The meaning of the numbers - rankings of colleges and universities with most minority students - Special Report: Top 100 Graduate & Professional Degree Producers

Black Issues in Higher Education, July 24, 1997 by Victor M.H. Borden

Within each listing category (combination of degree level, minority group and discipline), the colleges and universities were ranked from high to low according to the total number of degrees conferred during the 1994-95 academic year. Each entry lists: the institution name; state of location; number of degrees conferred to women, men and both genders combined (the ranking criteria); a percentage column; and the total number of degrees conferred in 1995-96, if available.

The percentage column indicates how the number of minority degree recipients compares to all degree recipients at that institution within that discipline. For example, in the listing of doctorates conferred to African Americans in Business and Management, the percent indicates the proportion of all Business and Management doctoral degree recipients at that institution who were African American. If a particular college awarded fifty doctor of business administration degrees and five recipients were African American, then the percent column would indicate 10.0. In other words, the percentage indicates the minority group representation in that particular category.

Analysis performed by Victor M. H. Borden, Ph.D. Director, Information Management and Institutional Research Assistant Professor of Psychology Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)