The Experts' Choice: Colleges Right for Black Students

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* Green "Yes, connect me!" buttons indicate a featured school

California, U of, System
Agnes Scott College (Decatur, GA)

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Amherst College (Amherst, MA)
Aurora University (Aurora, IL)
Ball State University (Muncie, IN)
Barnard College (New York, NY)
Baylor University (Waco, TX)
Beloit College (Beloit, WI)
Biola University (La Mirada, CA)
Boston University (Boston, MA)

Yes, connect me!
Colby College (Waterville, ME)
Columbia University (New York, NY)

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DePauw University (Greencastle, IN)
Furman University (Greenville, SC)
Grinnell College (Grinnell, IA)
Guilford College (Greensboro, NC)
Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
Houston Christian University (Houston, TX)

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John Brown University (Siloam Springs, AR)
Knox College (Galesburg, IL)
Lindenwood University (St. Charles, MO)
Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
Mercer University (Macon, GA)
Mills College (Oakland, CA)
Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, MA)
New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, NJ)
New York University (New York, NY)

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Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH)
Pitzer College (Claremont, CA)
Purdue University — West Lafayette (West Lafayette, IN)
Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL)
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey — New Brunswick (Piscataway, NJ)

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Smith College (Northampton, MA)
Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
The Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
The George Washington University (Washington, DC)

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Tufts University (Medford, MA)
University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, MD)
University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
University of Michigan — Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI)

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, NC)
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)

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University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
University of Washington, Seattle (Seattle, WA)
University of Wisconsin — Madison (Madison, WI)
Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY)
Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
Wayne State University (Detroit, MI)

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Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT)
Williams College (Williamstown, MA)
Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH)

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