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Savannah State University

School colors: Burnt orange and reflex blue

Hill Hall (Savannah State U) from SE
Ammodramus, 2015-01-25 09:42:28, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Savannah, Georgia · Founded 1890

Public · Four-year · ~3,100 students

www.savannahstate.edu · official site

Founding

Savannah State University was established in 1890 under the Second Morrill Land Grant Act, which required southern and border states to develop land-grant colleges for Black citizens. Its first president was appointed in 1891, and the school opened with five faculty members and eight students.

Source: History, Savannah State University, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

On the record
  • Savannah State University's story began in 1890, making history as Georgia's first public historically Black college and university. Source, read 2026-09-17.

On the official record

Campus address
3219 College Street, Savannah, GA 31404-5310
Control
Public
Students
~3,100 students
Directory id
140960
OPE id
00159000
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
3219 College Street, Savannah, GA. 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 32.024781, -81.063377 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 140960. 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, Savannah State University. https://savannahstate.edu/history/. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Students: 3,078 total, Fall 2023 (2,857 undergraduate, 221 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. About, Savannah State University. https://savannahstate.edu/about/. Read 2026-09-17.
  6. School colors: Burnt orange and reflex blue. Values as stated. Savannah State University, Wikipedia (revision 1372960829). Read 2026-09-16.
  7. Photograph: Ammodramus, 2015-01-25 09:42:28, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hill_Hall_(Savannah_State_U)_from_SE_1.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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