Topping the Charts
It’s that time of year again, when we recognize the colleges and universities that graduate the most students of color at the undergraduate level. In 2001, we celebrated the fact that the number of African American students receiving bachelor’s degrees topped 100,000 for the first time. It is good to see that number continues to surpass previous years’ totals.
Florida A&M, Howard and Southern universities again occupy the top three slots for conferring the most bachelor’s degrees to African American students. Last year FAMU was No. 1, with Southern and Howard occupying slots 2 and 3 respectively. This year, Howard and Southern have changed places. And like last year, Tennessee State and North Carolina A&T State universities are ranked 4 and 5 respectively. As for the Traditionally White Institutions (TWIs) graduating the most African American students, Georgia State, Temple and Florida State universities rank in the top 3, whereas last year, Chicago State University occupied the No. 3 slot. There’s more data to be analyzed; however, I’ll let Dr. Victor Borden fill you in about the specific trends from this year’s data in his annual “Interpreting the Data” (see pg. 31).
