The Best Colleges » Most Affordable http://www.thebestcolleges.org Top Universities & Colleges Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:56:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Black Colleges The Best Bargains? http://www.thebestcolleges.org/2009/black-colleges-the-best-bargains/ http://www.thebestcolleges.org/2009/black-colleges-the-best-bargains/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:30:50 +0000 dkrug http://www.thebestcolleges.org/?p=137 US News & World Report has a thought provoking piece on why Black Colleges might be the best bargains in higher education during this economy, especially as many have open enrollment for people of all races:

But all of this may create an unprecedented opportunity for the HBCUs that have proved they can turn disadvantaged kids into stars at a comparatively low cost. Morehouse, for example, is attracting all kinds of applicants interested in a small private college education with a sticker price about $15,000 lower than those of elite majority-white schools in the Northeast. Last year’s valedictorian was white, for example. And for his medical school classes, Paul says, “I just want the brightest people. I don’t care if they are grey, yellow …”

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