According to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, Washington University ranks 8th in the nation in its black student graduation rate, with 91 percent of black students graduating. The national average is 43 percent.
The university has a 91 percent graduation rate for both blacks and whites.
Harvard University has a black student graduation rate of 95 percent, the highest among U.S. colleges and universities, followed by Amherst College, Princeton University, Wellesley College and Williams College, all with a 94 percent graduation rate; Brown University and Yale University at 92 percent; Washington University at 91; Stanford University at 90; and Northwestern University at 89 percent.