Education
Ghanaian immigrants arrive with educational statistics similar to Nigerian Americans and other relatively successful African Immigrants. This is attributable to Ghana's coastal location and British colonization which created an English speaking school system. Although the numbers are small, Ghanaians are well represented in universities across the United States. Schools such as Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania, and Stanford University have groups specifically devoted to Ghanaian students, in addition to general African student associations.
While educational attainment is high in the Ghanaian American community, the most recent arrivals come with the U.S. government's stipulation that they must attend university, many of them start businesses to overcome the disparity of finding a job in the United States. Ghanaians typically live in less segregated areas and move to more suburban locations as their income rises.
Many of the newest Ghanaians in American universities are not new arrivals, but the children of established Ghanaian Americans in the United States. Ghanaians in the United States do contribute millions of dollars in remittances and within time may become more directly involved in investing in Ghanaian companies.
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