Educational Aspirations of College-Bound Black Students

Black students who took the American College Testing Program’s ACT test in 2007 have set lofty educational goals. More than 18 percent of these black high school seniors said they planned to earn a graduate degree. Another 18 percent said that they hoped one day to complete a professional degree program.

For white students, 23.7 percent planned to obtain a graduate degree and 23.6 percent said they hoped to complete a professional degree program.

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