University Description

Wilberforce University is a private historically black university in Wilberforce, Ohio. Affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), it was the first college to be owned and operated by African Americans. It participates in the United Negro College Fund.. Read More

University History

Wilberforce College was founded to educate African-American students. Twenty years earlier, a similar plan in New Haven, Connecticut, was met with a near-riot (New Haven Excitement), and was quickly abandoned. (See Simeon Jocelyn.) Discrimination against Blacks was legal, and the white colleges that would accept Black students could be counted on one hand (Grinnell College, Iowa, (1879, first Graduate) Hillsdale College Michigan, the Oneida Institute, the Oberlin Collegiate Institute (later Oberlin College), and New-York Central College).
Graduation Rate: 24% Acceptance Rate: 62% Student Faculty Ratio: 10:1 School Setting: rural Notable Alumni: Lola Cheatham

Academic Programs

  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • Accounting
  • General Biology
  • General Management Information Systems
  • General Marketing and Marketing Management
  • General Political Science and Government
  • General Psychology
  • Social Work
  • Mass Communication
  • Sociology
  • Management
  • Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration
  • General Computer Science
  • General English Language and Literature
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Accounting
  • Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration
  • Electrical
  • Electronics and Communications Engineering
  • General Biology
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • General English Language and Literature
  • General Marketing and Marketing Management
  • General Political Science and Government
  • General Psychology
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • General Computer Science
  • Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
  • General Management Information Systems
  • Mass Communication
  • General Computer Engineering
  • Voice and Opera
  • Health Care Administration and Management
  • Other Business
  • Management
  • Marketing and Related Support Services
  • Other English Language and Literature
  • Information Technology
  • Surveying Engineering
  • Music Theory and Composition
  • International and Intercultural Communication
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
  • General Literature
  • Other Health and Medical Administrative Services
  • General Biology
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • Social Work
  • Accounting
  • Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
  • General English Language and Literature
  • General Management Information Systems
  • General Computer Science
  • General Political Science and Government
  • Sociology
  • Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
  • General Psychology
  • Electrical
  • Electronics and Communications Engineering
  • Health Care Administration and Management
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mass Communication
  • Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration
  • Other Business
  • Management
  • Marketing and Related Support Services
  • Other English Language and Literature
  • General Computer Engineering
  • Information Technology
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • General Biology
  • General Political Science and Government
  • Social Work
  • Electrical
  • Electronics and Communications Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • General Computer Science
  • General English Language and Literature
  • General Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
  • General Computer Engineering
  • Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration
  • Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
  • Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration
  • General Computer Science
  • General English Language and Literature
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Health Care Administration and Management
  • Accounting
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Sports Offered

  • Basketball (M)
  • Basketball (W)
  • Cross Country (M)
  • Cross Country (W)
  • Golf (M)
  • Golf (W)

Greek Life

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