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Spelman College At-A-Glance
Our Campus
- Private, historically Black college and global leader in the education of women of African descent
- Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary
- Proud member of the Atlanta University Center Consortium
Academics
- Undergraduate Programs: 34 bachelor's degrees with many concentrations; 46 minors
- 2,712 students from 41 states and 8 foreign countries
- Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 11:1
- 77% Graduation Rate
- 19% Acceptance Rate
- 31% of students choose to attend graduate school
Pride Points
- Forbes Magazine’s #2 RANKED HBCU IN THE NATION
- LinkedIn’s #3 Ranked HBCU for Long-Term Career Success
- A leading producer of Gilman Scholars and Fulbright Fellows
- Recognized by the National Science Foundation as the #1 producer of Black women who complete Ph.D.s in STEM fields
- Admitted student profile (avg.): 4.0 GPA, 25 ACT score, 1198 SAT score
- Alumnae consist of Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, leading scientists, actors, artists and world-class business leaders
U.S. News & World Report Distinctions
- No. 1 in Best Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- No. 2 in Top Performers on Social Mobility
- No. 13 in Learning Communities
- No. 31 in Top Private Colleges – National Liberal Arts Colleges (tied)
- No. 34 in National Liberal Arts Colleges (tied)
- No. 22 in Writing in the Disciplines (tied)
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About Spelman College
Founded in 1881, Spelman College is a leading liberal arts college widely recognized as the global leader in the education of women of African descent. Located in Atlanta, the College’s picturesque campus is home to 2,300 students. Spelman is the country's leading producer of Black women who complete Ph.D.s in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The College’s status is confirmed by the U.S. News & World Report, which ranked Spelman No. 37 among all liberal arts colleges, tied at No. 34 for most innovative school, tied at No. 33 for undergraduate teaching, No. 7 for best learning community, No. 2 for social mobility among liberal arts colleges, and No. 1 for the 19th year among historically Black colleges and universities. Recent initiatives include a designation by the Department of Defense as a Center of Excellence for Minority Women in STEM, a Gender and Sexuality Studies Institute, the first endowed queer studies chair at an HBCU and a program to increase the number of Black women Ph.D.s in economics. New majors and minors have been added, including documentary filmmaking and photography, data science, refugee studies and gaming. Collaborations have been also established with MIT’s Media Lab, the Broad Institute and the Army Research Lab for artificial intelligence and machine learning, among others.
Outstanding alumnae include Children’s Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman, former Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Rosalind Brewer, political leader Stacey Abrams, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa D. Cook, former Acting Surgeon General and Spelman’s first alumna president Audrey Forbes Manley, Harvard University professor and former Dean Evelynn Hammonds, actress and producer Latanya Richardson Jackson, global bioinformatics geneticist Janina Jeff and authors Pearl Cleage and Tayari Jones.
To learn more, please visit spelman.edu and @spelmancollege on social media.
Downloadable Video B-Roll Reel
Utilize this video as b-roll for news stories covering Spelman College, our students or President Brewer. It features clips from the campus, including aerial views, signage, and classroom footage.