Peer Institutions

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness utilized IPEDS and various datasets to propose a peer institution list. After discussions with the President’s Cabinet, the list was presented to and approved by the Board of Trustees during the February 2024 meeting. 

The approved peer institutions are:

• Bennett College (NC)
• Bethune-Cookman University (FL)
• Clinton College (SC)
• Davidson College (NC)
• Dillard University (LA)
• Johnson C. Smith University (NC)
• Livingstone College (NC)
• Morris Brown College (GA)
• Oakwood University (AL)
• Paine College (GA)
• Paul Quinn College (TX)
• Shorter College (AK)
• Rust College (MS)
• Virginia Union University (VA)
• Virginia University of Lynchburg (VA)