school, daycare facility and bio-medical library among other things. It offers a college of medicine, college of science and health, school of nursing and maintains a medical partnership with the University of California Los Angeles.
Located in Washington, D.C., Howard University was founded in 1867 and is named after one of its founders, Civil War hero General Oliver O. Howard. It offers undergraduate studies in arts and science, business, communications, dentistry, divinity, education, engineering, architecture and computer science. In addition, Howard University offers graduate programs in law, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, allied waste sciences and social work.
Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia and Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland are other notable universities on the East Coast.
Grambling State University is located in Grambling, Louisiana; it was founded in 1901 by the North Louisiana Colored Agriculture Relief Association. It offers degree programs in accounting, education, chemistry, computer science, criminal justice, marketing, music and theater among other fields. Campus housing at Grambling consists of seven-male, eight-female and six-coed dormitories. The school also offers 11 apartment style housing options.
Florida A&M University in Florida; Morehouse College and Spelman College in Atlanta; and Tuskeegee University in Alabama are other colleges and universities in the southern region of the United States.
Central State University is located in the Midwestern region of the United States in Wilberforce, Ohio. It offers arts and sciences studies in the areas of fine and performing arts, humanities and natural science, mathematics and computers and social and behavorial science. It also offers business and industry degrees in accounting and economics, business administration and manufacturing engineering. Central State University has residency housing available for 1,050 students and a free transportation service to local shopping areas, airports and bus stations among other features.
Other colleges in the Midwest include Lewis College of Business in Detroit, Michigan and Harris-Stowe State College in St. Louis, Missouri.