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Stillman(Stillman College)

School colors: Navy Blue & Vegas Gold

A Group of Buildings, Stillman Institute
Historic photograph. Unknown, book in which the image is published in was edited by W. N. Hartshorn and George W. Penniman., 1910, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Tuscaloosa, Alabama · Founded 1876 · Blue Pride Marching Band

Private · Four-year · ~780 students

stillman.edu · official site

Founding

Stillman College began as the Tuskaloosa Institute, founded in 1876. The school took the name Stillman Institute in 1895 to honor its founder at his death.

Source: Stillman at a Glance, Stillman College, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

On the record
  • The college secured SACSCOC approval for its first Master of Business Administration (MBA) program, achieving master's degree-granting status for the first time in its history. Source, read 2026-09-17.
Notable Alumni, as the school lists them
  • Willie J. Williams, United States Marine Corps
From Notable Alumni, Stillman College, read 2026-09-17. Names as the page lists them.

On the official record

Campus address
3601 Stillman Boulevard, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Control
Private not-for-profit
Students
~780 students
Directory id
102270
OPE id
00104400
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
3601 Stillman Boulevard, Tuscaloosa, AL. 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 33.200006, -87.585278 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 102270. 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. Stillman at a Glance, Stillman College. https://stillman.edu/about-us/legacy/stillman-at-a-glance/. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Students: 779 total, Fall 2023 (779 undergraduate, 0 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, Stillman College. https://stillman.edu/. Read 2026-09-17.
  6. Office of the President, Stillman College. https://stillman.edu/about-us/office-of-the-president/. Read 2026-09-17.
  7. Notable Alumni, Stillman College. https://stillman.edu/about-us/institutional-advancement/office-of-alumni-affairs/notable-alumni/. Read 2026-09-17.
  8. School colors: Navy Blue & Vegas Gold. Values as stated. Stillman College, Wikipedia (revision 1373300794). Read 2026-09-16.
  9. Photograph: Unknown, book in which the image is published in was edited by W. N. Hartshorn and George W. Penniman., 1910, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Group_of_Buildings,_Stillman_Institute.jpg. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  10. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

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