Lafayette College
Lake Forest College
Lane College
Lincoln College
Lincoln Memorial University
Long Island University
Loyola University
Manhattan College
Marquette University
University of Maryland
University of Massachusetts
University of Miami
Miami University
Michigan State University
University of Michigan
Morehouse College
Morgan State University
College of New Rochelle Graduate Center of the City U. of New York
University of New York
University of the State of New York
State University of New York, Albany
State University of New York, Binghamton
North Carolina State University
University of North Carolina, Asheville
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
University of North Carolina, Pembroke
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
North Carolina Central University
North Carolina Wesleyan College
Northern Michigan University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
University of Notre Dame
Occidental College
University of Oklahoma
Oregon State University
Pennsylvania State University
University of Pennsylvania
Pomona College
Princeton University
Queens College, Charlotte
Queens College, New York
Rhode Island College
Ripon College
Roosevelt University
Rutgers University
St. Augustine's College
St. Olaf's College
University of San Francisco
San Francisco State University
Savannah State College
Texas A&M University
York College

Franklin had a successful college career at Fisk University where he sang in the university's choir, worked for the student newspaper and pledged Alpha Phi Alpha before his graduation in 1935.