WASHINGTON — Nearly all of Alabama’s historically Black colleges and universities will receive a share of more than $21 million in new federal funding provided through the U.S. Department of Education.
The investments, which were announced Tuesday during an event at the White House, are part of a larger $174 million one-time infusion of cash for the institutions nationwide.
Alabama is home to the most HBCUs in the country, with 14 located in the state. Thirteen of those HBCUs will receive a total of $21,259,618 under this new investment. Alabama A&M and Alabama State are set to receive the most funds in the state, each getting more than $2.8 million.
The breakdown for Alabama schools, per U.S. Sen. Katie Britt’s office, is as follows:
- Alabama A&M University – $2,831,147
- Alabama State University – $2,873,624
- Bishop State Community College (Carver) – $250,000
- Bishop State Community College (Main) – $1,947,586
- Gadsden State Community College – $500,000
- J.F. Drake State Community and Technical College – $947,755
- Lawson State Community College – $2,120,333
- Miles College – $1,250,191
- Oakwood University – $1,199,509
- Shelton State Community College (Fredd Campus) – $1,161,241
- Stillman College – $1,512,947
- Talladega College – $1,516,171
- Trenholm State Community College – $1,381,133
- Tuskegee University – $1,767,981
“Alabama is home to some of the finest HBCUs and HBCCs in the nation, and the standard of excellence they produce makes these investments well-deserved,” Britt, R-Ala., an appropriator, said in a statement.
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the funding “will help ensure these vital institutions have the resources they need to continue delivering world-class education and to prepare students for success in a rapidly evolving economy.”
The new investment comes after the Trump administration gave another $438 million to HBCUs last year, but those funds were primarily diverted away from other minority serving institutions, the Associated Press reported at the time.
The Trump administration will also provide a total of $61 million in one-time funding to tribal colleges.