HBCUs typically charge lower tuition and provide Black students with a sense of belonging, experts say.
There's been a resurgence of student interest in attending historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, which experts say is due to a variety of social, cultural and political factors.
After the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans at the hands of police – which sparked protests and a racial reckoning across the U.S. in 2020 – "many students started to feel a little bit insecure about their surroundings and their environment," says Carl B. Goodman, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Bowie State University, an HBCU in Maryland. They "felt that HBCUs were a place where they were secure and that they were getting a family-like environment."
