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Tuskegee University

School colors: Crimson and old gold

Tuskegee University-Milbank Agricultural Hall
2C2K Photography, 2023-08-09 22:01:07, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tuskegee, Alabama · Founded 1881 · Golden Tigers · Marching Crimson Pipers Band

Private · Four-year · ~2,800 students

www.tuskegee.edu · official site

Founding

Tuskegee University records its founding date as July 4, 1881, authorized by Alabama House Bill 165. Its hospital, opened in 1923, was the first staffed entirely by Black professionals.

Source: History and Mission, Tuskegee University, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

On the record
  • Dr Brown's selection was the first time in Tuskegee's nearly 143-year history that an alum was selected to lead the university. Source, read 2026-09-17.

On the official record

Campus address
Kresge Center, 3rd Floor, Tuskegee, AL 36088-1920
Control
Private not-for-profit
Students
~2,800 students
Directory id
102377
OPE id
00105000
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
Kresge Center, 3rd Floor, Tuskegee, 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 32.4309, -85.708492 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder returned No Match for the address on file, which no longer decides placement.

Across newBWS

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 102377. 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 and Mission, Tuskegee University. https://www.tuskegee.edu/explore/History-and-Mission.html. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Students: 2,846 total, Fall 2023 (2,400 undergraduate, 446 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. Quick Facts and Points of Distinction, Tuskegee University. https://www.tuskegee.edu/explore/Quick-Facts-Points-of-Distinction.html. Read 2026-09-17.
  6. Bands, Tuskegee University. https://www.tuskegee.edu/student-affairs/bands.html. Read 2026-09-17.
  7. About the President, Tuskegee University. https://www.tuskegee.edu/administration/about-the-president.html. Read 2026-09-17.
  8. School colors: Crimson and old gold. Values as stated. Tuskegee University, Wikipedia (revision 1373584941). Read 2026-09-16.
  9. Photograph: 2C2K Photography, 2023-08-09 22:01:07, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tuskegee_University-Milbank_Agricultural_Hall_01.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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