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UAPB(University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff)

School colors: Black and gold

John Brown Watson Memorial Library Building, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Valis55, 2016-05-29 17:54:54, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pine Bluff, Arkansas · Founded 1873 · The Lion · M4 Marching Band

Public · Four-year · ~2,100 students

www.uapb.edu · official site

Founding

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff traces its roots to 1873, when it was established as Branch Normal College, a department of Arkansas Industrial University, to train African American teachers. The school opened on September 27, 1875, with seven students.

Source: History of the Pride, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

Mascot
The LionSource, read 2026-09-17.
On the record
  • The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is a public comprehensive HBCU 1890 Land-Grant Institution. Source, read 2026-09-17.

On the official record

Campus address
1200 N University Mail Slot 4789, Pine Bluff, AR 71601
Control
Public
Students
~2,100 students
Directory id
106412
OPE id
00108600
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
1200 N University Mail Slot 4789, Pine Bluff, 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 34.244031, -92.018683 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder returned No Match 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 106412. 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 of the Pride, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. https://uapb.edu/about/history-of-the-pride/. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Historical Milestones, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. https://uapb.edu/about/history-of-the-pride/historical-milestones/. Read 2026-09-17.
  5. Students: 2,100 total, Fall 2023 (1,905 undergraduate, 195 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. We Are the Pride, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. https://uapb.edu/about/we-are-the-pride/. Read 2026-09-17.
  7. About, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. https://uapb.edu/about/. Read 2026-09-17.
  8. School colors: Black and gold. Values as stated. University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Wikipedia (revision 1373177882). Read 2026-09-16.
  9. Photograph: Valis55, 2016-05-29 17:54:54, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Brown_Watson_Memorial_Library_Building.jpg. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  10. 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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