Contact: Maya Matthews Minter
Phone: 703.385.2411
Email: [email protected]
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education Names Top 100 Health Science Degree Producers
FAIRFAX, Va. — In its October 23, 2014 edition, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine
identifies the Top 100 minority health science degree producers among U.S. institutions of higher
education.
The data, compiled exclusively for Diverse by Dr. Victor Borden of Indiana University
Bloomington, is the only national report on the ability of U.S. colleges and universities to award
degrees to African-American, Hispanic, Asian-American and Native American students at the
undergraduate, graduate and professional level.
The Diverse Top 100 is also the only national analysis to use the most recent data from the U.S.
Department of Education, (the 2012-13 academic year). Using these statistics, Borden has created
rankings in the total number of graduate degrees awarded at every American college, as well as
specific figures in major fields of study and disciplines.
This marks the 23rd consecutive year that Diverse (formerly Black Issues In Higher Education)
has produced this original research.
Among the significant findings:

The University of Illinois at Chicago, Drexel University, and Baylor College of Medicine
are the top 3 producers respectively of doctoral degrees in Medicine conferred to
minority students;

Grand Canyon University, Chamberlin College of Nursing-Illinois, and The University of
Texas at Arlington respectively confer the most Bachelor’s degrees in Nursing to
minority students and;

New York University is the number one producer of doctoral degrees in Dentistry
conferred to minority students.
With the health science findings it is important to note that the analysis distinguishes between
only two types of doctoral degrees: the “professional practice” degree that includes those awarded
in medicine, law, divinity and a number of other health fields; and all other types, which are
dominated by what is labeled “Doctor’s degree-research/scholarship.” The third degree type,
“Doctor’s degree-other,” accounts for less than 1 percent and has been grouped with
research/scholarship.
Since 1984, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine has been the nation’s premier
publication covering the issues pertaining to underrepresented minorities in American higher
education. Reaching more than 200,000 readers biweekly, Diverse has been recognized for its indepth news coverage, provocative commentary, insightful special reports and original research.
To receive a copy of the October 23, 2014 Health Science edition please contact Maya M. Minter
via the contact information above.
The Top 100 Degree Producers can be found online at:
http://DiverseEducation.com/top100/