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Langston University

School colors: Blue and orange

Langston University - Campus Building
2C2K Photography, 2018-06-28 12:27:46, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Langston, Oklahoma · Founded 1897 · Marching Pride Band

Public · Four-year · ~1,900 students

www.langston.edu · official site

Founding

Langston University was founded as a land-grant college under the Morrill Act of 1890 and established by House Bill 151 on March 12, 1897, as the Colored Agricultural and Normal University. Instruction began on September 3, 1898, in a Presbyterian church in Langston with an initial budget of $5,000.

Source: History, Langston University, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

On the record
  • Established in 1897 as a public land-grant institution Source, read 2026-09-17.

On the official record

Campus address
701 Sammy Davis Jr. Drive, Langston, OK 73050
Control
Public
Students
~1,900 students
Directory id
207209
OPE id
00315700
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
701 Sammy Davis Jr. Drive, Langston, OK. 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 35.943982, -97.260317 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 207209. 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, Langston University. https://langston.edu/about/history/. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Students: 1,910 total, Fall 2023 (1,743 undergraduate, 167 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, Langston University. https://www.langston.edu/. Read 2026-09-17.
  6. At a Glance, Langston University. https://langston.edu/about/at-a-glance. Read 2026-09-17.
  7. School colors: Blue and orange. Values as stated. Langston University, Wikipedia (revision 1368317779). Read 2026-09-16.
  8. Photograph: 2C2K Photography, 2018-06-28 12:27:46, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Langston_University_-_Campus_Building.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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