_College Education._—No type of education has meant more to the colored people than college education. There are however very few institutions of college grade among colored schools. Many institutions are called colleges, but they have not been able to do real college work. According to the recent report of the Bureau of Education, only 33 of the private and State schools for colored people are doing work of college grade. These institutions are classified into three groups. The following table presents the facts for these institutions: ──────────────────────────┬──────────────┬───────┬─────────────┬─────── Characterization and Name │ │College│ │ Other of College. │ Support. │Pupils.│Professional.│Pupils. ──────────────────────────┼──────────────┼───────┼─────────────┼─────── _All Colleges_ │ │ 1,952│ 1,093│ 10,089 “_Colleges_” │ │ 722│ 972│ 717 Fisk University │Independent │ 188│ │ 317 Howard University │Federal │ 534│ 467│ 400 Meharry Medical School │Independent │ │ 505│ “_Secondary and College_” │ │ 675│ 22│ 4,789 Atlanta University │Independent │ 44│ │ 542 Benedict College │Baptist │ 45│ │ 462 Bishop College │ „ │ 42│ │ 329 Claflin College │Methodist │ 26│ │ 788 │United │ │ │ Knoxville College │ Presbyterian│ 30│ │ 207 Lincoln University │Presbyterian │ 130│ │ 86 Morehouse College │Baptist │ 49│ │ 246 Morgan College │Methodist │ 26│ │ 55 Shaw University │Baptist │ 24│ 22│ 175 Talladega College │Congregational│ 45│ │ 516 Tougaloo University │ „ │ 20│ │ 424 Wilberforce University │A. M. E. │ 65│ │ 128 Wilberforce C. N. & I. │ │ │ │ Department │State │ 40│ │ 191 Wiley College │Methodist │ 38│ │ 346 Virginia Union University │Baptist │ 51│ │ 204 “_College Subjects_” │ │ 246│ │ 4,583 Arkansas Baptist College │Baptist │ 13│ │ 300 Biddle University │Presbyterian │ 22│ │ 185 Clark University │Methodist │ 32│ │ 272 Florida A. & M. College │Land-grant │ 12│ │ 333 Lane College │C. M. E. │ 10│ │ 208 Livingston College │A. M. E. Z.