Rankings of Private HBCUs in the US Department of Education's Financial Responsibility Test, 2012-2013
Using institutions' debt, assets, operating surpluses/deficits, the department develops a composite score for each institution. The range of scores is from -1 to 3.0. Scores of 1.5 and above are considered passing. (As an aside, Sweet Briar College which recently announced its imminent closure scored 3.0.) Using the supplied data at the link below, I pulled the scores for private HBCUs and listed them below. Four had scores less than 1.5.
3.0 American Baptist Theological Seminary
3.0 Concordia College Alabama
3.0 Hampton University
3.0 Jarvis Christian College
3.0 Miles College
3.0 Morehouse College
3.0 Morris College
3.0 Oakwood University
3.0 Rust College
3.0 Saint Augustine's College
3.0 Spelman College
3.0 Tougaloo College
3.0 Virginia Union
3.0 Xavier University of Louisiana
2.9 Howard University
2.8 Bethune Cookman University
2.8 Huston-Tillotson College
2.8 Meharry Medical College
2.8 Shaw University
2.8 Talladega College
2.7 Clark Atlanta University
2.7 Livingstone College
2.7 Tuskegee University
2.6 Fisk University
2.5 Edward Waters College
2.5 Johnson C. Smith University
2.5 Lane College
2.5 Texas College
2.4 Paine College
2.3 Dillard
2.3 Shorter College
2.3 Southwestern Christian College
2.2 Philander Smith College
2.2 Voorhees College
2.1 Arkansas Baptist College
2.0 Florida Memorial University
2.0 Wiley College
1.9 Bennett College
1.9 Benedict College
1.9 Claflin University
1.8 Selma University
1.8 Stillman University
1.7 Morehouse School of Medicine
1.6 Interdenominational Theological Center
1.4 Paul Quinn College
1.2 Virginia University of Lynchburg
-0.3 Wilberforce University
-1 Sojourner-Douglas College
http://chronicle.com/article/158-Private-Colleges-Fail/228277/https://studentaid.ed.gov/about/data-center/school/composite-scores
