To determine which institutions grant the most graduate and professional degrees to students of color, Black Issues In Higher Education relied on statistics provided by the U.S. Department of Education.
Black Issues acquired the lists of the 100 institutions that grant the most master’s, doctorate and first professional graduate degrees, according to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) “Completions” survey (1993-94) and “Consolidated” survey (1994).
Those institutions were ranked in order of awards granted to African-American students. In addition, the charts list the number of degrees awarded in the following categories: Hispanic, Asian American, all minority students and all students. Because Native Americans represent such a small number, Black Issues did not list them separately. However, where the total of minority graduates is more than the sum of the individual ethnic groups, the difference is the number of Native Americans who received degrees in that category.
The last column of numbers shows the percentage of the total represented by minority students. Non-resident aliens and those for whom race/ethnicity were unknown were removed from consideration.
In the grids showing the No. 1 producer of degrees by ethnic group, note that the only institutions in consideration were the top 100 degree producers. There may be, for example, an institution that granted more degrees to a particular ethnic group than the one listed here. But if that institution did not produce enough degrees to make it one of the top 100 degree producers in the country, it was not part of this study.
Leading First Professional Degree Producers in Selected Fields of Study, By Race/Ethnicity of Recipients (1993-94)
Field of Study White
Dentistry New York University 128
Divinity/Ministry Southwestern Baptist 255
Theological Seminary
Medicine Indiana University 221
Purdue University at Indianapolis
Pharmacy University of Illinois 108
Law Georgetown University 476
Veterinary Medicine Ohio State University 117
Field of Study African-American
Dentistry Howard University 28
Divinity/Ministry Interdenominational 65
Theological Center
Medicine Wayne State University 40
Pharmacy Texas Southern University 44
Law Georgetown University 69
Veterinary Medicine Tuskegee University 22
Field of Study Hispanic
Dentistry New York University 50
Divinity/Ministry Southeastern Baptist 12
Theological Seminary
Medicine University of Texas 30
Health Science Center
Pharmacy NOVA-Southeastern Univ. 13
Law University of Texas at Austin 58
Veterinary Medicine University of California-Davis 8
Field of Study Asian/Pacific Islander
Dentistry University of the Pacific 54
Divinity/Ministry Fuller Theological 32
Seminary of California
Medicine Northwestern University 62
Pharmacy University of 91
Southern California
Law Loyola Marymount University 43
Veterinary Medicine Colorado State University 6
American Indian/
Field of Study Alaskan Native
Dentistry Medical College of Georgia 6
Divinity/Ministry School of Theology at 2
Claremont and Seabury-
Western Theological Seminary
Medicine University of Oklahoma 7
Health Science Center
Pharmacy University of California- 1
San Francisco
Law University of 7
Michigan-Ann Arbor
Veterinary Medicine Colorado State University 3
and Oklahoma State University
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