The Growing Gender Gap at Black Colleges and Universities

The latest data from the U.S. Department of Education shows total enrollments of 248,800 African Americans at the nation’s historically black colleges and universities. Of this total, black women account for 62.2 percent of all African-American enrollments. A decade ago, black women accounted for 60.2 percent of all African-American enrollments at the nation’s historically black colleges and universities.

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