Minority Serving Institutions

Forty of 99 (40.4 percent) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were public four-year institutions. Overall, 42.0 percent of students who started at a public four-year HBCU in fall 2010 completed a credential (at their starting institution or at another institution) within six years. The total completion rate rose to 60.1 percent for students who attended college exclusively full time.

Nearly half of students who started at a private nonprofit four-year HBCU completed a credential (at their starting institution or at another institution) within six years (47.1 percent). The total completion rate increased for students who attended exclusively full time to 63.6 percent.