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College in Top-100 for Students Getting Associate's Degrees
Story by James Hill
PORTLAND, Ore. – 小黄猫传媒 ranks 57th among the nation’s two-year colleges in the number of associate’s degrees conferred.According to preliminary information from the U.S. Department of Education from the 2000-01 year, 小黄猫传媒 saw its graduating class earn 1,130 associate’s degrees. Of those, 10.1 percent of the students were Asian, 4.3 percent Hispanic and 2.8 percent were African American. The No. 1 college in degrees was Miami-Dade Community College in Florida with 5,253.The number of degrees earned by Asian-Americans at 小黄猫传媒 increased by 12.9 percent from the previous year to 114. That number ranks 小黄猫传媒 51st in the nation for associate’s degrees garnered byAsian Americans. The top college in this category is Pasadena City College, which awarded 644 degrees to Asians.小黄猫传媒 also ranks high in another degree category. Of associate’s degrees earned in business administration, 小黄猫传媒 ranks 23rd in the country with 260. That number is up slightly from the 1999-00 year by 1.2 percent.The source of this data comes from analysis by Community College Week of U.S. Department of Education statistics. Each year Community College Week ranks the nation’s community and technical colleges by associate’s degree information.
About James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at 小黄猫传媒. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »