What Are the Factors That Discourage African Americans from Pursuing Graduate Degrees?

There are a multitude of factors contributing to African Americans not pursuing business graduate degrees. The career benefits of pursuing a graduate degree are sometimes concealed behind the financial burden of graduate school for some African Americans. The rise in cost of advance degrees is a hindrance and to go into debt for a graduate degree that comes with no guarantee to ascertain a position to balance out the financial investment counts as a big deterrent. Paying for an undergraduate degree can be a burden on some families so the encouragement to continue on to graduate school is not always an option. The prime directive of most African Americans is to finish undergrad studies and obtain a position to pay off there college debts. Some might need to alleviate the financial burden their family might have endured sending them to college. …