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Clark Atlanta University

Atlanta, Georgia · Private · Four-year · Founded 1865

www.cau.edu · official site

Founding

Clark Atlanta University unites two institutions: Atlanta University, established in 1865 by the American Missionary Association and the nation's first institution to award graduate degrees to African Americans, and Clark College, established in 1869 as the nation's first four-year liberal arts college serving a primarily African American student body. Clark College was chartered and renamed Clark University in 1877.

Source: History, Clark Atlanta University, read 2026-09-14.

As the Department of Education lists it

Campus address
223 James P Brawley Drive, SW, Atlanta, GA 30314
Control
Private not-for-profit
IPEDS unit id
138947
OPE id
00155900
Federal student aid
Participates in Title IV federal student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
On the map
Not placed on the map: the Census Bureau returned a near match, not an exact one (Census proposed: 223 JAMES P BRAWLEY DR NW, ATLANTA, GA, 30314). Held on 2026-09-14 until a person resolves the address; no other geocoder was consulted.

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 138947. 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, Clark Atlanta University. https://www.cau.edu/about/history. 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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