Savannah State University
Savannah, Georgia · Public · Four-year · Founded 1890
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.
As the Department of Education lists it
- Campus address
- 3219 College Street, Savannah, GA 31404-5310
- Control
- Public
- IPEDS unit id
- 140960
- OPE id
- 00159000
- Federal student aid
- Participates in Title IV federal student aid
- Title III Part B list, FY 2026
- Listed
- On the map
- Placed on the Ledger map by an exact match from the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder on 2026-09-14: 3219 COLLEGE ST, SAVANNAH, GA, 31404. See it on the Ledger map.
No enrollment figure is published on this page. The Ledger prints one only with a dated NCES citation, and none is attached to this record.
Sources
- 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.
- 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.
- History, Savannah State University. https://savannahstate.edu/history/. Read 2026-09-14.
- U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.
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