Southern listed in HBCU 'top tier' by U.S. News & World Report

Southern University broke into the top tier of “America’s Best Black Colleges” in the second year of U.S. News & World Report's scoring of historically black colleges and universities. LSU was also noted in the annual listing.

Southern Chancellor Kofi Lomotey said he is “extremely pleased” to move in to the top tier of black colleges after being in the second grouping last year. “I believe Southern should be higher, but it is on Southern to demonstrate that,” Lomotey said, citing the need for improvements from academics to customer service. “And I think we will be higher."

“We are going to work tirelessly to continue to move up,” he said.

For local coverage, see the article on 2theadvocate.com or view the education section of U.S. News & World Report.