Name at birth: Booker Taliaferro Washington Booker T. Washington was born a slave and deprived of any early education, but he still became Americaâs leading black educator at the start of the 20th century.
Mount St. Mary's University, also known as The Mount, is a private, liberal arts, Catholic university in the Catoctin Mountains near historic Emmitsburg, Maryland.
MONEY Best Colleges rank: 155. Estimated sticker price for 2015-16: $53,613. Average size of grant to freshmen in 2012-13: $13,815. Estimated net price of a degree for fall 2015: $184,781. Read more about Mount St. Mary's.