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Paul Quinn College

School colors: Purple, Black & Gold

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2C2KPhotography, 2019-10-21 20:49:45, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Dallas, Texas · Founded 1872

Private · Four-year · ~600 students

paulquinn.edu · official site

Founding

Paul Quinn College was founded on April 4, 1872, by the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas, as the Connectional School for the Education of Negro Youth. It moved to Waco in 1877 and was chartered by the State of Texas as Paul Quinn College in 1880.

Source: Mission, Vision and History, Paul Quinn College, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

Motto
WE over MeSource, read 2026-09-17.

On the official record

Campus address
3837 Simpson Stuart Rd, Dallas, TX 75241
Control
Private not-for-profit
Students
~600 students
Directory id
227429
OPE id
00360200
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
3837 Simpson Stuart Rd, Dallas, 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 32.678837, -96.755778 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 227429. 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. Mission, Vision and History, Paul Quinn College. https://paulquinn.edu/mission-vision-history/. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Prospective Students, Paul Quinn College. https://paulquinn.edu/prospective-students/. Read 2026-09-17.
  5. Students: 602 total, Fall 2023 (600 undergraduate, 2 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: Purple, Black & Gold. Values as stated. Paul Quinn College, Wikipedia (revision 1368433876). Read 2026-09-16.
  7. Photograph: 2C2KPhotography, 2019-10-21 20:49:45, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paulquinncollege2.jpg. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  8. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

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