Former names | Oklahoma Colored Agricultural and Normal University (1897–1941) |
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Motto | Education For Service |
Type | Public land-grant historically black university |
Established | March 12, 1897 |
Parent institution | Oklahoma Agricultural & Mechanical Colleges |
Academic affiliations | Space-grant |
Endowment | $45 million (2015) |
President | Ruth Ray Jackson |
Students | 1,873[1] |
Location | , , United States |
Campus | Rural |
Colors | Blue & Orange |
Nickname | Lions |
Sporting affiliations | NAIA – Sooner |
Website | langston |
Langston University (LU) is a public land-grant historically black university in Langston, Oklahoma. It is the only historically black college in the state and the westernmost four-year public HBCU in the United States. The main campus in Langston is a rural setting 10 miles (16 km) east of Guthrie. The university also serves an urban mission with centers in Tulsa (at the same campus as the OSU-Tulsa facility) and Oklahoma City. The university is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.