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College: How Are Black Graduates Faring In the Work World?

 
By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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Black college graduates are unemployed at 7.2 percent, double the rate of White graduates at 3.8 percent, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The Department of Labor released the statistics and found that Hispanic and Asian college graduates were unemployed at 5 percent. College graduates overall are still faring better in the recession than people who did not attend.—CJ