Racial disparities in higher education

Racial disparities with debt and financial assistance in the university
Racial groups that go to university generally face equal hardship of working during school.



All racial groups generally have similar amounts of student debt after completing college



All racial groups are generally hindered by student debt at relatively similar rates.



All racial groups generally receive financial assistance in relatively similar rates.



All racial groups generally receive grants and institutional money at relatively similar rates.

Racial disparities of university admissions
Both Whites and Blacks say the opposing race is more likely to get into a college- all things equal. Which of these groups is correct?



Whites are correct.

Thomas Espenshade, a Princeton sociologist, analyzed data on over 120,000 applicants to the top colleges in America. After factoring for SAT score, family alumni, and athletic membership: black applicants were 5.2 times more likely than white applicants to be admitted. Hispanics were 3.5 more likely than white students to be admitted and Asians were 0.7 times as likely."Being African American instead of white is worth an average of 230 additional SAT points on a 1600-point scale, but recruited athletes reap an advantage equivalent to 200 SAT points. Other things equal, Hispanic applicants gain the equivalent of 185 points, which is only slightly more than the legacy advantage, which is worth 160 points. Coming from an Asian background, however, is comparable to the loss of 50 SAT points. -Espenshade (2004)"

The same hold true for Medical School. Perry (2015) found that if you look at students who apply to American medical schools with MCAT scores of 26-24 (a bad score) and GPAs between 3.2 an 3.39, Blacks are over 7 times more likely than Whites to be admitted while Hispanics are 3.7 times more likely to be admitted. Asians, once again, have an even harder time getting admitted than Whites.