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The meaning of the numbers - Black Issues in Higher Education's sixth annual Top 100 rankings of minority college graduates

by Victor M.H. Borden , July 11, 2007

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Objective

The analysis of degrees conferred to students of color in the United States continues this year with the simple objective of bringing national attention to those institutions that contribute, in raw numbers, to the educational attainment of members of ethnic and racial minorities.

This is the fifth consecutive year that Black Issues In Higher Education has published these lists, which follow the same basic format as in prior years. The lists reflect degree production during the 1994-95 academic year, including all associate, baccalaureate, first professional, master's, and doctoral degrees that were awarded by accredited colleges and universities in the nation's fifty states and the District of Columbia. The institutions are ranked according to the total number of degrees awarded to minority students across all disciplines and in specific disciplines. For reasons of space, only the associate and baccalaureate lists are in this issue. Graduate and professional rankings will be carried in the next issue.

Excluded from this analysis are colleges and universities in Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and other commonwealths and protectorates, as well as postsecondary institutions within the fifty states and Washington, D.C. that are not accredited at the college level by an agency recognized by the United States Secretary of Education.

Data Source

The data for this study come from the United States Department of Education. It is collected through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) program completers survey conducted by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). The survey requests data on the number of degrees and other formal awards conferred in academic, vocational and continuing professional education programs. Institutions report their data according to the Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) codes developed by the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES). CIP codes provide a common set of categories allowing comparisons across all colleges and universities.

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