Welcome to Clark Atlanta University, where we are "Student-Centered & Quality-Driven." A comprehensive, private, urban, coeducational institution of higher education with a predominantly African-American heritage, CAU was formed by the consolidation of Clark College, a four-year undergraduate institution oriented to the liberal arts, & Atlanta University, which offered only graduate degrees.Clark Atlanta University is nationally recognized as the only private Historically Black University in the nation classified as a Doctoral/Research-Intensive University by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 2000 & was ranked a national university by U.S. News & World Report in its 2003 edition. Additionally,CAU was proud to be ranked as one of the top 10 institutions in the nation as a "Top College for African-Americans," in the Jan 2001 issue of Black Enterprise.