Mission

Lincoln University, the nation's first degree-granting Historically Black College and University (HBCU), educates and empowers students to lead their communities and change the world.
It does so by:
Providing a rigorous liberal arts education featuring active and collaborative learning;
Integrating academic and co-curricular programs with the University's distinctive legacy of global engagement, social responsibility, and leadership and development; and Cultivating the character, values and standards of excellence needed to enable students to become responsible citizens of a global community.