Lincoln University

About Lincoln University

Lincoln University, the nation’s first degree-granting Historically Black College and University (HBCU), educates and empowers students to lead their communities and change the world. Lincoln offers a diverse student body of approximately 2,200 men and women more than 35 liberal arts and science-based undergraduate programs and select graduate programs to meet the needs of those living in a highly technological and global society. The University possesses an international reputation for preparing and producing world-class leaders such as Langston Hughes '29, the noted poet; Thurgood Marshall '30, the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice; Nnamdi Azikiwe '30, the first president of Nigeria; Kwame Nkrumah '39, the first president of Ghana; Lillian Fishburne '71, the first African American woman promoted to rear admiral in the U.S. Navy; Sheila Oliver ’74, the lieutenant governor of New Jersey; Saara Kuugongelwa '94, the first female prime minister of Namibia; and a myriad of others.

Website	http://lincoln.edu
Employees	1,001-5,000 employees View all Lincoln University employees
Industry	Higher Education
Location	1570 Baltimore Pike, Lincoln University, PA, 19352-0999, US
Founded	1854