SFSU ranks 10th nationwide in awarding college degrees to minorities

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National survey also lists SFSU second in business, education degrees to Asian Americans 

SAN FRANCISCO, June 27, 2003 — San Francisco State University is ranked 10th nationwide in awarding undergraduate degrees to minorities, according to a survey published earlier this month in Black Issues in Higher Education.

SFSU awarded 2,150 undergraduate degrees to minorities in the 2001-2002 academic year, comprising 48 percent of its baccalaureate graduating class, according to the survey. SFSU ranked 11th nationwide in last year’s survey.

SFSU consistently ranks high in the number of degrees awarded to Asian Americans, scoring seventh overall nationwide for undergraduate degrees.

“We are proud that San Francisco State University is consistently recognized as one of the nation’s top producers of minority graduates in a wide range of disciplines,” SFSU President Robert A. Corrigan said. “San Francisco State’s standings in the survey are the result not only of the Bay Area’s ethnic diversity, but of our long tradition of reaching out to ethnic communities, incorporating diversity into the curriculum, and ensuring a welcoming, inclusive campus environment for people of all backgrounds.”

Other SFSU highlights from the survey include:

• awarded more undergraduate education degrees to Asian Americans than any other school in the nation except University of Hawaii-Manoa;
• awarded more undergraduate business degrees to Asian Americans than any other school in the nation except San Jose State University;
• tied for fifth with University of California, Santa Barbara, in awarding undergraduate ethnic studies degrees to Asian Americans;
• ranked sixth in undergraduate English language and letters degrees to Asian Americans;
• ranked sixth in undergraduate ethnic studies degrees to all minority groups;
• ranked 10th in undergraduate English language and letters degrees to all minority groups.

Researchers at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis conducted the 12th annual Top 100 Degree Producers survey using data from the 2001-2002 academic year compiled by the U.S. Department of Education. Rankings are based on the numbers of baccalaureate degrees awarded to minorities at universities across the country. The survey was published in the June 5 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education.

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