Enrollment Surges at a Number of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Historically Black colleges and universities all over the nation are seeing increases in enrollments. Here are some examples.
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UNCF Goes on the Road to Boost Interest in HBCUs
The United Negro College Fund’s (UNCF) Empower Me Tour is a traveling college-and-career-readiness roadshow that aims to inform students about educational opportunities at UNCF member institutions. Last year alone, nearly $4 million in scholarships were awarded by UNCF-member institutions during the tour.
Sep 12, 2018 | 0 comments
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No Progress in Increasing the Number of Black Students Admitted to the University of California
A total of 3,452 Black students were admitted to at least one of the nine undergraduate campuses of the University of California. This is 15 fewer than last year. The number of Black admits was down at six of the nine campuses.
Jul 25, 2018 | 2 comments
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Undergraduate Institutions That Feed the Most Black Students to U.S. Medical Schools
In the 2017 academic year, 118 graduates of Howard University in Washington, D.C., applied to U.S. medical schools. This was the most in the nation. Xavier University of Louisiana, with a much smaller number of total graduates, ranked second and had 103 students apply to medical schools.
How the Great Recession Impacted Black Enrollments in Higher Education
According to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 had a significant impact on higher education enrollments as many families were hard pressed to pay for college.
Black Enrollments in Graduate School Remain Steady
Unlike African American enrollments in undergraduate programs which have dropped in recent years, Black graduate school enrollments have remained steady. In the 2016-17 academic year, 449,617 African Americans were enrolled in graduate programs.
Jun 19, 2018 | 0 comments
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The Downward Spiral of African American Enrollments in Higher Education
Since the 2012-13 academic year the number of Black students enrolled in higher education has declined by 554,278 students. The Black percentage of all enrollments has dropped from 14.4 percent to 13.2 percent.
Jun 13, 2018 | 0 comments
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Black Students Turning Away From CalPoly San Luis Obispo
University officials now say that the publicity surrounding racist incidents this past spring has had a chilling effect on the number of Black students who want to attend the university. Only 0.4 percent of the nearly 55,000 applicants this year were African Americans.
African Americans Accepted for Admission at High-Ranking Colleges and Universities
Recently, the nation’s highest-ranked colleges and universities informed applicants if they had been accepted for admission into the Class of 2022. Some of the nation’s most selective institutions provided acceptance data broken down by race and ethnicity.
Apr 11, 2018 | 4 comments
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The Medical Schools With the Most Black Students
As expected, the three historically Black medical schools have the largest number of Black students. Among the predominantly White medical schools, the largest number of Black students is at Indiana University. Four U.S. medical schools have no Black students.
Jan 29, 2018 | 4 comments
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Bowdoin College Enrolls an Entering Class That Is 14.3 Percent Black
There are 501 students in the current first-year class at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. The 72 Black students make up 14.3 percent of the first-year class. This ranks Bowdoin second in this year’s annual survey of Black first-year students at the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges.
Jan 17, 2018 | 0 comments
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New Education Department Data on Black Enrollments in Higher Education
The data shows that there were 2,514,568 Black or African American students enrolled in Title IV institutions in the fall of 2016. They made up 12.4 percent of all students enrolled in higher education. Blacks made up 11 percent of all students enrolled in graduate education.
Jan 08, 2018 | 0 comments
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An Increase in Black Transfer Applicants to the University of California System
Each year, there is a large group of students who earned associate’s degree’s at California community colleges who seek to transfer to four-year bachelor’s degree programs at one of the University of California campuses. This year, Black transfer applicants are up by more than 9 percent.
Jan 03, 2018 | 0 comments
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Harvard Accepts a Large Group of Black Students in Its Early Action Process
African Americans make up 13.9 percent of all students admitted in its nonbinding early action process. This is up from 12.6 percent a year ago.
University of Louisville Publishes a Diversity Report
The report outlines progress that has been made in enrolling African Americans and students from other underrepresented groups and sets goals for increasing diversity in the future. Data is also provided on faculty and staff diversity.
Dec 27, 2017 | 0 comments
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An Increase in the Number of Black Applicants to the University of California
The number of African Americans from California applying to the nine undergraduate campuses is up 6.2 percent from a year ago. The number of Black applicants from California is up at all nine undergraduate campuses this year.
Dec 27, 2017 | 0 comments
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A Checkup on African American Students Entering U.S. Medical Schools
This year 21,338 students entered medical school for the first time. Of these, 1,775 identified themselves as Black or African American. Thus, Blacks made up 8.3 percent of new entrants to U.S. medical schools.
University of Virginia Is Making Progress in Increasing Black Students
Since 2012, the number of Black students in the entering class at the University of Virginia is up 41.5 percent. In 2012, Blacks and biracial students with African American heritage made up 7.1 percent of the first-year students. this year the figure is 9.1 percent.
