Since its 1865 trailblazing beginning as one of America’s few Black
colleges, Bowie State University has evolved into a multi-level degree
school. As an HBCU, or historical black colleges & universities, it
has an ethnically varied faculty and student population. As part of the
network of African American universities, it gives students of color
in-depth tools for exploring their own culture while preparing them to
work in America’s diverse society.