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The Common Black College Application and the Founder Robert Mason are featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education

From: Katherine Mangan | May 25, 2021

Subject:Race on Campus: How the Common Black College Application Helped Fuel a Surge in Applicants to HBCUs

Welcome to Race on Campus. Applying to colleges can be stressful and expensive, especially if a student is applying to multiple institutions and has to keep track of and pay for each individual application. To alleviate that stress and get more students of color to college, Robert Mason created the Common Black College Application (CBCA). For $20 students can apply to 61 member HBCUs, and specify their top four choices. Read more

Prospective students can apply to dozens of HBCUs for a single $20 fee using the Common Black College Application.

By: Josh Moody | August 20, 2021

Applying to colleges individually can be a time-consuming and costly endeavor. But a solution exists that allows students interested in historically Black colleges and universities to apply to dozens of schools with a single click. Read more

ALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY
ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY
ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY
ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY
ALLEN UNIVERSITY
AMERICAN BAPTIST COLLEGE
ARKANSAS BAPTIST COLLEGE
BENEDICT COLLEGE
BENNETT COLLEGE
BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY
BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE
CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY
CHARLES R. DREW UNIV. OF MED. & SCI.
CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY
CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
CLINTON COLLEGE
COPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY

DILLARD UNIVERSITY
EDWARD WATERS COLLEGE
ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY
FISK UNIVERSITY
FLORIDA MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY
FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY
HARRIS-STOWE STATE UNIVERSITY
HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY
JARVIS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY
JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIVERSITY
KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY
LANE COLLEGE
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY (MO)
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY (PA)
LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE
LeMOYNE OWEN COLLEGE

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
MILES COLLEGE
MORRIS COLLEGE
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIV.
PAINE COLLEGE
PAUL QUINN COLLEGE
PHILANDER SMITH COLLEGE
RUST COLLEGE
SAINT AUGUSTINE'S UNIVERSITY
SHAW UNIVERSITY
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
SOUTHERN UNIV. AND A&M COLL.
SOUTHERN UNIV. (NEW ORLEANS)

STILLMAN COLLEGE
TALLADEGA COLLEGE
TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
TEXAS COLLEGE
TOUGALOO COLLEGE
TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY
UNIV. OF ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF
UNIV. OF MD. EASTERN SHORE
UNIV. OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY
VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY
VOORHEES COLLEGE
WEST VA. STATE UNIVERSITY
WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY
WILEY COLLEGE
WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY

Instructions to complete the Common Black College Application (CBCA).

Click on Log In to complete the CBCA. Once your application is submitted and the application fee is paid, it will be made available to all 66 Member Institutions.The $20 application fee is nonrefundable.
Once your application has been submitted, click on the PayPal link to pay the $20 application fee. You are not required to have a PayPal Account to complete the CBCA. You can use a debit or credit card to make the payment. You can also mail a money order in the amount of $20 to:
EDU, Inc. Common Black College Application
2625 Piedmont Road
Suite 56315
Atlanta, GA 30324
You are not able to use a fee waiver to complete the CBCA because you are applying to all 66 HBCUs for only $20. The $20 application fee is nonrefundable.
Students can upload their test scores in the Student Dashboard. If you have not taken the test, you can still complete the CBCA.
Your School Counselor must create an account to upload your official transcript in the School Counselor Dashboard. If your Counselor did not receive an email requesting them to upload your transcript, please have them go to www.commonblackcollegeapp.com and click on High School Counselor to create an account and upload your transcript. Students can upload their test scores in the Student Dashboard. Your application may not be processed by our Member Institutions if your test scores and transcript have not been uploaded to the Student Dashboard. (Some Member Institutions are test optional. Please contact the college(s) you are interested in attending to inquire.) Please do not mail, email or fax your transcript or test scores to our office.
Transfer students must send their official transcript to all of the CBCA Member Institutions they are interested in attending. Transfer students can not use the transcript upload process.
Track your application in the Student Dashboard.
When you completed the CBCA you were asked to list your top four Member Institutions. Although you selected your top four, your application is made available to all 66 Member Institutions. You were asked to select your top four colleges because our Member Institutions want to gauge your level of interest in their college. If you did not select a Member Institution as one of your top four, and you are interested in attending that particular college, just contact their Office of Admissions through our Direct Messaging in the Student Dashboard, by email or by phone to ask that your application be processed.
International students please enter all zeros for your social security number and all nines for your CEEB Code.
We do not offer scholarships. We are a portal that allows you to have your application, test scores and transcripts made available to all 65 of our Member Institutions.
All inquiries should be emailed to contact@commonblackcollegapp.com or contact our
office at (770) 716-0616.
To make changes to your application, select "Application Detail" on the left side of the screen, and then select "Modify Application" on the drop down menu that appears. If you make changes to your application, please notify the Member Institutions you are interested in attending to notify the colleges of the changes.
Please send your essay and recommendations to all of the colleges you are interested in attending. We encourage you to visit the websites of those colleges to get the essay topic.
Please note, some colleges require you to complete or provide additional information on their institutional platforms to complete the application process.
If you are a high school student and you have college credits, please be sure to provide that information to all the Common Black College Application Member Institutions you are interested in attending.