COLLEGE
- Founded: 1862
- The 5th oldest HBCU in the United States
- President: Dr. Christian Davis
Enrollment (Fall 2025)
Student body
- Total: 720
- Female: 445 (61.8%)
- Male: 275 (38.2%)
- Full-time students: 597 (82.9%)
- Part-time students: 123 (17.1%)
Ethnicity
- Asian: 0.3%
- American Indian or Alaskan Native 0.4%
- Black or African American: 93.5%
- Hispanic: 1.1%
- U.S. Non-resident: 3.5%
- Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- White, not Hispanic: 1.1%
Age
- Under 18 - (10.3%) (including HPMC)
- 18-24 - (61.1%)
- 25-44 - (21.4%)
- 45-64 - (6.5%)
- 65 and over - (0.7%)
Registration Type
- First-Time Freshmen - 131 - (18.2%)
- Transfer Student - 125 - (17.4%)
- Transient Student - 0 - (0.0%)
- Continuing Students - 464 - (64.4%)
- 65 and over - (0.7%)
Graduation Rate 2025 Cohort:
- 6-year Graduation Rate - (26%)
- 4-year Graduation Rate - (13%)
Retention Rate for Full-time, first-time Fall 2024-2025 Cohort
- (48%)
Top five most popular undergraduate majors
- Business Administration - 224 (12.4%)
- Biology - 89 (12.4%)
- Criminal Justice - 65 (9.0%)
- Computer Science - 40 (5.6%)
- Sociology - 25 (3.5%)
Student level
- Freshmen: 278 (38.6%)
- Sophomore: 151 (21.05)
- Junior: 107 (14.9%)
- Senior: 107 (14.9%)
- Undergraduate Special: 77 (10.7%)
State of Permanent Residence
- Tennessee: 544 (75.6%)
- Mississippi: 35 (4.9%)
- Alabama: 16 (2.2%)
- Arkansas: 15 (2.1%)
- Florida: 11 (1.5%)
- Texas: 11 (1.5%)
Country of Permanent Residence
- United States: 695 (97.5%)
- Pakistan: 7 (1.0%)
- India: 2 (0.3%)
- Niger: 2 (0.3%)
First Semester Transfers by Institution
- Southwest Tennessee Community College: 26 (3.6%)
- University of Memphis: 9 (1.3%)
- Tennessee Technology Center at Memphis: 6 (0.8%)
- Mississippi Valley State University: 4 (0.6%)
- Lane College: 4 (0.6%)
Students Receiving Aid
- Federal Aid: (77.9%)
- State Aid: (33.8%)
- Institutional Aid (22.9%)
Degrees Offered
- Bachelor's degree
- Associate degree
Degrees awarded (2025-2026) (Available August, 2026)
12-month Unduplicated Count Total 2024-2025
- 796
Dual-Enrolled Students - 102
Faculty (Full-time) - 43
Staff (Full-time) - 103
NCAA Athletic Conference Affiliation:
- Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC)
Mission Statement
The mission of LeMoyne-Owen College, a private urban HBCU serving a diverse population of students, is to deliver transformative and inspiring educational experiences to prepare students for a lifetime of leadership, scholarship, service, and success through liberal arts, career, and professional studies using various modalities of teaching and learning at the associates and baccalaureate levels.
Vision Statement
To be an exemplary historically black college providing an excellent liberal arts education that transforms urban students, institutions and communities.
Notable Alumni
- Marion Barry: Politician and civil rights activist who served as the second and fourth Mayor of Washington, D.C.
- Benjamin Hooks: Prominent attorney, Baptist minister, and former executive director of the NAACP.
- Dr. W. W. Herenton: Educator and politician who served as the first African American mayor of Memphis, Tennessee.
- Dr. Larry Robinson: Renowned chemist and former president of Florida A&M University (FAMU).
- Annie Marie Watkins Garraway: Accomplished mathematician whose research significantly advanced modern telecommunications.
- Myron Lowery: Veteran civil rights journalist and former member of the Memphis City Council.
- Lloyd Barbee: Wisconsin-based politician and civil rights activist celebrated for his work to desegregate Milwaukee public schools.
- Dominic Worthen: Standout professional golfer and the first player in SIAC conference history to win Player of the Year, All-Conference, and Championship MVP in a single week.
- Dr. Hugh Gloster: Noted educator and former President of Morehouse College.
- Dr. C. Eric Lincoln: Distinguished author, scholar, and former professor of religion and culture at Duke University.
- Bishop Gilbert E. Patterson: A prominent religious leader who served as International Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), the largest Pentecostal denomination in the U.S., headquartered in Memphis.
- Lois DeBerry: the longest-serving woman in the Tennessee General Assembly, representing the 91st House District in Memphis from 1973 until 2013.
SACSCOC Accreditation Statement
LeMoyne-Owen College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award the baccalaureate degree and the associate degree. Questions about the accreditation of LeMoyne-Owen College may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, by calling (404) 679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC’s website (www.sacscoc.org).
