FAMU Accrediting Data:
Rankings:
- FAMU was named one of the Best Colleges in the Southeast in The Princeton Review 2012 edition.
- In September 2011, FAMU was named one of Forbes magazine's 2011 Best Colleges in the Nation in their annual ranking of top universities.
- FAMU was ranked as the No. 1 public historically black college and university in the 2012 U.S. News and World Report college ranking for HBCUs.
- In September 2011, Washington Monthly magazine ranked FAMU as one of the "Top 100 National Universities." This was FAMU's second consecutive year making the list.
- The National Academies ranked FAMU as the No. 1 institution of origin
for African-Americans who go one to earn their Ph.D. in natural science
and engineering.
Alumni of Distinction:
Pam Oliver, Sideline Reporter Anika Noni Rose, Actress Althea Gibson, Tennis Player Corinne Brown, Congresswoman
Senator Alfred Lawson Kendrick Meek, Congressman Bernard Kinsey, Kinsey Collection Common, Entertainer
Recommendations for Future Research
FAMU calculates their institutional graduation rates based on a six year degree mapping plan. Below are the graduation rates for students under the most recent cohorts: 2004 and 2005. The students under this cohort have tentative mapping plans for a 2010 and 2011 graduation date. Future research needs to further assess the needs for a national calculation rate of six years for HBCUs instead of the current rate of four years. If this data is taken into consideration, the state of HBCUs might not appear so abysmal.
Below find a link for the complete research proposal for "Are Historically Black Colleges and Universities Relevant in the 21st Century?" for a more detailed outline of previous research on HBCUs, the methodology used for this case study and findings that should serve as a guide for future research on this topic.
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