Number one producer of African-American aerospace science engineers in the
nation.
A leading producer in the country of African-American engineering graduates in chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering.
The only historically black college or university to maintain academic excellence while supporting a football program that yields a 500 win career record.
Its Doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) in Materials Science and Engineering is the first such program at a historically black college or university.
The only historically black college or university in the nation designated as the
location for a National Center for Bioethics in Research and Hearth Care.
The first nursing baccalaureate program in Alabama and one of the oldest in the United States.
The only college or university campus in the nation to be designated a National
Historic Site by the U.S. Congress.
The only historically black college or university with a fully accredited College of
Veterinary Medicine that offers the Doctoral Degree, and produces over 75% of the African-Americans Veterinarians in the world.
Produced more African-Americans who have become general officers in the
military than any other institution, including the service academies.
The largest producer of African-Americans with baccalaureate degrees in Math,
Science, and Engineering in Alabama.
A Center of Plant Biotechnology Research which educates hundreds of U.S.
scientists as well as trains students and scientists from Ghana, China, Nigeria, and Tanzania to continue the works of Dr. George Washington Carver at today's cutting edge of science and technology.
One of two universities funded by NASA to develop a technology for growing
food in space during human space missions.
The only historically Black college or university and one of only 11 universities
in the world to have been funded and authorized by the W. K. Kellogg
Foundation to develop and manage on its campus a Kellogg Conference Center - the technologically sophisticated hub of Continuing Education and Hospitality/Tourism Management Training.
The first Forest Resource Program in partnership with the U.S. Forestry Service
at an HBCU.
Tuskegee University - "Building the Values that Strengthen America"