According to a study performed by Education Trust, a national nonprofit organization that promotes student achievement, Coastal Carolina University is one of the most successful US colleges reducing racial gaps.
According the report, African-American are graduating at a slightly higher rate than CCU’s white students.
The study, based on data collected by the U.S. Department of Education, included CCU in its list of “Smallest White-Black Graduation-Rate Gaps Among Public Colleges and Universities.” Based on data collected over a three-year period (2006 to 2008), the study found that the graduation rate for black students was 45.3 percent, as compared to 43.7 percent for white students, a difference of 1.6 percent. African-American students make up approximately 11 percent of CCU’s student body.
According to the study, the national graduation rate for African-American students at four-year institutions is approximately 20 percentage points below that of their white counterparts. The Education Trust looked at data from 456 colleges and universities to identify institutions that are making progress in improving on the wide racial graduation gap they inherit from the nation’s high schools.
