July 13, 2006
Sacramento
State in top third
nationally for diverse grads
Sacramento State is ranked 27th nationwide for the number of ethnically diverse
students who earned baccalaureate degrees in 2004-05, according to the magazine
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. The article published June 1 looks at the
top 100 undergraduate degree producers nationwide and Sacramento State ranks
in top percentile. The magazine uses a U.S. Department of Education report to
show there was a 5 percent annual increase nationwide in the number of minority
students graduating with bachelor’s degrees from four-year colleges and
universities.
More than half of Sacramento State’s 28,000 students are from ethnically
diverse populations. In the last decade, the number of students from ethnic
and racial groups has increased 65 percent nationwide, from 200,000 students
in 1994-95 to 350,000 in 2004-05. Hispanic grads have seen the greatest increase,
more than doubling in the last 10 years, from 54,000 to 100,000.
Sacramento State ranked 29th nationwide in the number of Hispanic students earning
a four-year undergraduate degree. Asian Americans graduating with education
and health degrees pushed Sacramento State to a national ranking of 19th.
Other highlights which show Sacramento State’s position in the top 100
national rankings include:
More
information on Sacramento State graduates is available by contacting the Public
Affairs office at (916) 278-6156.
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