HBCU Alumni Are Thriving More Than Black Grads Of Other Schools According to New Study

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For years, many Historically Black Colleges and Universities have been under fire for fiscal issues, declining enrollment and cohort default rates. However, in the latest Gallup-USA Funds Minority College Graduates Report, it was revealed HBCU graduates are more likely to prosper after graduation than students who graduate from non-HBCUs.

Huffington Post reports that “the study examined 520 black graduates of HBCUs and 1,758 black graduates of other non-hbcu colleges. Gallup looked at five elements of well-being including: purpose, social, financial, community and physical. The report found that 4 in 10 black HBCU graduates are more likely to thrive financially while fewer than 3 in 10 black graduates of other schools can say the same.

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The study also found that HBCU graduates had stronger emotional and experiential support from mentors, professors and long-term projects they were assigned.

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Lastly, the graduates were asked  about their satisfaction with their college experience and current engagement at work. The results were that 55 percent of black HBCU graduates said they felt prepared for life after graduation, while only 29 percent of black graduates from other institutions said they felt prepared.”

Despite the struggles HBCUs face, it appears the overall success at allowing its students a better college experience by offering more emotional and experiential opportunities than at non-HBCUs could be modeled at other universities.