TOP BLACK COLLEGES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS

Rank School

Location

Enrollment Tuition:In/Out Acceptance rate

SOURCE: Best Colleges 2010

Historically Black Colleges and Universities Ranking

U.S. News & World Report

Degrees Earned

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1997–98, 2002–03, and 2007–08 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:98) and Fall 2003 and 2008. http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2010/section3/table-dcd-2.asp

Atlanta

Georgia

BLACK EDUCATION BY THE NUMBERS

82%

of African Americans age 25 and older had at least a high school diploma in 2010.

1.5 million

Among African Americans age 25 and older, the number who had an advanced degree in 2010 (e.g., master’s, Ph.D., M.D. or J.D.). Fifteen years earlier—in 1995—only 677,000 blacks had this level of education.

3.8 million

Number of black college students in 2010. This was an increase of roughly 2 million from 17 years earlier.

18.2%

Percentage of African Americans age 25 and older who had a bachelor’s degree or more in 2010. In many states, the rate was higher. just over 21% of blacks this age in Massachusetts, for instance, had this level of education.

COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY

As indicated in the chart above, 80% of African Americans over age 25 have high school diplomas.

Atlanta, GA

Washington, DC

Atlanta, GA

Nashville, TN

New Orleans, LA

Hampton, VA

Tuskegee, AL

Orangeburg, SC

New Orleans, LA

Durham, NC

Elizabeth City, NC

Tallahassee, FL

Orangeburg, SC

Tougaloo, MS

Baltimore, MD

Nashville, TN

Dover, DE

Winston-Salem, NC

Charlotte, NC

Petersburg, VA

Greensboro, NC

Atlanta, GA

Fort Valley, GA

Jackson, MS

Alcorn State, MS

High School Drop Outs

Percentage of high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old, by race/ethnicity: 1972-2005

Year

Race/ethnicity

Total White Black Hispanic

1972

14.6

12.3

21.3

34.3

1980

14.1

11.4

19.1

35.2

1985

12.6

10.4

15.2

27.6

1990

12.1

9.0

13.2

32.4

1995

12.0

8.6

12.1

30.0

1996

11.1

7.3

13.0

29.4

1997

11.0

7.6

13.4

25.3

1998

11.8

7.7

13.8

29.5

1999

11.2

7.3

12.6

28.6

2000

10.9

6.9

13.1

27.8

2001

10.7

7.3

10.9

27.0

2002

10.5

6.5

11.3

25.7

2003

9.9

6.3

10.9

23.5

2004

10.3

6.8

11.8

23.8

2005

9.4

6.0

10.4

22.4

2006

9.3

5.8

10.7

22.1

*Total Includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown.

According to government figures, more than twice as many young African American men are now enrolled in college than are imprisoned. Several studies, including one by the Justice Policy Institute, which advocates alternatives to incarceration, have concluded that over all, more black men are in prison than are enrolled in colleges and universities. But among 18- to 24-year-olds, more young black men are enrolled in college (and live either on campus or elsewhere) than are incarcerated.

In 2003, according to Justice Department figures, 193,000 African American college-age men were in prison. While 532,000 black college-age men were attending college. Now, the number of young black men in prison is too high, however not as high as others would lead us to believe.

For each racial/ethnic group, the percentage completing at least some college increased between 1971 and 2005, but the rate of increase was less for Hispanics than for Whites or African Americans. In 2005, 64 percent of White 25- to 29-year-olds had completed at least some college, compared with 49 percent of their Black peers and 33 percent of their Hispanic peers.

The percentage of 25- to 29-year-olds who had completed a bachelor's degree or higher increased from 17 to 29 percent between 1971 and 2005. Although the percentage with a bachelor's degree or higher increased for all three racial/ethnic groups, the gaps between Whites and Blacks and between Whites and Hispanics widened over time.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (2006). The Condition of Education 2006,

ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY

African American Education

Black Drop Outs by Gender

Percentage of Black high school dropouts 16 to 24

Year Male Female

1972

22.3

20.5

1980

20.8

17.7

1985

16.1

14.3

1990

11.9

14.4

1995

11.1

12.9

1996

13.5

12.5

1997

13.3

13.5

1998

15.5

12.2

1999

12.1

13.0

2000

15.3

11.1

2001

13.0

9.0

2002

12.8

9.9

2003

12.5

9.5

2004

13.5

10.2

2005

12.0

9.0

2006

9.7

11.7

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Prison or College?

