Research & Studies

According to the Survey of Consumer Finances, the median Black family income was only 51.8 percent of the median non-Hispanic White family income in 2025. Non-Hispanic White family wealth was nearly 10 times the median Black family wealth.

More than 23 percent of all Black Americsns who earned doctorates in 2025 were over the age of 45. For White Americans earning doctorates in 2025, only 8.7 percent were over the age of 45.

A new study led by Nekehia Quashie, assistant professor of public health at the University of Rhode Island, examines how different African American age groups feel about the responsibility of supporting older adults.

Walden University, headquartered in Minneapolis but conducts most of its business online, awarded 1,476 doctorates to African Americans from 2021 to 2025. This was 10.8 percent of all doctorates awarded to Black Americans during the five-year period.

The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” enacted new eligibility requirements and earnings-based restrictions on the Child Tax Credit. According to a new analysis from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, these legislative changes limit access to critical financial support for Black families and caregivers.

“This growing area of research has shown that biased people build biased institutions, enact biased laws, and create cultures of bias,” said author Jimmy Calanchini. “Those structural forces persist long after the people who built them are gone. They continue to shape the biases of people who live and work in them, and also attract more biased people to those places, which further perpetuates the cycle of bias in places.”

Among law school graduates of the Class of 2025, Black graduates were the least likely racial group to secure employment. They were also significantly less likely than their peers to secure a bar admission required/anticipated position.

A new report authored by Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana of the University at Albany argues that historical financial disparities and systemic racism embedded within the housing market makes homeownership a risky investment for Black Americas.

In 2025, 1,784 doctoral degrees were awarded in 18 specific disciplines. None of these 1,784 doctorates were awarded to African Americans.

While the vast majority of Black Americans lean Democrat in their political views, where they worship shapes their politics, according to new research from Ryon Cobb, assistant professor of social work at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

African Americans earned 5.1 percent of all doctorates awarded by U.S. universities in 2025 and 8.3 percent of all doctorates awarded to U.S. citizens or permanent residents of this country.

“When a pharmacy is absent in a neighborhood because it closed or was never there, this can create barriers for residents to not only obtain medications, but other essential health services, such as vaccines [and] testing and treatment for multiple diseases and conditions,” said Elaine Nsoesie, associate professor of global health at Boston University.

Among Black students who earned an undergraduate award (bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, or certificates) in 2024–2025, those attending HBCUs completed their program faster than those attending other institutions.

Despite fears about race relations and the rise of White supremacy, more than nine-in-ten voters say America's diversity makes the country stronger, according to a new poll commissioned by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

In 2025, more than 7.9 million African Americans were living with incomes below the official poverty rate. Nearly one quarter of all Black children live in poverty.

In 2025, 54 percent of Columbia University's Black students said they feel a sense of belonging on campus, but only 43 percent said they feel accepted for their race or ethnicity.

In 2024, Black adults were more likely than other adults to face any kind of fines or fees relating to the criminal legal system. Black adults were twice as likely to White adults to have been assessed court- or incarceration-related costs, which often carry larger financial burdens and severe consequences for nonpayment.

The median income of Black households in the United States is only 62 percent of the median income of non-Hispanic White families. The racial gap in median income has remained virtually unchanged for more than a half-century.

Compared to other HBCUs, Hampton University comes the closest to offering its undergraduate alumni a net-zero 10-year return on investment, according to a new analysis from the U.S. Career Institute. It takes the median-earning bachelor's-degree recipient 10.5 years to payback the full cost of attending Hampton University.

YouGov, a global research data and analytics group, recentlty published the results of a series of surveys regarding Americans' opinions on racial inequality in education and race-based programming in higher education.