COLLEGE
- Founded: 1862
- The 5th oldest HBCU in the United States
- President: Dr. Christian Davis
Enrollment (Fall 2025)
Student body
- Total: 720
- Female: 445 (61.8%)
- Male: 275 (38.2%)
- Full-time students: 597 (82.9%)
- Part-time students: 123 (17.1%)
Ethnicity
- Asian: 0.3%
- American Indian or Alaskan Native 0.4%
- Black or African American: 93.5%
- Hispanic: 1.1%
- U.S. Non-resident: 3.5%
- Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- White, not Hispanic: 1.1%
Age
- Under 18 - (10.3%) (including HPMC)
- 18-24 - (61.1%)
- 25-44 - (21.4%)
- 45-64 - (6.5%)
- 65 and over - (0.7%)
Registration Type
- First-Time Freshmen - 131 - (18.2%)
- Transfer Student - 125 - (17.4%)
- Transient Student - 0 - (0.0%)
- Continuing Students - 464 - (64.4%)
- 65 and over - (0.7%)
Graduation Rate 2025 Cohort:
- 6-year Graduation Rate - (26%)
- 4-year Graduation Rate - (13%)
Retention Rate for Full-time, first-time Fall 2024-2025 Cohort
- (48%)
Top five most popular undergraduate majors
- Business Administration - 224 (12.4%)
- Biology - 89 (12.4%)
- Criminal Justice - 65 (9.0%)
- Computer Science - 40 (5.6%)
- Sociology - 25 (3.5%)
Student level
- Freshmen: 278 (38.6%)
- Sophomore: 151 (21.05)
- Junior: 107 (14.9%)
- Senior: 107 (14.9%)
- Undergraduate Special: 77 (10.7%)
State of Permanent Residence
- Tennessee: 544 (75.6%)
- Mississippi: 35 (4.9%)
- Alabama: 16 (2.2%)
- Arkansas: 15 (2.1%)
- Florida: 11 (1.5%)
- Texas: 11 (1.5%)
Country of Permanent Residence
- United States: 695 (97.5%)
- Pakistan: 7 (1.0%)
- India: 2 (0.3%)
- Niger: 2 (0.3%)
First Semester Transfers by Institution
- Southwest Tennessee Community College: 26 (3.6%)
- University of Memphis: 9 (1.3%)
- Tennessee Technology Center at Memphis: 6 (0.8%)
- Mississippi Valley State University: 4 (0.6%)
- Lane College: 4 (0.6%)
Students Receiving Aid
- Federal Aid: (77.9%)
- State Aid: (33.8%)
- Institutional Aid (22.9%)
Degrees Offered
- Bachelor's degree
- Associate degree
Degrees awarded (2025-2026) (Available August, 2026)
12-month Unduplicated Count Total 2024-2025
- 796
Dual-Enrolled Students - 102
Faculty (Full-time) - 43
Staff (Full-time) - 103
NCAA Athletic Conference Affiliation:
- Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC)
Mission Statement
The mission of LeMoyne-Owen College, a private urban HBCU serving a diverse population of students, is to deliver transformative and inspiring educational experiences to prepare students for a lifetime of leadership, scholarship, service, and success through liberal arts, career, and professional studies using various modalities of teaching and learning at the associates and baccalaureate levels.
Vision Statement
To be an exemplary historically black college providing an excellent liberal arts education that transforms urban students, institutions and communities.
- Marion Barry: Politician and civil rights activist who served as the second and fourth Mayor of Washington, D.C.
- Benjamin Hooks: Prominent attorney, Baptist minister, and former executive director of the NAACP.
- Dr. W. W. Herenton: Educator and politician who served as the first African American mayor of Memphis, Tennessee.
- Dr. Larry Robinson: Renowned chemist and former president of Florida A&M University (FAMU).
- Annie Marie Watkins Garraway: Accomplished mathematician whose research significantly advanced modern telecommunications.
- Myron Lowery: Veteran civil rights journalist and former member of the Memphis City Council.
- Lloyd Barbee: Wisconsin-based politician and civil rights activist celebrated for his work to desegregate Milwaukee public schools.
- Dominic Worthen: Standout professional golfer and the first player in SIAC conference history to win Player of the Year, All-Conference, and Championship MVP in a single week.
- Dr. Hugh Gloster: Noted educator and former President of Morehouse College.
- Dr. C. Eric Lincoln: Distinguished author, scholar, and former professor of religion and culture at Duke University.
- Bishop Gilbert E. Patterson: A prominent religious leader who served as International Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), the largest Pentecostal denomination in the U.S., headquartered in Memphis.
- Lois DeBerry: the longest-serving woman in the Tennessee General Assembly, representing the 91st House District in Memphis from 1973 until 2013.
SACSCOC Accreditation Statement
LeMoyne-Owen College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award the baccalaureate degree and the associate degree. Questions about the accreditation of LeMoyne-Owen College may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, by calling (404) 679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC’s website (www.sacscoc.org).