This has been a phrase carelessly thrown out by many in the media and with organizations who are both for and against black interests. It has become one of those quotes that has been overused so much that almost everyone believes it as factual. This is one of the most misleading phrases used in reference to black men.

In 1971, a lower percentage of Blacks than Whites completed high school (59 vs. 82 percent). Although the gap between Blacks and Whites has narrowed, the high school completion rate for Blacks was still below that of Whites in 2005 (87 vs. 93 percent). The high school completion rate for Hispanics also increased between 1971 and 2005 (from 48 to 63 percent). Unlike the gap between Blacks and Whites, no measurable changes in the gap between Hispanics and Whites occurred between 1971 and 2005.

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*All statistics used above are from the US Census Bureau 2008 or 2010 American Community Survey

Spelman Col

Howard Univ

Morehouse Col

Fisk Univ

Xavier Univ of Louisiana

Hampton Univ

Tuskegee Univ

Claflin Univ

Dillard Univ

North Carolina Central Univ

Elizabeth City State Univ

Florida A&M Univ

South Carolina State Univ

Tougaloo Col

Morgan State Univ

Tennessee State Univ

Delaware State Univ

Winston-Salem State Univ

Johnson C. Smith Univ

Virginia State Univ

Bennett Col

Clark Atlanta Univ

Fort Valley State Univ

Jackson State Univ

Alcorn State Unive

2,270

10,288

2,781

725

3,236

5,427

2,994

1,773

851

8,035

3,104

11,857

4,888

871

7,005

8,254

3,534

6,442

1,571

5,042

689

4,068

3,106

8,377

3,252

$20,926

$16,075

$21,376

$17,000

$16,300

$17,212

$16,110

N/A

$13,880

$3,670/$13,414

N/A

$4,130/$16,070

$8,462/$16,626

$9,710

N/A

$5,474/$17,552

$6,481/$13,742

$3,522/$12,508

$15,754

$6,174/$14,236

$15,234

$17,038

$4,236/$13,528

IN/A

$4,671/$10,593

35.20%

48.50%

72.20%

59.10%

65.60%

45.00%

57.80%

36.00%

34.60%

69.90%

59.20%

64.00%

75.40%

25.60%

43.60%

39.00%

38.80%

53.90%

49.30%

64.50%

45.00%

56.60%

47.20%

52.00%

85.50%

1997–98

413,561

55,314

45,876

25,196

901,344

98,251

66,005

71,678

308,196

30,155

16,248

21,133

59,443

5,499

3,552

7,757

28,803

2,067

1,275

2,339

2002–03

438,261

75,609

66,673

32,629

994,616

124,253

89,029

87,964

342,131

44,438

25,047

27,264

58,740

5,719

4,093

9,798

27,709

2,522

1,562

2,424

2007–08

501,079

95,702

91,274

38,843

1,122,675

152,457

123,048

109,058

409,312

65,062

36,801

37,408

65,383

6,400

4,840

11,846

36,390

3,906

2,279

3,618

Degree

Associate's

White

Black

Hispanic

Asian

Bachelor's

White

Black

Hispanic

Asian

Master's

White

Black

Hispanic

Asian

Professional

White

Black

Hispanic

Asian

Doctoral

White

Black

Hispanic

Asian

21%

73%

99%

54%

25%

55%

86%

52%

33%

116%

127%

77%

10%

16%

36%

53%

26%

89%

79%

55%

1997–98

61%

66%

58%

57%

56%

65%

58%

53%

59%

68%

60%

51%

41%

58%

45%

48%

47%

60%

49%

41%

2002–03

59%

66%

60%

57%

67%

61%

54%

61%

71%

63%

54%

46%

62%

50%

53%

51%

64%

53%

49%

2007–08

61%

69%

63%

59%

56%

66%

61%

55%

62%

72%

65%

54%

47%

63%

53%

57%

56%

66%

57%

55%

% Change

1997–98 to

2007–08

Number of Degrees by Type

Percent conferred to females

Years of School Completed (age 25 and over)

Bachelors Degree

The average number of African Americans that have at least a bachelor's degree increased one percentage point to 18% from the year 2000. This however is still ten percentage points lower than the national average.

High School

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