Media Kit

Spelman College is ready to assist media professionals with their reporting needs. Below, you'll find information about Spelman College and our leadership, along with photos and video footage that you can use.

Guidelines

  • Use all images and videos in the Spelman College media kit for news purposes only.
  • Request approval before using the provided images and videos for advertising or in publications, on websites, and for other related communications.
  • Properly caption and credit all photos and videos to Spelman College where applicable.
  • You can request additional images and videos by contacting the Office of Communications and External Relations at publicrelations@spelman.edu.

Media Contacts

Denise Ward
Associate Vice President of Strategic Communications and Marketing
deniseward@spelman.edu

Spelman College Social Media

Spelman College Website

https://www.Spelman.edu

Contact Info

Division of Communications and External Relations

350 Spelman Lane, S.W., Box 1700
Atlanta, Georgia 30314

404-270-5899
publicrelations@spelman.edu

Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Spelman College At-A-Glance

Our Campus

  • Private, historically Black college and global leader in the education of women of African descent
  • Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary
  • Proud member of the Atlanta University Center Consortium

Academics

  • Undergraduate Programs: 34 bachelor's degrees with many concentrations; 39 minors
  • 2,588 students from 43 states and 10 foreign countries
  • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 10:1
  • 76% Graduation Rate
  • 34% Acceptance Rate
  • Admitted student profile (vg.): 3.89 GPA, 25 ACT score, 1193 SAT score

Pride Points

  • A leading producer of Gilman Scholars and Fulbright Fellows
  • Ninety (90) percent of faculty members have doctoral degrees or the equivalent
  • Recognized by the National Science Foundation as the #1 producer of Black women who complete Ph.D.s in STEM fields
  • Alumnae consist of Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, leading scientists, actors, artists and world-class business leaders

Distinctions

  • #1 HBCU for 18 years in a row
  • #1 top performer in social mobility
  • #8 best learning community
  • #16 most innovative school
  • #30 best undergraduate liberal arts teaching program
  • #40 best liberal arts college

Download the Spelman At A Glance Fact Sheet

Boilerplate

About Spelman College

Founded in 1881, Spelman College is a leading liberal arts college widely recognized as the global leader in the education of women of African descent. Located in Atlanta, the College’s picturesque campus is home to 2,300 students. Spelman is the country's leading producer of Black women who complete Ph.D.s in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The College’s status is confirmed by the U.S. News & World Report, which ranked Spelman No. 39 among all liberal arts colleges, No. 19 for undergraduate teaching, No. 2 for social mobility among liberal arts colleges, and No. 1 for the 17th year among historically Black colleges and universities.  Recent initiatives include a designation by the Department of Defense as a Center of Excellence for Minority Women in STEM, a Gender and Sexuality Studies Institute, the first endowed queer studies chair at an HBCU and a program to increase the number of Black women Ph.D.s in economics. New majors and minors have been added, including documentary filmmaking and photography, data science, refugee studies and gaming. Collaborations have been also established with MIT’s Media Lab, the Broad Institute and the Army Research Lab for artificial intelligence and machine learning, among others.

Outstanding alumnae include Children’s Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman, former Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Rosalind Brewer, political leader Stacey Abrams, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa D. Cook, former Acting Surgeon General and Spelman’s first alumna president Audrey Forbes Manley, Harvard University professor and former Dean Evelynn Hammonds, actress and producer Latanya Richardson Jackson, global bioinformatics geneticist Janina Jeff and authors Pearl Cleage and Tayari Jones.

To learn more, please visit spelman.edu and @spelmancollege on social media.

b-roll play image
Downloadable Video B-Roll Reel


Utilize this video as b-roll for news stories covering Spelman College, our students or President Gayle. It features clips from the campus, including aerial views, signage, and classroom footage.