A case study of undergraduate debt, repayment plans, and postbaccalaureate decision-making among Black students at HBCUs

• In Event: I've graduated and Now What? Post-Graduate Student Outcomes

Abstract

I conducted two semi-structured interviews, near graduation and six months later, with six graduates of an HBCU who borrowed at some point in their undergraduate career. The results suggest that following students past graduation is critical because the students' reported confidence or emotional state can change as repayment draws closer.

Author

• Dominique Baker, Southern Methodist University