The 10 HBUs with the most students are Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, 11,562 students; North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, 10,498 students; Howard University in Washington, D.C., 10,125 students; Texas Southern University in Houston, 9,540 students; St. Philips College in San Antonio, Texas, 9,256 students; Tennessee State University in Nashville, 9,065 students; Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi, 8,698 students; North Carolina Central University in Durham, 8,383 students; Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas, 8,382 students; and Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 8,288 students.
Florida A&M, founded in 1887, offers more than 60 undergraduate degrees in 94 majors. Its undergraduate programs encompass 10 schools including Allied Health Science, Nursing, Architecture, Business and Industry, and Journalism and Graphic Communications; colleges including Engineering Science, Science and Technology, Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Education; and the Institute of Environmental Sciences.
Florida A&M offers more than 30 master's degrees and 11 doctoral programs. Ph.D. fields include programs in environmental sciences; electrical, chemical, civil, mechanical, biomedical and industrial engineering; physics; pharmaceutical sciences; and education.
North Carolina A&T State University, established in 1891, offers more than 100 undergraduate degree programs and 58 master's degree programs. Academic programs are offered through the Schools of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Business and Economics, Education, Technology, Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, and Nursing, and the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Graduate Studies.
Ph.D. programs include mechanical, industrial and electrical engineering, leadership studies, and environmental and energy systems.
Howard University, founded in 1867, offers more than 100 undergraduate programs in the colleges and schools of Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Health Sciences; Arts and Sciences; Business; Communications; Dentistry; Education; Divinity; Engineering, Architecture and Computer Sciences; Law; Medicine; Social Work; and Graduate Studies.
The school offers 32 master's and 27 Ph.D. programs in African studies and research; anatomy; art history; biochemistry and molecular biology; chemical engineering; chemistry; civil engineering; communication sciences and disorders; communication and culture; economics; electrical and computer engineering; English; genetics; history; mass communications and media studies; mathematics; mechanical engineering; microbiology; nutritional sciences; pharmaceutical sciences; pharmacology; philosophy; physics and astronomy; physiology and biophysics; political science; psychology; social work; sociology and anthropology; systems and computer science; and world languages and culture.