HBCU Economic Impact

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Columbia, SC (WOLO) —Historically Black Colleges and Universities mean big bucks for the local economy.

Monday afternoon Representatives from the White House’s Initiative on HBCU’s and the United Negro College Fund released a study on the schools’ economic impact.

According to the study,  in South Carolina, HBCU’s generate 463 million dollars , and close to five thousand jobs.
annually.