Despite offering admission to a significant number of underserved  students, HBCUs are remarkably successful at supporting social mobility 
among their students.

This report addresses why UNCF is especially equipped to support HBCUs and institutions focused on increasing Black student success; and why UNCF is an expert in equity.

This report examines the rates, amounts and distribution of student loan debt among HBCU students relative to their non-HBCU peers and offers analysis that focuses solely on undergraduates attending four-year public and private, non-profit institutions.

Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) represent a small percentage of all institutions in the U.S. but educate a large portion of all black and Latino students, many of whom are low-income and first-generation college attendees.  Given the population growth of these students overall, both HBCUs and HSIs are in a distinct position to help move the country’s college completion agenda forward.

This report documents the impact of UNCF’s scholarships by analyzing the effect of award dollars on African American scholarship recipients’ likelihood of graduating. The study confirms that students who receive UNCF scholarship dollars are more likely to be retained for their second year and later graduate at higher rates than the national profile of African American college students.

Marion County is the largest county in Indiana and serves the highest percentage of Black students in the state, however, Black students are less likely than White students to meet early college success criteria or even enroll in college at all. The data below show a brief snapshot of the landscape in Marion County for Black students and in some instances, Indiana overall.