Degree Attainments

Tracking the Educational Progress of 21st-Century African American Students

Some 19.8 percent of the African American high school sophomores in 2002 had gone on to earn at least a bachelor's degree over the next decade. This is less than half the rate for Whites.

Racial Differences in Educational Funding for Doctoral Recipients

According to data on students who earned doctoral degrees in 2012, nearly 40 percent of African American doctoral recipients funded their education through their own resources compared to 21 percent of Whites.

The Racial Gap in College Graduation Rates

At publicly operated colleges and universities, 39.7 percent of Blacks earned their bachelor's degrees within six years from the same institution at which they enrolled in 2006 compared to 60.2 percent of Whites.

Norfolk State University to Offer Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree Program

Students in the accelerated, three-year degree program will be required to take a core curriculum that focuses on critical thinking, research methods, globalization, and communications skills.

Florida State Won the Game, But Auburn Wins in the Classroom

Florida State University won the national championship in college football. But the success on the field has not been matched in the classroom for Black football players. As a result, the university is beefing up academic support for student athletes.

Black Student Among the First Five Doctoral Degree Recipients at Georgia College & State University

Chioma Okereke is one of the five women in the first cohort of graduates of the university's doctor of nuring practice degree program. She has been hired to a nursing faculty position at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.

Educating the African American Male for the 21st Century

It is crucial that all educational stakeholders and policy makers collaborate creatively, as well as, become educational allies to ensure that the African American male student is successful in completing his postsecondary education.

Kentucky State University Has Been Approved to Offer Doctoral Programs

Kentucky State University, the historically Black educational institution in Frankfort, has been approved to offer up to three doctoral programs by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Racial Differences in Time Span to Earn a Doctoral Degree

For African Americans who earned doctoral degrees in 2012, the average number of years that they spent from the time they graduated from college to the time they earned their doctorate was 11.9 years. For Whites the figure is 9 years.

More Than 5 Million Living African Americans Now Hold a Four-Year College Degree

Some 21.2 percent of the African American population over 25 years now has at least a bachelor's degree. For Whites the comparable figures is 34.5 percent.

Academic Disciplines Where African Americans Earned No Doctoral Degrees in 2012

In 2012, there were 1,605 doctoral degrees awarded in various fields where none of the recipients were African Americans.

No Progress in Closing the Racial Gap in Doctoral Degrees

In 2012, African Americans earned 2,079 doctoral degrees. This was 6.3 percent of all doctoral degrees awarded to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. In 2002, African Americans also earned 6.3 percent of all doctoral degrees.

Significant Progress in Black Graduation Rates at Flagship State Universities

Every year since JBHE has tracked graduation rates for Black students, the University of Virginia has had the highest graduation rate for African Americans. But other flagship universities have narrowed the gap.

The Discouraging Trend in Graduation Rates at HBCUs

Prior research has shown that the major reason that Black students drop out of college is money. And many HBCUs, as well as the families who send their students to these schools, have faced difficult economic times.

Black Student Graduation Rates at High-Ranking Colleges and Universities

JBHE research has found 18 high-ranking colleges and universities that have Black student graduation rates that have averaged over 90 percent over the past four years.

Huge Increase in Black Male Graduation Rates at Ohio State University

Over the past five years the graduation rate for Black male students at Ohio State University in Columbus has increased by 24 percentage points and now stands at 67 percent. The average at the university's peer institutions is 60 percent.

The Persisting Racial Gap in College Student Graduation Rates

In 2013 the graduation rate for Black students at the nation's largest universities that participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I is 44 percent. This is 22 percentage points below the rate for Whites.

Penn State Creates New Doctoral Degree Program in African American Studies

According to the university's count, Penn State will be the 12th university in the United States to offer doctoral degrees in African American studies.

African American Mother and Son Earn Doctorates on the Same Day

Maurice McBride, an assistant professor of business at Paine College in Augusta, Georgia, and his mother recently received doctorates on the same from Capella University in Minneapolis.

Historically Black Florida A&M University Graduates Four Physics Ph.D. Students

At the summer graduation ceremonies at Florida A&M University, four students were awarded Ph.D.'s in physics. In all of 2011 only 15 African Americans earned doctorates in physics from universities in the United States.
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