Every student is different, we all have our own separate set of goals that we want to achieve. The institution of your choosing should reflect what you need and/or trying to pursue, and especially not the opinions of others. I transferred from a PWI to an HBCU so Im speaking from my experience based on my point of view and my observations while attending.
The choice of whether to go to a PWI or an HBCU for the undergraduate/masters degree is a personal conclusion and depends upon the person and what they are going for. Some schools only offer so much and sometimes the school you want to go to may not have your major. When you compare both schools you will see that PWI institutions usually have student bodies made up mostly of whites, with different races such as African American, Hispanic, Asian, and more. A historically black college or u
niversity can usually have student bodies made up mostly of blacks, Caucasians, Asians, Hispanics, and other races. Comparing schools shouldnt be based on what and who goes there or who graduated there, it should be based on your needs to go forth into your major. But when you compare the people or culture, you see that HBCU attendees/alums are under the impression that the people that attended PWIs think theyre somewhat better or more sophisticated than HBCU students for attending schools that are more highly known by their Big Name. Then you have some of the black PWI attendees/alums that think HBCUs are too ghetto or do not have the proper resources. This is true sometimes but only because a lot of the HBCU schools do not get equal funding as other schools do. Because of this, they would rather go to well-known schools for xyzzy reasons.