JBHE Annual Survey: Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Universities

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<p>Here's their 2011 results for the top 30 research universities
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<p>And the top 30 LACs</p>

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<p>Bump</p>

<p>This is some interesting data. I’m not sure it makes any definitive statement on admissions but that may be the interesting point of it.</p>

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<p>I’m must be only one that found this interesting.</p>

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<p>I especially like the bottom of the chart, which shows the admit rates are not as simple as some would suggest. I think he yields can provide useful information as well.</p>

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<p>Data for 2012 came out if you guys are looking for more recent stats:
Top Universities:
[Black</a> First-Year Students at the Nation?s Leading Research Universities : The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education](<a href=“http://www.jbhe.com/2012/12/jbhe-annual-survey-black-first-year-students-at-the-nations-leading-research-universities-2012/]Black”>Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Research Universities : The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education)</p>

<p>LAC’s:
[Black</a> First-Year Students at the Nation?s Leading Liberal Arts Colleges : The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education](<a href=“http://www.jbhe.com/2012/12/jbhe-annual-survey-black-first-year-students-at-the-nations-leading-liberal-arts-colleges/]Black”>Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Liberal Arts Colleges : The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education)</p>

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<p>I look at those articles all of the time for determining my DD’s chances at a variety of schools.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the links. Great data. UPenn admits 10% of black applicants and has an overall admit rate of 12.6%. Whenever I look for the supposed huge benefit conferred by AA, real data disproves it.</p>

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<p>So where is the benefit that being black gives a boost?</p>

<p>Mhmm, nope. Don’t see it.</p>

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<p>Penn is higher than 10% when you factor in yield. Not all schools have an advantage and that is the beauty of this data. You can determine your best options based on the statistics.</p>

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<p>We can’t tell from the data presented what Penn’s admit rate is for black students. All we know is that 2766 applied and 272 enrolled. It’s possible that 500 were accepted which would mean that the acceptance rate is higher than 10%. No college has 100% yield, so knowing only the number enrolled is not helpful.</p>

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<p>I assume acceptances were 429 with a yield of 63% to get to 272 enrolled. The yield was published last year and was similar the year before. This translates to an acceptance of 15.5% which is still higher than the overall 12.3%.</p>

<p>Let’s see what Penn releases for total applications and if they give any insight into diversity specifics.</p>

<p>Good luck everyone!</p>

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<p>Does anyone have the link for the annual graduation rates published by JBHE?</p>

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<p>A quick google search got me this: [Black</a> Student College Graduation Rates Remain Low, But Modest Progress Begins to Show](<a href=“http://www.jbhe.com/features/50_blackstudent_gradrates.html]Black”>Black Student College Graduation Rates Remain Low, But Modest Progress Begins to Show) It’s several years old though.</p>