University Description
Lincoln University (LU) is a public state-related historically black university (HBCU) near Oxford, Pennsylvania. Founded as the private Ashmun Institute in 1854, it has been a public institution since 1972 and was the United States' first degree-granting HBCU. Its main campus is located on 422 acres near the town of Oxford in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. The university has a second location in the University City area of Philadelphia. Lincoln University provides undergraduate and graduate coursework to approximately 2,000 students. It is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.. Read MoreUniversity History
In 1854, John Miller Dickey, a Presbyterian minister, and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, a Quaker, founded Ashmun Institute, later named Lincoln University, in Hinsonville, Pennsylvania. They named it after Jehudi Ashmun, a religious leader and social reformer. They founded the school for the education of African Americans, who had few opportunities for higher education.Academic Programs
- Accounting
- Elementary Education and Teaching
- General Biology
- General Business Administration and Management
- General Chemistry
- General Computer and Information Sciences
- General English Language and Literature
- General Finance
- General Mathematics
- General Music
- General Physics
- General Political Science and Government
- General Psychology
- Sociology
- Elementary Education and Teaching
- General Biology
- General Business Administration and Management
- General Computer and Information Sciences
- General Physics
- Criminal Justice and Safety Studies
- General History
- Speech Communication and Rhetoric
- Accounting
- General History
- General Mathematics
- Registered Nursing
- Registered Nursing
- Criminal Justice and Safety Studies
- Registered Nursing
- Elementary Education and Teaching
- Religious Studies
- General Human Services
- General Business Administration and Management
- General Fine and Studio Arts
- Environmental Science
- Environmental Science
- Religious Studies
- General Computer and Information Sciences
- General English Language and Literature
- General Computer and Information Sciences
- Registered Nursing
- General Computer and Information Sciences
- Broadcast Journalism
- Journalism
- Biochemistry
- Spanish Language and Literature
- French Language and Literature
- Philosophy
- French Language and Literature
- General Chemistry
- General Political Science and Government
- Sociology
- Spanish Language and Literature
- General Biology
- General Chemistry
- General Political Science and Government
- Religious Studies
- Accounting
- Biochemistry
- Criminal Justice and Safety Studies
- Elementary Education and Teaching
- General Biology
- General History
- General Political Science and Government
- General Psychology
- Spanish Language and Literature
- Speech Communication and Rhetoric
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
- General Human Services
- General Psychology
- Criminal Justice and Safety Studies
- General Business Administration and Management
- General English Language and Literature
- Sociology
- Biophysics and Molecular Biology
- General Health Services and Allied Health Sciences
- Information Technology
- Environmental Science
- General Physics
- General Music
- General Business Administration and Management
- Registered Nursing
- Biochemistry
- General Finance
- Biochemistry
- General English Language and Literature
- General History
- General Mathematics
- General Psychology
- Sociology
- Clinical Psychology
- Sociology
- Anthropology
- Clinical Psychology
- Digital Communication and Multimedia
- Engineering Science
- Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- Physical Sciences
- Physiological Psychology and Psychobiology
- Early Childhood Education and Teaching
- General Business Administration and Management
- General Finance
- Counseling Psychology
- Early Childhood Education and Teaching
- General Business Administration and Management
- General Educational Leadership and Administration
- General Educational Leadership and Administration
- General Educational Leadership and Administration
- General Human Services
- General Business Administration and Management
- Counseling Psychology
- Early Childhood Education and Teaching
- Early Childhood Education and Teaching
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
- General Educational Leadership and Administration
- General Human Services
- General Business Administration and Management
- General Business Administration and Management
- General Finance
- Counseling Psychology
- General Human Services
- Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs
Sports Offered
- Baseball (M)
- Basketball (M)
- Cross Country (M)
- Football (M)
- Track & Field (M)
- Basketball (W)
- Cross Country (W)
- Softball (W)
- Soccer (W)
- Track & Field (W)
- Volleyball (W)
- Cheerleading (M & W)
Greek Life
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
- Iota Phi Theta Fraternity
- Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
- Phi Beta Sigma FraternitySigma Gamma Rho Sorority
- Zeta Phi Beta Sorority

Admissions office
Year Founded
1866
University Mascot
Luther the Lincoln Lion
Address
Lincoln University 1570 Baltimore Pike Lincoln University, PA 19352-0999
Phone number
(484)365-8000