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Wednesday, June 23, 2021

New Study - African American College Graduates Have More Debt and Lower Wages Than White Peers [JBHE, June 2021]

Title:
African American College Graduates Have More Debt and Lower Wages Than White Peers

Published:
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 21 June 2021

From the article:
A new study by researchers at Student Loan Hero, a division of mortgage loan operator Lending Tree that helps students manage their debt, finds that Black students borrow 35 percent more on average in student loans than their non-Black peers, but Black millennial bachelor’s degree-holders earn 22 percent less than non-Black grads.