1570 Baltimore Pike
P.O. Box 179
Lincoln University, PA 19352

Established in 1854, Lincoln University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the country's first historically black university. Its long list of distinguished alumni includes physicians, attorneys, educators, business leaders, theologians, and heads of state. This Pennsylvania university offers dozens of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in numerous areas of the liberal arts and sciences.

Academic offerings at Lincoln University include undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the humanities, natural sciences and mathematics, and social science and behavioral studies. Undergraduate majors include biology, business, criminal justice, education, foreign language, history, political science, pre-law, and visual and performing arts. Graduate study areas include human services, school administration, business administration, and education.

As one of the most prestigious institutions in the history of education in America, Lincoln University continues its legacy of preparing students to be the leaders of the future. In this increasingly interconnected world, the degree programs at Lincoln University prepare students well to be upstanding citizens of a global community.

Quick Facts:

Among Lincoln University's distinguished alumni are poet Langston Hughes, actor Roscoe Lee Browne, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.

During its first century, Lincoln University graduated 20% of the country's black physicians and 10% of the country's black attorneys.

Lincoln University is the first university to have produced a publication for its alumni (1884).

Sports at Lincoln University include baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, soccer, tennis, and track and field.

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