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Diverse: Issues In Higher Education Names Top 100 Degree Producers
FAIRFAX, Va. — In its August 23, 2018 edition Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine identifies the Top 100 institutions awarding degrees to minority students.
The data, compiled exclusively for Diverse by Dr. Rhonda V. Sharpe, founder and president of the Women’s Institute for Science, Equity and Race, is the only national report on the ability of U.S. colleges and universities to award degrees to African-American, Asian American, Hispanic and Native American students.
The Top 100 report is the only national analysis using the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Education (2016-17 academic year).
Using these statistics Dr. Sharpe has created rankings in the total number of Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees awarded to minority students at every public American institution of higher education, as well as specific figures in major fields of study and disciplines. This marks the 27th consecutive year that Diverse (formerly Black Issues In Higher Education) has produced this original research.
Among the significant findings in the 2018 report:
