By bridgemi/Bridge staff
There is a 22-percent gap between white and black graduation rates atMichiganpublic universities – significantly wider than the national public university racial gap of 16 percent. Wayne State University has the largest racial graduation gap in the state, and the largest in the nation among public universities.
Here are rates for 2009, the most recent year available, for all schools (all figures represent percentages):
Central Michigan University
White: 58.7
Black: 45.2
Gap: 13.5
Eastern Michigan University
White: 45.2
Black: 25.1
Gap: 20.1
Ferris State University
White: 49.2
Black: 21.6
Gap: 27.6
Grand Valley State University
White: 61.4
Black: 55.3
Gap: 6.1
Lake Superior State University
Not available.
Michigan State University
White: 81.0
Black: 58.7
Gap: 22.3
Michigan Tech
White: 66.9
Black: 71.4
Gap: -4.5
Northern Michigan University
White: 46.1
Black: 33.3
Gap: 12.8
Oakland University
White: 45.1
Black: 15.4
Gap: 29.7
Saginaw Valley State University
White: 41.8
Black: 11.7
Gap: 30.1
University of Michigan
White: 94.6
Black: 78.9
Gap: 15.7
University of Michigan-Dearborn
White: 50.3
Black: 34.5
Gap: 15.8
University of Michigan-Flint
White: 47.3
Black: 27.3
Gap: 20.0
Wayne State University
White: 44.6
Black: 8.6
Gap: 36.0
Western Michigan University
White: 55.6
Black: 39.7
Gap: 15.9
Source: The Education Trust
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mrreylou
Is the world only black and white? Really??????
TRoss
To make this information credible you need to know the percent of black students that make up the total student population. In addition, it would be helpful to know the programs utilized at each university to encourage minority students to attend a university.
Tam
You have to *want* a top notch education to attend Michigan Tech regardless of color, hence the negative number :>) With the exception of Tech, UofM and State, the graduation numbers are pretty depressing regardless of color – perhaps there is more to the problems of retention than race?
Duane
I wonder what the statistics would look like if it were broken down by high schools the students attended, the academic experience of their parents, the family structure, I wonder what it is for other ethnic groups, I wonder what it is based on admission criteria (does the low ACT a real indicator or are all test bad indicators)? I wonder if the Bridge really cares about the successes or can they only look for failure.