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Highlights at specific schools include the 195 percent increase in overall graduation rates of STEM students experienced by Bowie State University from between 1993-1994 and 2003-2004, a 195 percent increase. During the same years, The University of Texas El Paso saw a 41 percent increase in total STEM degrees conferred.
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BOWIE,
Oglala Lakota College
Sitting Bull College in North Dakota
Sisseton Wahpeton College
Spelman College in Georgia,
Universidad Metropolitana
The University of Texas at El Paso
Xavier University of Louisiana
Retention Rates Higher In MIE Programs
In 1993-1994 when the MIE program was first introduced to five schools, 70 percent of students returned after the first year, followed by 54 percent after their second year, and 46 percent after their third year in college. In 2000-2001 with six schools, nearly 77 percent returned after the first year, 67 percent after the second year, and 55 percent after the third year of their undergraduate program. The average percent increase over the seven years was 10 percent.
- Olivia Majesky-Pullmann
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