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Grambling State University and Southern University are public, four-year institutions of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Both are recognized for their academics and athletics, and their rivalry is on display each year during the State Farm Bayou Classic®. Grambling State University is located in Grambling, Louisiana, and Southern University is located in Baton Rouge.

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  • Grambling State University combines the academic strengths of a major
    university with the benefits of a small college, a combination that enables our students to grow and learn in a serene and positive environment.

  • Grambling State University offers more than 800 courses and 68 degree programs in five colleges, including an honors college, two professional schools, a graduate school, and a Division of Continuing Education. National and local employers recruit graduates from Grambling’s excellent nursing, computer science, teacher education, and other programs.

  • In addition to being one of the country’s top producers of African American graduates and the top producer of Computer Information Science graduates in Louisiana, Grambling is the home of the internationally renowned Tiger Marching Band and the “winningest” coach in college football, the legendary football coach Eddie Robinson, Sr., whose tenure is memorialized in a campus museum, funded and operated by the state of Louisiana.
  

Southern University

  • Southern University and A&M College is a comprehensive  institution offering four-year, graduate, professional, and doctorate degree programs, fully accredited by the Southern  Association of Colleges and  Schools (SACS). The University today is part of the only historically black Land Grant university system in the United States.

  • Southern University is committed to a broad program of research and creative work to inspire faculty and students in a quest for knowledge and to aid society in resolving its scientific, technological, socioeconomic, and cultural problems.

  • Southern University has one of the most celebrated athletic programs in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), including 14 NCAA recognized sports in addition to the university’s intramural program. The campus is also the home of the world-traveled Southern University Marching Band, the renowned Dancing Dolls, and SU cheerleaders.

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