Grambling State University

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. We offer 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 grads 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. Steeped in history, with a longstanding tradition of excellence, Grambling State University continues to emphasize the value and importance of each student, exemplified by our motto: Where Everybody Is Somebody.

Grambling State University opened on November 1, 1901 as the Colored Industrial and Agricultural School. It was founded by the North Louisiana Colored Agriculture Relief Association, organized in 1896 by a group of African-American farmers who wanted to organize and operate a school for African Americans in their region of the state.

In response to the Association’s request for assistance, Tuskegee Institute’s Booker T. Washington sent Charles P. Adams to help the group organize an industrial school. Adams became its founding president.

In 1905, the school moved to its present location and was renamed the North Louisiana Agricultural and Industrial School. By 1928, after becoming a state junior college and being renamed the Louisiana Negro Normal and Industrial Institute, the school began to award two-year professional certificates and diplomas. In 1936, and the curriculum emphasis shifted to rural teacher education; students were able to receive professional teaching certificates after completing a third academic year. The first baccalaureate degree was awarded in 1944, in elementary education.

Courses Offered
Undergraduate Programs

• Associate of Arts Degree (AS)
• Bachelor of Science Degree (B.S)
• Bachelor of Arts Degree (B.A)

Graduate Programs

• Master Degree programs

Colleges & Divisions

• College of Arts & Sciences
• College of Business
• College of Education
• College of Professional Studies
• College of Graduate Studies
• Army ROTC

Departments

• Department of Accounting, Agribusiness, and Economics
• Department of Business Administration
• Department of Family & Consumer Sciences
• Department of Health Sciences
• Department of Military Sciences
• Department of Education
• Department of English and Modern Languages
• Department of Human Services
• Department of Visual and Performing Arts
• Department of Biological and Physical Sciences
• Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering Technology
• Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences

Contact Details
Grambling State University
403 Main Street
Grambling, Louisiana 71245
Phone: 318.247.3811
Toll Free: 800.569.4714
Official Website: http://www.gram.edu/