Nov 15, 2017 | 4 comments
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Two HBCUs Post Record Numbers for Final Enrollment Figures
At Alcorn State University in Mississippi, enrollments of first-year students are up 39 percent, reaching an all-time record. For the sixth time in the past eight years, Delaware State University has broken enrollment records. There are 4,648 students on campus this fall.
Nov 10, 2017 | 0 comments
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A Snapshot of African American Enrollments in Private Schools
During the 2015-16 academic year, there were 34,576 private schools operating in the United States. They enrolled 4.9 million students. Of these 9.3 percent were African Americans.
Nov 01, 2017 | 0 comments
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Racial Disparities in College Enrollment and Retention in Los Angeles
A new study examines college enrollment and retention rates of graduates of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The data shows a high level of participation in college but low levels of successful completion.
Oct 17, 2017 | 0 comments
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Education Department Releases Racial Data on First-Generation College Students
White Americans were 49 percent of first-generation college students but 70 percent of the college students who had at least one parent who had enrolled in college. Blacks were 14 percent of all first-generation students but 11 percent of continuing generation students.
Oct 04, 2017 | 0 comments
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Examining the Data on Black Enrollments in U.S. Graduate Schools
According to a new report by the Council on Graduate Schools, in 2016, there were 184,235 Black students enrolled in graduate programs in the United States. They made up 10 percent of total enrollments. Women made up nearly 70 percent of all Black enrollments in graduate education.
Oct 02, 2017 | 0 comments
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Record First-Year Enrollments at Tennessee State University in Nashville
There are more than 1,500 students in this fall’s entering class. This is the largest first-year class in the university’s history and 17 percent more entering students than was the case a year ago. Increased enrollments have prompted a plan to build a new $75 million residential complex on campus.
African American Quadruplets Enroll at Yale University
After fielding offers from a wide range of top colleges and universities, the Wade quadruplets of Liberty Township, Ohio, are all members of the Class of 2021 at Yale University.
Sep 19, 2017 | 0 comments
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HBCUs Report Impressive Enrollment Gains
Alcorn State University in Mississippi reports that the first-year class is the largest in university history. There are 740 entering students this year, an increase of 38 percent from a year ago. Several other HBCUs have also reported impressive gains.
Sep 15, 2017 | 0 comments
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Indiana University Reports Encouraging Enrollment Numbers for African Americans
At the flagship campus at Bloomington, there are 1,907 African American students, a record number for this campus. Systemwide, there are 7,646 African Americans enrolled.
Sep 12, 2017 | 0 comments
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Three HBCUs Report Record Enrollment Numbers
Prairie View A&M University in Texas, Claflin University in South Carolina, and Meharry Medical College in Nashville are all reporting record enrollment numbers for entering students.
Sep 05, 2017 | 0 comments
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Study Finds Black Students More Underrepresented at Top Colleges Than Was the Case in 1980
The study found that in 2015, Blacks made up 6 percent of the entering students at the top schools but 15 percent of all college-age Americans, a gap of 9 percentage points. In 1980 the gap was only 7 percentage points.
Aug 29, 2017 | 0 comments
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Ranking Top Colleges by the Net Price Paid by Low and Middle-Income Students
The New York Times recently published its list of the Top Colleges Doing the Most for the American Dream. The rankings are based on the percentage of undergraduate students who receive federal Pell Grants as well as the net price students must pay to attend these institutions.
Aug 15, 2017 | 0 comments
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Education Department Report Documents Educational Inequality in the United States
The report contains data on African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, American Indians and other ethnic groups. There are detailed tables on enrollments, educational achievement, retention, student behavior, degree attainments, and outcomes of education.
Jul 31, 2017 | 0 comments
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Black Students Make Up 5 Percent of All 2017 First-Year Admits at the University of California
There was some backtracking at the most prestigious campuses. At the flagship University of California, Berkeley campus, the number of Black admits dropped from 401 to 375. At the University of California, Los Angeles, Black admits dropped from 624 to 571.
Jul 19, 2017 | 0 comments
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Georgia Southern University Honors Its First African American Students
In January 1965, John Bradley became the first African American student at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro. Six other Black students entered the university in the fall of 1965. Catherine Davis, a sophomore transfer student, was the first African American student to be awarded a degree.
Black Students and Faculty at North American Theological Schools
Blacks make up 12.6 percent of all students at the 270 member institutions of the Association of Theological Schools. But Blacks are only 7.7 percent of the faculties at these schools.
Apr 25, 2017 | 0 comments
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Black Students Accepted for Admission at High-Ranking Colleges and Universities
Recently, the nation’s highest-ranked colleges and universities informed applicants if they had been accepted for admission into the Class of 2021. Some of the nation’s most selective institutions provided acceptance data broken down by racial and ethnic groups.
Apr 18, 2017 | 0 comments
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Blacks Make Up a Disproportionate Share of Enrollments at For-Profit Postsecondary Schools
At two-year colleges and schools, Blacks are 16 percent of all students at two-year, state-operated community colleges. But Africans Americans are 22 percent of all students at two-year, for-profit colleges.
Mar 08, 2017 | 6 comments
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