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Fort Valley State University is located in Fort Valley, Georgia a small town in central Georgia in Peach County (near Warner Robins and Macon). It is one of the three large public HBCUs in Georiga along with Albany State and Savannah State.
Fort Valley State University was formed by the combination of two schools in 1939. The Fort Valley High and Industrial School that was a junior college affiliated with the Episcopal Church and the State Teachers and Agricultural College of Forsyth. The former was founded in 1895 which is the founding date FVSU claims. After consolidation, the Episcopal Church relinquished control to the state and it became a public institution and later a land grant college.
Fort Valley is known for its agriculture department and produces the third highest number of grads amongst HBCUs in this discipline.
In a unique case in 1972, FVSU was sued by a group of White plaintiffs on grounds that it must desegregate (Hunnicutt, et al. v. Burge, et al.). The suit's root cause was state Georgia law changes that allowed college students to vote in local elections. The FVSU students voting in Fort Valley almost forced many of the previously all White officials to lose their seats. Soon after a suit was filed claiming that FVSU needed to integrate its students and staff and openly stating that allowing FVSU to remain all Black would maintain its 'inferior' performance as compared to other White public institutions. After a court battle, where the FVSU White professors testified there was no discrimination or bias, the Judge sided with the plantiffs and orderd FVSU to desgregate, even lecturing the FVSU administration that they needed to read Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery to understand the real goal of education in helping students become viable citizens. In the end most of the desgregation only happened with faculty and FVSU still remains 90%+ Black.
Founded: 1895
City, State: Fort Valley, GA
Type: 4-Year Public
Nickname: Wildcats
Enrollment and percent Black enrollment: 2,923 (2,666 undergraduate), 92% Black
Part-time student percentage: 16%
First Generation Student Percentage: 34%
Percentage of students from households under $30k/over $100k: 62% / 4%
Out of State Percentage: 7%
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 21:1
Admissions Acceptance Rate: 72%
4-yr/6-yr graduation rates: 22% / 45%
Transfer out rate: 29%
Male/Female percentages (Female:Male Ratio): 37% male/ 63% female (1.7:1)
Tuition: In-state: $6k, Out-of-state: $17k
Median Federal Debt After Graduation: $31k
Median Parent PLUS Loans After Graduation: $15k
Median Earning 10-Years after 10 years from freshman year: $36k
Median Earnings for specific majors after 3 years after graduation:
Computer Science: $50k, Business Administration: $34k, Biology: $34k
Top Majors by Degrees:
Business Administration, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Biology, Veterinary Program, Computer Science
Endowment: ~$7M
Alumni Engagement: 13% of alumni give back
Athletic Conference: SIAC (NCAA Div II)
Mascot: Wildcat
Notable Alumni:
John W. Blassingame - long-time former head of Yale's African-American studies department
Robert J. Jones - Current (and first Black) chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ted Daniels - president of Society for Financial Education & Professional Development and developer of a financial literacy program for HBCUs
Charles Robinson - President & CEO of President and CEO of Sadie G. Mays Health and Rehabilitation Center in Atlanta (named for Dr. Benjamin Mays' wife)
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Student Center
Wildcat Stadium
HPE Arena
FVSU Blue Machine Marching Band
FVSU Cheerleaders
FVSU Dancing Doll Divas
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