Women outnumber men 3-to-2 at black colleges, according to the Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics

At the 100 accredited HBCUs - historically black colleges and universities, 61.5% of the students are women, up from 53% in 1976 and exceeding the overall national average of 56%. Ten percent of black males who attend college go to an HBCU, most of which are located in the South. In addition, of the black males who make it to an HBCU, only 29% will graduate within six years, which is worse than the 33% national average of black males at all colleges. Nationally, the six-year graduation rate is 57%. In 2011, a report issued by Education Week showed that while the 72% high school graduation rate was the highest in decades, blacks were graduating at a paltry 57% clip.