Source: Inside Higher Ed
For-profit colleges have benefitted from an increase in African American female students, according to new report.
Although enrollment in graduate programs continues to decline, for-profit institutions have benefitted from an increase in African American women who are more likely than their male counterparts to obtain a master’s degree.
In 2014, over 30 percent of African American women enrolled in for-profit colleges, a nearly 7 percent increase from 2007.
However, critics of for-profit institutions claim the higher proportion of African American female students place individuals at a disadvantage as they pursue careers after graduation.
“This trend is concerning because for-profit graduate education is a relatively new sector and its results are unknown,” said Elizabeth Baylor, former director of post-secondary education policy at the Center for American Progress.
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