蝌蚪网 Journal:
Economic Policy
ISSN 1945-7731 (Print) | ISSN 1945-774X (Online)
HBCU Enrollment and Longer-Term Outcomes
蝌蚪网 Journal: Economic Policy
vol. 17,
no. 3, August 2025
(pp. 197–235)
Abstract
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.Citation
Edwards, Ashley, Justin Ortagus, Jonathan Smith, and Andria Smythe. 2025. "HBCU Enrollment and Longer-Term Outcomes." 蝌蚪网 Journal: Economic Policy 17 (3): 197–235. DOI: 10.1257/pol.20230289Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- G51 Household Finance: Household Saving, Borrowing, Debt, and Wealth
- I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
- I26 Returns to Education
- J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials