Three Leading Colleges and Universities Announce Increase in Black Students Accepted for Admission

Several of the nation’s leading colleges and universities have released data on black students accepted for admission into the Class of 2014.

At Harvard University, 11.3 percent of all students admitted are African Americans. A year ago, blacks were 10.4 percent of the students accepted for admission.

At Princeton University, 9.4 percent of all admitted students are African Americans. Blacks made up 7.5 percent of this year’s freshman class at Princeton.

At Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, a whopping 17 percent of all admitted students are African Americans. In 2009 blacks were 15 percent of the admitted students, but African Americans were only 9.6 percent of the students who actually enrolled in the first-year class.

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