In 1891, he was accepted at lowa agricultural college. He was the only black student at the college, and as usual he supported himself by doing small jobs. He amazed everyone with his special work with plants. After he graduated, the college asked him to stay on as on instructor because his work with plants and chemistry was so outstanding. So carver stayed on and taught, but he continued his research with plants while he was teaching.
One day he received a letter from booker T. Washington, who was the most respected black educator in the country. Washington asked him to work at the Tuskegee institute, a black agricultural school in Alabama.Tuskegee was a poor black school that could not give Carver a laboratory or a high salary, but Carver decided to go there.