After High school George spent five years applying to colleges but none would accept him ,when George landed an admission at Highland College in Highland, Kansas he was rejected once he showed and the school realized that George was black. Carver farmed for awhile in Kansas until 1888 when he obtained a $300 bank loan to go school .Carver studied piano and art at Simpson College in Iowa and later transferred to Iowa State Agricultural College in 1891 to study botany . Carver was the first black faculty and student at Iowa State Agricultural College , Carver’s research in plant pathology and mycology as a graduate student at the state college gained him notarity.
George Washington Carver headed the agriculture department at Tuskegee Institute from 1896-1923 .Carver promoted new uses for peanuts,sweet potatoes,pecans , while making peanuts