African American College Students at Black versus White Institutions

Stress levels of African American college students attending Historically Black andPredominantly White Institutions were compared during this research. The GPAs of the students were correlated with their stress levels. Racism and social support were explored as factors contributing to stress. Results indicated that African American students attending the Predominantly Whiteinstitution had higher stress than African American students attending the Historically Blackinstitution and White students attending the Predominantly White institution. The results alsoindicated that GPA and stress were negatively correlated; as stress levels decreased GPAincreased. A negative correlation was found to be significant with social support and stress; asstress increased social support decreased.