Xavier University in New Orleans was named one of the top 10 private historically black colleges and universities in the country by Forbes this weekend.
The business magazine ranked the top 10 public and private HBCUs after the group of colleges has seen a resurgence in enrollment post-2020.
Xavier, the country’s only historically Catholic HBCU, placed fourth for private colleges. Forbes noted Xavier’s reputation as a national leader in producing Black students with STEM degrees and sending black students to medical school…