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From 1990 until 2015, the number of males enrolled in college increased by 41 percent, and the number of female students rose by 53 percent. [13] In 2015/2016, 51% of degrees earned by males were bachelor's, which is slightly higher than that of females for whom 48% of degrees earned were bachelor's degrees. [ 13 ]
Intensely anti-slavery, Oberlin was also the only college to admit black students in the 1830s. By the 1880s, however, with the fading of evangelical idealism, the school began segregating its black students. [30] The enrollment of women grew steadily after the Civil War. In 1870, 9,100 women comprised 21% of all college students.
1970. 41.5%. 13.3%. 1980. 49%. 30.3%. The statistics for enrollment of women in higher education in the 1930s varies depending upon the type of census performed in that year. According to the U.S. Office of Education, the total number of enrollment for women in higher education the U.S. in 1930 was 480,802.
Oberlin College (founded 1833) was the first mainly white, degree-granting college to admit African-American students. [127] However, before the Civil War it is likely that only 3-5% of Oberlin students were African-American. [128] By 1900, 400 African-Americans had earned B.A. degrees from Harvard, Yale, Oberlin, and 70 other "leading colleges."
Talladega College had the highest percent of Pell Grant eligible students among HBCUs at 95%. [55] In 2015, the share of black students attending HBCUs had dropped to 9% of the total number of black students enrolled in degree-granting institutions nationwide.
In 2008, 36% of enrolled students graduated from college in four years. 57% completed their undergraduate requirements in six years, at the same college they first enrolled in. [123] The U.S. ranks 10th among industrial countries for percentage of adults with college degrees. [77]
In 2016–17, the average cost of annual tuition in the United States ranged from $9,700 for public four-year institutions to $33,500 for private four-year institutions. [7] Private colleges increased their tuition by an average of 1.7 percent in 2016–17, the smallest rise in four decades, according to the U.S. Consumer Price Index. [7]
On June 5, 2020, more than 400 medical students, faculty and medical professionals at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine knelt for eight minutes and 46 seconds – the length of time ...