Mississippi’s for-profit colleges are largely drawing low-income students, students of color and women, putting these residents at risk of incurring more debt compared to their peers at nonprofit schools.

The nonprofit Center for Responsible Lending released “The State of For-Profit Colleges” earlier this month, a report that compares undergraduate enrollment, demographics, and indebtedness at for-profit schools and at state not-for-profit public and private schools.

The report found that of the 3,742 students enrolled in for-profit schools in Mississippi, nearly 78 percent are low-income.

For-profit schools also enroll higher percentages of African American and female students, at nearly 66 percent and 78 percent respectively, compared to 38 percent and 60 percent at nonprofit institutions.

Read the full article on for-profit schools by Jackie Mader at The Hechinger Report