On the other hand, in the realm of colleges, where students’ choices are mainly limited by admission standards and costs, black and other non-white students are more willing to attend predominantly white colleges than non-black students are to predominantly black colleges, even when there are similar admission standards and costs. Indeed, there seems to be a double standard on these forums, where there seems to be extreme hesitation on the part of most posters to suggest a predominantly black college to a student not known to be black, even though most posters will not hesitate to recommend predominantly white colleges to non-white students (and some even recommend those with fewer non-white students for greater potential “diversity” benefits in admissions).
Another example of where preferences of race and ethnicity reveal themselves is in engineering at Florida State and Florida A&M, which have a joint engineering division. Most engineering enrollment is from Florida State (64% white), despite Florida A&M (88% black) being less expensive and offering better scholarships, creating an obvious arbitrage situation that those indifferent to racial composition of the students can take advantage of.