Talladega College students collect an annual average of $7,815 in scholarship aid, ranking third nationally among more than 250 private colleges and universities surveyed by the Student Loan Report for its annual list of the top aid-attracting campuses.
Other historically black colleges and universities also making the list include Tuskegee University (43), Saint Augustine’s University (82), Morehouse College (96), Texas College (147) and Florida Memorial University (167).
The average annual cost of a private four-year school now exceeds more than $33,000, and HBCU students accounted for more than $3.4 billion in federal student aid disbursements in 2013.
