The top 100 associate degrees conferred.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education › May 13, 2010
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The top 100 associate degrees conferred.
Nearly 250,000 students of color received associate degrees in academic year 2008-09. This represents 30 percent of all associate degree recipients, which is just slightly below the 33 percent representation of these racial/ethnic groups in the general U.S. population. In this edition of the Top 100 series, we highlight the institutions that are contributing most to these impressive statistics, overall, as well as in various fields of study.
We noted in last year's Top 100 editions that the U.S. Department of Education is in the process of transitioning from using a set of exclusive racial/ethnic categories to accommodating individuals who identify with more than one group. Because we are still in the transition period, we must translate the responses of all institutions into the traditional format. As a result, we cannot yet accommodate in this listing multiracial students. Starting next year we should be able to do so with more reliable data. Before turning to the lists, we de scribe the data source and methods. Method Each year, the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) collects data on degrees conferred through the Completions Survey of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Set (IPEDS). This year's Top 100 analysis is based on the associate degrees conferred during the 2008-09 academic year. At this point in time, the collected information is considered preliminary but the data are complete and accurate for all institutions included in the analysis, which represents the vast majority of U.S. community colleges, four-year colleges and universities. The data are collected for all postsecondary degrees as well as for other formal awards conferred in academic, vocational and continuing professional education programs. Institutions categorize their degrees according to the Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) codes developed by NCES. CIP codes provide a common set of categories allowing comparisons across all colleges and universities. The IPEDS degree completions survey includes responses from 2,967 postsecondary institutions that awarded at least one associate degree. W...See the full content of this document
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