University Description

Lane College is a private historically black college associated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and located in Jackson, Tennessee. It offers associate and baccalaureate degrees in the arts and sciences.. Read More

University History

Lane College was founded in 1882 by the Colored Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) Church in America as the C.M.E. High School. It was named after Methodist Bishop Isaac Lane who co-founded the school. Planning for the school had begun in 1878, but the school's establishment was delayed by a yellow fever epidemic in the region in 1878.
Graduation Rate: 22% Acceptance Rate: 66% Student Faculty Ratio: 15:1 School Setting: urban Notable Alumni: Jacoby Jones,Fred Lane,Jason Brookins,Donald L. Hollowell,Reco Chapple,Edward Williams,Jackie Chambers,Chuck Rainey,Fatima Massaquoi,Buster Jones,Simon Haley,Beebe Steven Lynk

Academic Programs

  • General Business Administration and Management
  • Religious Studies
  • Criminal Justice and Safety Studies
  • General Biology
  • General History
  • Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
  • Mass Communication
  • Sociology
  • General Biology
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General Chemistry
  • General English Language and Literature
  • General Mathematics
  • General Music
  • General Physics
  • Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
  • Sociology
  • Criminal Justice and Safety Studies
  • General Computer Science
  • General History
  • Mass Communication
  • Religious Studies
  • Other Chemistry
  • French Language and Literature
  • General Biology
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General Physics
  • General History
  • General Mathematics
  • Criminal Justice and Safety Studies
  • Religious Studies
  • General English Language and Literature
  • French Language and Literature
  • General Chemistry
  • General Computer Science
  • Other Chemistry
  • Sociology
  • Mass Communication
  • General Music
  • Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
  • General Biology
  • General Chemistry
  • General Physics
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General Computer Science
  • General English Language and Literature
  • General History
  • General Mathematics
  • Sociology
  • Criminal Justice and Safety Studies
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General Computer Science
  • General English Language and Literature
  • Sociology
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Sports Offered

  • Baseball (M)
  • Softball (W)
  • Basketball (M)
  • Basketball (W)
  • Cross Country (M)
  • Cross Country (W)
  • Tennis (M)
  • Tennis (W)
  • Volleyball (W)
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Greek Life

  • Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
  • Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
  • Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
  • Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
  • Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
  • Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
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