[5] The institution produced primarily teachers and preachers; and in the early years had class sizes at around eight students.

[2] In 1889, C. R. Moore donated 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land and the school was moved to the site, and occupied a frame building (the same location of present-day Gibsland-Coleman High School).

[2] Coleman College at its peak owned some 100 acres (40 ha), of which ten were devoted to educational purposes.

[2] The college offered a choir, glee club, and intercollegiate athletics.

Among its graduates were the first president of Southern University in Baton Rouge, Joseph Samuel Clark; and Ada Bell Lewis Coleman.