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University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Pine Bluff, Arkansas · Public · Four-year · Founded 1873

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.

As the Department of Education lists it

Campus address
1200 N University Mail Slot 4789, Pine Bluff, AR 71601
Control
Public
IPEDS unit id
106412
OPE id
00108600
Federal student aid
Participates in Title IV federal student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
On the map
Not placed on the map: the Census Bureau returned no match. Held on 2026-09-14 until a person resolves the address; no other geocoder was consulted.

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

  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. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

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