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Participants for this study were drawn from the Strong African American Healthy Adults Program. Data analysis was conducted from April 2023 to January 2024.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Exposures<\/jats:title>Family economic disadvantage (measured during the adolescent years) and college graduation (indicating upward mobility).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>Primary outcomes included mental health, substance use, and physical health. Mental health included a composite of internalizing and disruptive problems (anxiety, depression, anger, aggressive behaviors, and emotional reactivity). Substance use included a composite of smoking, drinking, and drug use. Physical health included metabolic syndrome (MetS) and proinflammatory phenotypes (immune cells mounting exaggerated cytokine responses to bacterial challenge and being insensitive to inhibitory signals from glucocorticoids). Mental and physical health measures were taken at age 31 and during the adolescent years. Linear and logistic regression analyses, as well as mediated moderation analyses, were conducted.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>The study population consisted of 329 Black youths (212 women [64%]; 117 men [36%]; mean [SD] age at follow-up, 31 [1] years). Compared with those who did not graduate college, those who graduated from college had 0.14 SD fewer mental health problems (b<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u22121.377; 95% CI, \u22122.529 to \u22120.226; \u03b2\u2009=\u2009\u22120.137; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.02) and 0.13 SD lower levels of substance use (b<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u22120.114; 95% CI, \u22120.210 to \u22120.018; \u03b2\u2009=\u2009\u22120.131; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.02). Residualized change scores revealed that college graduates showed greater decreases from age 16 to 31 years in mental health problems (b<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u22121.267; 95% CI, \u22122.360 to \u22120.174; \u03b2\u2009=\u2009\u22120.133; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.02) and substance use problems (b<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u22120.116; 95% CI, \u22120.211 to \u22120.021; \u03b2\u2009=\u2009\u22120.136; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.02). For physical health, significant interactions between childhood family disadvantage and college completion emerged in association with MetS (OR, 1.495; 95% CI, 1.111-2.012; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.008) and proinflammatory phenotype (b<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.051; 95% CI, 0.003 to 0.099; \u03b2\u2009=\u20090.131; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.04). Among youths growing up in disadvantaged households, college completion was associated with a 32.6% greater likelihood of MetS (OR, 3.947; 95% CI, 1.003-15.502; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.049) and 0.59 SD more proinflammatory phenotype (mean difference, 0.249, 95% CI, 0.001 to 0.497; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.049). Conversely, among those from economically advantaged backgrounds, college completion was correlated with lower MetS and less proinflammatory phenotype. Findings held after controlling for body mass index at age 19 years.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>In this longitudinal cohort study of Black youths, graduating from college was associated with an adult profile of better mental health but poorer physical health among those from economic disadvantage. 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