Atlanta Business Chronicle December 29, 2016 Spelman College top HBCU in national ranking for tenth straight year A four-year liberal arts women's college in Atlanta was named the No. 1 HBCU (historically black colleges and universities) in America for the tenth year in a row by U.S. News & World Report. Spelman College (No. 1) in Atlanta beat out Howard University (No. 2) in Washington, D.C. and Hampton University (No. 3) in Hampton, Va. to earn the top spot. According to U.S. News, these historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) were compared only with one another for these rankings. In order to be on the list, a school must be currently designated by the U.S. Department of Education as an HBCU. To qualify for the U.S. News rankings, an HBCU also must be an undergraduate baccalaureate-granting institution that enrolls primarily first-year, first-time students and must be a school that is part of the 2017 Best Colleges rankings. "Spelman College is a private institution that was founded in 1881," U.S. News notes. "It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,144, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 39 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Spelman College's ranking in the 2017 edition of Best Colleges is National Liberal Arts Colleges, 72. Its tuition and fees are $27,314 (2016-17)." Click here<http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/hbcu> for more from U.S. News. SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org/ sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org%3cmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/