Alcorn State University is a public, historically Black, land-grant research university near Lorman in Claiborne County, Mississippi. It was founded in 1871 as Alcorn University during Reconstruction and was the first Black land-grant college in the United States. It was named for former governor James L. Alcorn, renamed Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1878, and became Alcorn State University in 1974. The campus covers about 1,756 acres, with additional sites in Natchez and Vicksburg. It is known for its nursing program, described as the only comprehensive one at a Mississippi HBCU, and for its marching band, the Sounds of Dyn-O-mite. The Braves compete in NCAA Division I. Freshman admission is tied to the Mississippi College Preparatory Curriculum plus a GPA or test score route.
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Alcorn State offers several routes to full freshman admission, all requiring the College Preparatory Curriculum (CPC).
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Location
1000 Asu Dr, Lorman, MS 39096, United States, Mississippi
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