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Alcorn(Alcorn State University)

School colors: Purple and gold

Alcorn State Administration Building
2C2K Photography, 2021-12-04 18:18:33, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Alcorn State, Mississippi · Founded 1871

Public · Four-year · ~2,900 students

www.alcorn.edu · official site

Founding

Alcorn University was founded in 1871 through the efforts of the people of Mississippi to educate the descendants of formerly enslaved Africans. The state bought the campus of Oakland College, a Presbyterian school established in 1828, for $40,000 and named the new institution Alcorn University.

Source: History, Alcorn State University, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

On the record
  • From our founding as the nation's first public historically black land-grant institution to creating great advantages and opportunities for our students. Source, read 2026-09-17.

On the official record

Campus address
1000 ASU Dr Ste 359, Alcorn State, MS 39096-7500
Control
Public
Students
~2,900 students
Directory id
175342
OPE id
00239600
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
1000 ASU Dr Ste 359, Alcorn State, MS. See it on the Ledger map.
Where this location comes fromCampus location from IPEDS 2024-25This campus location comes from the federal IPEDS 2024-25 record, used as published, so the pin on the map is the campus.IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 collection, file dated 2025-09-21, retrieved 2026-09-14: coordinate 31.877216, -91.142854 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder returned Non Exact for the address on file, which no longer decides placement.

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Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 provisional data collection. Unit id 175342. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/HD2024.zip. File dated 2025-09-21.
  2. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education. Higher Education Programs Eligibility Matrix, sheet 'HBCU', dated 2026-06-08. https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fy-2026-higher-education-programs-eligibility-matrix-june-8-2026-114185.xlsx.
  3. History, Alcorn State University. https://www.alcorn.edu/discover-alcorn/history/. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Students: 2,894 total, Fall 2023 (2,432 undergraduate, 462 graduate). IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2023, derived variables (DRVEF2023). https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/DRVEF2023.zip. File dated 2024-09-30, read 2026-09-17.
  5. Home, Alcorn State University. https://www.alcorn.edu/. Read 2026-09-17.
  6. School colors: Purple and gold. Values as stated. Alcorn State University, Wikipedia (revision 1369439212). Read 2026-09-16.
  7. Photograph: 2C2K Photography, 2021-12-04 18:18:33, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alcorn_State_Administration_Building.jpg. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  8. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

Enrollment is the official 2023 count, rounded. Tap a school for its source.

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