HBCU Enrollment and Longer-Term Outcomes

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Edwards, Ashley; Ortagus, Justin; Smith, Jonathan; Smythe, Andria
• 署名单位: State University System of Florida; University of Florida; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; Howard University
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20230289
• 发表日期: 2025
• 页码: 197-235
• 关键词: historically black-colleges; community-colleges; academic-success; universities; IMPACT; institutions; students; returns

摘要

Using data from nearly 1.2 million Black SAT takers, we find that students initially enrolling in a historically Black college and university (HBCU) are 14.6 percentage points more likely to earn a bachelor's degree and, around age 30, have 5 percent higher household income and $12,000 more in student loan balances than those who do not enroll in an HBCU. We find that results are largely driven by an increased likelihood of completing a degree from relatively broad-access HBCUs in lieu of a two-year college or no college. (JEL G51, I23, I26, J15, J31)