Study finds racially diverse classes raise graduates' starting salaries

6 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Apr 30

Published in Nature, the research analysed 6,000 cohorts at 200 law schools and 141 business schools over more than two decades.
Adding one minority student to a 100-student law cohort was estimated to lift first-year pay by nearly $30,000 overall, with smaller but significant gains for MBA students.
The findings arrive as US universities face pressure after the 2023 Supreme Court ruling and Trump administration scrutiny of DEI and admissions policies, while conservative critics disputed the study's implications.

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