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Coppin(Coppin State University)

School colors: Blue and gold

J. Millard Tawes Student Center, Coppin State University, 2500 W. North Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216
Baltimore Heritage from Baltimore, MD, USA, 2017-03-24 13:22, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Baltimore, Maryland · Founded 1900 · Eagle

Public · Four-year · ~2,100 students

www.coppin.edu · official site

Founding

Coppin State University was founded in 1900 for teacher education. It describes itself as a comprehensive historically Black institution.

Source: Vision, Mission and Goals, Coppin State University, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

Mascot
EagleSource, read 2026-09-17.

On the official record

Campus address
2500 West North Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216-3698
Control
Public
Students
~2,100 students
Directory id
162283
OPE id
00206800
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
2500 West North Avenue, Baltimore, MD. 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 39.311258, -76.658687 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder returned No Match 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 162283. 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. Vision, Mission and Goals, Coppin State University. https://www.coppin.edu/about/vision-mission-and-goals. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Coppin Pride, Coppin State University. https://www.coppin.edu/about/coppin-pride. Read 2026-09-17.
  5. Students: 2,101 total, Fall 2023 (1,810 undergraduate, 291 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.
  6. School colors: Blue and gold. Values as stated. Coppin State University, Wikipedia (revision 1368442037). Read 2026-09-16.
  7. Photograph: Baltimore Heritage from Baltimore, MD, USA, 2017-03-24 13:22, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J._Millard_Tawes_Student_Center,_Coppin_State_University,_2500_W._North_Avenue,_Baltimore,_MD_21216_(27241897889).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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