Nontraditional students are increasing in enrollment as one of the most significant demographic groups on American campuses. Since this number grew exponentially from 30% to 50% in a ten-year period (Forbus et al., 2010), universities may need to prioritize the needs and services of nontraditional students on their campuses to promote retention and completion rates (Adams & Corbett, 2010). African American single mothers are included in the largest group of nontraditional students, single mothers. Although African American women are increasing their enrollment in graduate programs, their graduate degree completion rates continue to be critically low (Bakersville, 2017). African American women earned 14.9% of master?s degrees and 10.4% of doctorate degrees (National Center for Education Statistics, 2020). This qualitative narrative research study examined the experiences of African American single mother graduate students as they pursued an advanced degree while raising minor children and the factors that affected their graduation degree completion rates such as academic support services, their socialization processes, and mentors that may have supported them through their degrees. This study explored personal narratives to answer to the following overarching question: What are the experiences of African American single mothers with minor children pursuing graduate degrees? The participants (n=17) completed semi-structured (one to one and one-half hour) interviews through Zoom teleconferencing. Few studies have focused on African American single mothers with minor children in graduate programs, so this study has the potential to contribute a much-needed perspective to the research and literature on nontraditional students and African American single mothers. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]