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 More

University 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.
Graduation Rate: 46% Acceptance Rate: 90% Student Faculty Ratio: 13:1 School Setting: urban Notable Alumni: Langston Hughes,Horace Mann Bond,Kwame Nkrumah,Saara Kuugongelwa,Monte Irvin,Robert L. Carter,Cab Calloway,Gil Scott-Heron,Roscoe Lee Browne,Nnamdi Azikiwe,Nathan Francis Mossell,Aaron Albert Mossell

Academic Programs

  • Registered Nursing
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • 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
  • General Human Services
  • Sociology
  • Accounting
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • 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
  • Criminal Justice and Safety Studies
  • General History
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Registered Nursing
  • Religious Studies
  • General Human Services
  • General Fine and Studio Arts
  • Environmental Science
  • Broadcast Journalism
  • Journalism
  • Biochemistry
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • French Language and Literature
  • Philosophy
  • Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
  • General Educational Leadership and Administration
  • Biophysics and Molecular Biology
  • General Health Services and Allied Health Sciences
  • Information Technology
  • Anthropology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Digital Communication and Multimedia
  • Engineering Science
  • Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Physical Sciences
  • Physiological Psychology and Psychobiology
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • General Biology
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • General Educational Leadership and Administration
  • General Physics
  • Accounting
  • General History
  • General Mathematics
  • Criminal Justice and Safety Studies
  • Registered Nursing
  • Environmental Science
  • Religious Studies
  • General English Language and Literature
  • French Language and Literature
  • General Chemistry
  • General Political Science and Government
  • Sociology
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
  • General Psychology
  • General Music
  • Biochemistry
  • General Finance
  • General Human Services
  • Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs
  • General Educational Leadership and Administration
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • General Biology
  • General Chemistry
  • General Political Science and Government
  • Environmental Science
  • General Physics
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • Registered Nursing
  • Biochemistry
  • Counseling Psychology
  • General English Language and Literature
  • General History
  • General Mathematics
  • General Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Educational Leadership and Administration
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Registered Nursing
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Criminal Justice and Safety Studies
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • 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)
  • 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
  • Iota Phi Theta Fraternity
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