The 2024 17th Annual Atlanta HBCU Alumni Alliance 5k Run/Walk was an amazing show of HBCU Unity! Piedmont park was the backdrop for the BIGGEST show of HBCU Love with over 30 colleges and universities represented! We raised scholarship money, ran/walked 5k and of course partied to the sounds of yours truly DJ Tron!
HBCUs by the Numbers
$14.8 Billion
HBCUs generate $14.8 billion in economic impact annually
134,090 Jobs
HBCUs generate 134,090 jobs in total for their local and regional economies
25% of African-American
STEM Degrees
HBCUs represent 3% of colleges and universities yet graduate 22% of African Americans who hold undergraduate degrees and 24% in STEM fields.
40% of Members of Congress
Among African Americans, HBCU graduates represent
40% of members of Congress
40% of Engineers
50% of Professors of Non-HBCUs
50% of Lawyers
80% of Judges
