NC Voices: Where's the gap?
Thursday, February 01 2007
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White students are much more likely than their black peers to graduate from college. In the United States, 34% of whites have earned a bachelor’s degree by the time they are in their late 20s, compared to 18% of African-Americans. But at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro there is no gap. Black and white students graduate at almost the same rate. It’s one of the few schools in the country where this is true. But there is another gap at UNC-G that has attracted attention, the graduation gap between men and women – especially the big gap between black women and black men. As part of our series "North Carolina Voices: Considering College" – Leoneda Inge reports:
Discover more about the sources of this report:- College going by race
- Bachelor's Degree Attainment by Race
- Retention rates at North Carolina Colleges and Universities and more recent information provided by UNC-G.
- More information here
- More on retention by race, and retention of athletes, at UNC-G
- Information from the NCAA was found in a hard copy publication. Data is available, but password protected
- One Step From the Finish Line: Higher Graduation Rates are Within Our Reach
This story is part of the North Carolina Voices series.
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