Black Enrollments Inch Higher at Penn State

Total enrollments at all campuses of Pennsylvania State University have reached a record 92,613 students. This is 2,000 more students than were enrolled a year ago. Enrollments have increased at 11 of the 19 Penn State campuses.

African-American enrollments are up 4 percent from a year ago. Blacks are 4 percent of the 37,000 undergraduates at the main campus near State College, Pennsylvania. Enrollments of all underrepresented minority students constitute 13 percent of the student body.

Copyright © 2008. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. All rights reserved.