A decade after antiracism protests swept the University of Missouri’s campus in 2015, a new data analysis from the Missouri News Network finds the school’s Black student population has declined at a steeper rate than other ethnic groups.
Overall enrollment at Mizzou fell about 10% from 2013-2023, according to data collected from the National Center for Education Statistics. In that same time period, Black student enrollment declined almost 34%.
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