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PSU(Philander Smith University)

School colors: Green and gold

U.M. Rose School, Philander Smith University
Valis55, 2015-07-11 14:52:07, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Little Rock, Arkansas · Founded 1877 · Panther

Private · Four-year · ~870 students

www.philander.edu · official site

Founding

Philander Smith University was founded in 1877 as the first attempt west of the Mississippi River to make education available to freedmen. It was chartered as a four-year college on March 3, 1883.

Source: History Through the Years, Philander Smith University, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

Mascot
PantherSource, read 2026-09-17.
On the record
  • The first baccalaureate degree was conferred in 1888. Source, read 2026-09-17.

On the official record

Campus address
900 W. Daisy Bates Drive, Little Rock, AR 72202-3799
Control
Private not-for-profit
Students
~870 students
Directory id
107600
OPE id
00110300
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
900 W. Daisy Bates Drive, Little Rock, AR. 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 34.737131, -92.283015 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder returned Non Exact 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 107600. 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 Through the Years, Philander Smith University. https://www.philander.edu/about/history/. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Visit, Philander Smith University. https://www.philander.edu/admissions/visit/. Read 2026-09-17.
  5. Students: 866 total, Fall 2023 (848 undergraduate, 18 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. History, Philander Smith University. https://www.philander.edu/about/history/. Read 2026-09-17.
  7. School colors: Green and gold. Values as stated. Philander Smith University, Wikipedia (revision 1373413361). Read 2026-09-16.
  8. Photograph: Valis55, 2015-07-11 14:52:07, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.M._Rose_School.JPG. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  9. 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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