Educational InstitutionsEducational Organization

Southern University and A & M College

Southern University and A&M College is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. It is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in Louisiana, a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and the flagship institution of the Southern University System. Its campus encompasses 512 acres, with an agricultural experimental station on an additional 372-acre (151-hectare) site, five miles (8.0 km) north of the main campus on Scott's Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section of Baton Rouge.

Identifiers

OPEID6 Six-digit base OPE ID (without the two-digit branch suffix)
2025
OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier, used for federal financial aid program participation
202500
IPEDS UNITID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
160621
DAPIP ID Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs identifier from the U.S. Department of Education
119243

Location

Baton Rouge, LA, 70813

30.524558, -91.190105

Accreditation

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

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