Harvard Has the Highest Black Student Graduation Rate in the Ivy League

The eight Ivy League colleges are generally considered to be among the most prestigious institutions of higher education in the nation, and the world. All of these institutions have graduation rates for African Americans of 85 percent or better. Nationwide the college graduation for African Americans is 44 percent.

At Harvard, 96 percent of all African-American students earn their degree within six years. The graduation for African Americans at Princeton and Yale is 94 percent. Columbia University trails the Ivy League with a still very respectable 85 percent graduation rate for African Americans.