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Bethune-Cookman University

Daytona Beach, Florida · Private · Four-year · Founded 1904

www.cookman.edu · official site

Founding

Bethune-Cookman University began on October 3, 1904, when Mary McLeod Bethune opened the Daytona Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls. The university carries her name in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Source: About, Bethune-Cookman University, read 2026-09-14.

As the Department of Education lists it

Campus address
640 Dr Mary McLeod Bethune Blvd, Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3099
Control
Private not-for-profit
IPEDS unit id
132602
OPE id
00146700
Federal student aid
Participates in Title IV federal student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
On the map
Placed on the Ledger map by an exact match from the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder on 2026-09-14: 640 DR MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE BLVD, DAYTONA BEACH, FL, 32114. See it on the Ledger map.

No enrollment figure is published on this page. The Ledger prints one only with a dated NCES citation, and none is attached to this record.

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 132602. 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. About, Bethune-Cookman University. https://www.cookman.edu/about/index.html. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

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