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CSUDH Among
Magazine’s “Top 100” Minority Degree Producers
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education,
a national magazine devoted to minority issues in academe, recently released its annual “Top 100 Undergraduate Degree Producers” and “Top 100 Graduate Degree Producers” rankings. CSUDH was listed 45th and 39th for undergraduate and graduate degrees respectively. Using graduation data reported by two-and four-year institutions to the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics for the 2005-06 academic year, the magazine ranked universities not only on how many degrees were granted overall to minority students, but also gave separate rankings by race, specifically African American, Asian American, Hispanic and Native American, for specific fields of study. Sixty-nine percent of students receiving bachelor’s degrees from CSUDH in the 2005-06 academic year were minorities; that figure was 49% for those receiving master’s degrees. The university ranked 50th and 37th in the total number of bachelor’s and master’s degrees, respectively, handed out to African Americans. While the university ranked in the top 50 in many of the rankings’ degree categories by minority group, it ranked especially high in the number of degrees, both undergraduate and graduate, awarded to Hispanics. The university’s highest ranking in the magazine’s report was third for the number of master’s degrees handed out to Hispanic students in the field of English language, literature and letters. In that same category, Dominguez Hills ranked seventh based on the total number of minorities, which includes additional minority groups not specified, receiving that degree. “CSU Dominguez Hills has long distinguished itself by its graduation numbers for students of color,” says former provost Allen Mori. “Our rich diversity provides a context for student success because faculty, staff and administration are committed to providing a learning environment that recognizes students’ academic needs and capitalizes on their strengths. We are very proud of our students and their accomplishments.” -Amy Bentley-Smith |
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