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Huston-Tillotson University

School colors: Maroon & gold

AgardLovinggood, Huston-Tillotson University
WhisperToMe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Austin, Texas · Founded 1875

Private · Four-year · ~1,000 students

www.htu.edu · official site

Founding

Huston-Tillotson University was founded in 1875. It states that it is Austin's first institution of higher education and the city's only historically Black college or university.

Source: Huston-Tillotson University Ranked #1 HBCU in Texas by Niche, Huston-Tillotson University, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

Motto
In union, strengthSource, read 2026-09-17.
On the record
  • The first institution of higher learning in the city of Austin, TX. Source, read 2026-09-17.

On the official record

Campus address
900 Chicon St, Austin, TX 78702-2795
Control
Private not-for-profit
Students
~1,000 students
Directory id
225575
OPE id
00357700
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
900 Chicon St, Austin, TX. 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 30.264667, -97.721691 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder also matched this address exactly on 2026-09-14.

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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 225575. 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. Huston-Tillotson University Ranked #1 HBCU in Texas by Niche, Huston-Tillotson University. https://htu.edu/huston-tillotson-university-ranked-1-hbcu-in-texas-9-in-the-nation-by-niche/. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. History, Huston-Tillotson University. https://htu.edu/about/history. Read 2026-09-17.
  5. Students: 1,029 total, Fall 2023 (982 undergraduate, 47 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. Office of the President, Huston-Tillotson University. https://htu.edu/president/. Read 2026-09-17.
  7. School colors: Maroon & gold. Values as stated. Huston-Tillotson University, Wikipedia (revision 1373407984). Read 2026-09-16.
  8. Photograph: WhisperToMe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AgardLovinggood.JPG. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  9. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

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