Economic Impact of the Nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities

The purpose of this study, (NCES 2007-178), was to document the economic role of the nation's historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) by estimating the short-term economic impact that each of these institutions has on their local communities. In this study, short-term economic impact was defined as the change in overall economic activity in the institutions's community that is associated with four important categories of college/university-related expenditures, salaries, other institutional expenditures, and the expenditures of undergraduate and separately, graduate and professional students attending the institution.