African-Americans’ access to college education has diminished over the past several years. Our tables look not just at falling enrollment but at disparities in the kinds of opportunities that are offered by the colleges that enroll many black students compared with ones that enroll relatively few.
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Colleges look for ways to reverse an overall decline since 2010.
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The percentage decrease in enrollment for black students from 2010 to 2017 was more than double that of all students.
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Black students earned their greatest number of bachelor’s degrees at nonflagship four-year public institutions.
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Fast-growing Southern New Hampshire University had the greatest jump by far in African-American enrollment.
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College enrollment by black recent high-school graduates has dropped from a peak of more than 66 percent in 2010 to just over 58 percent in 2017.