Alabama A&M University: Organized in 1875, Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University of Huntsville, Alabama is a land-grant university supported by the State of Alabama and federal funds

Auburn University: Auburn University offers the baccalaureate in more than 130 areas that span the spectrum of disciplines, and provides the state's only publicly supported programs in many fields, including several in agriculture, forestry, architecture, building science, pharmacy and veterinary medicine

Tuskegee University: A historically black college that offers many programs of study as well as several research and study programs