NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Hampton University has been named among the best in historically black colleges across the nation.
U.S. News and World Report released the first-ever ranking today.
Hampton came in at Number Three behind Spelman College in Atlanta and Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Other Virginia schools that made the list included Virginia State University, which came in at Number 15.
Norfolk State University tied for Number 34 out of 34 rankings issued with three other colleges in West Virginia, North Carolina and Alabama.
There are a little more than a hundred historically black colleges and universities across the nation. Scattered mostly across the South, they were typically formed during segregation to serve black students who white schools turned away.
The magazine uses factors like graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, financial resources and alumni giving to determine where to place colleges.
(Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
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