Black Colleges and Universities Showing Progress in Improving Graduation Rates

JBHE has collected student graduation rate statistics going back to 1998 for a group of 36 historically black universities. The good news is that during this period 18 of the 36 colleges and universities have seen an improvement in their black student graduation rates.

For example, the black graduation rate at Fisk University increased from 46 percent in 1998 to 64 percent today. In 1993 the black student graduation rate at Fisk was only 25 percent. Other schools showing large improvements in their black student graduation rates are Lincoln University in Missouri, Tennessee State University, Alcorn State University, and Howard University. All of these black colleges and universities have seen a 12 percentage point or more rise in black student graduation rates over the past eight years.

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