When people say find a husband in college, they don't mean that you're going to get married right after college. The college sweethearts that I know, graduate, then grind at their careers while being together, then marry and procreate when it suits them.
I know what is meant by that comment. I was in a relationship in college. Many of my friends were as well. Those relationships didn't work out. I'm not sure why this needs to be explained--there are many bw that do get in relationships in college, and see a future with their "so", but things don't always work out. There are also more BW in college than BM. So no, not every BW is going to find future hubbie in college. Some will, some will not. For those that do not, it does not mean that they were intentionally trying to be single and independent. I know on the coli the mindset is that she just needs to get a man, but if that man isn't proposing or nowhere near ready to propose she cannot make herself get married.
"75% of BW are married by 35."
“Among black women, 70 percent of college graduates are married by 40, whereas only about 60 percent of black high school graduates are married by that age,” Tara Parker-Pope of the
New York Times reported."
Both points taken from here:
The Top 4 Myths About Black Marriage
My point in posting those points is to illustrate that there are plenty of BW that end up marrying later on in life, for a multitude of reasons, but it isn't always as simple as they didn't try to find a husband in college. I believe the US census has stated that the average age for marriage in this country is 28. That number appears to apply more to WW... BW and BM take a little longer to make the plunge, in a lot of cases, they eventually do. There is nothing wrong with marrying your college sweetheart--to be frank I only know a few couples where this happened, but I realize it does happen. But honestly the majority of my married friends, met their "so" after college.