Lincoln University is a public, historically Black, land-grant university in Jefferson City, Missouri. Per Wikipedia it was founded in 1866 as the Lincoln Institute by African-American Civil War veterans, with Richard Foster opening it and James Milton Turner helping found it, and it is the first Black university in the state. Missouri designated it a land-grant school under the Morrill Act of 1890 and it admitted applicants of all ethnicities in 1954. The main campus covers 167 acres and the University Farms 374.68 acres. Enrollment was 1,799 in fall 2023. It offers undergraduate and graduate courses, and its Blue Tigers compete in NCAA Division II, primarily in the Great Lakes Valley Conference since 2024-25. Notable alumni include jazz musicians Oliver Lake and Julius Hemphill, and Althea Gibson was an athletics instructor there in the early 1950s.
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Lincoln announced in 2022 that standardized tests are optional for admission. Some programs may still require ACT/SAT scores.
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820 Chestnut St, Jefferson City, MO 65101, United States, Missouri
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