Miles College is a private HBCU liberal arts college in Fairfield, Alabama, with a student population of around 1,400. The mission of the institution is to “grow tomorrow’s leaders.†To that end, the college created a leading-edge STEM program—one of only 37 HBCUs with such an emphasis— to nurture minority talent. As a small institution, the college promises that every student has an opportunity for hands-on experience with the latest technologies.
Students can earn close to 30 distinct undergraduate degrees, concentrated into 19 majors within 15 broad fields of study. Majors range from more traditional choices such as Biology and Business Administration to contemporary options such as Digital Journalism and Environmental Science. Thanks to a partnership with Apple’s Community Education initiative and Tennessee State University’s HBCU C2 initiative, Miles College has become a Community Center for Coding from which students can apply their skills to an important and growing profession. The school also offers a five-semester Associate of Science in Nursing degree and an accelerated Master of Science in Health Informatics program in partnership with the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
