Cal State Fullerton Is
No. 2 in Nation for Business Degrees Awarded to Asian-Americans
CSUF is also recognized as fourth in
the nation for awarding business degrees to all minorities and
sixth for undergraduate business degrees awarded to Hispanics.
June 16, 2005 :: No. 240
Cal State Fullerton is second in the
nation for awarding bachelor’s degrees in business to
Asian-Americans, according to a report in the June 2 issue
of Black Issues in Higher Education.
The university also is recognized as fourth
in the nation for awarding business degrees to all minorities
and sixth for undergraduate business degrees awarded to Hispanics.
Cal State Fullerton is sixth for the overall
number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to minority students
and is the highest ranked among the CSU campuses in this category.
The campus also was recognized as fifth in the nation and
first in California for awarding undergraduate degrees in
all categories to Hispanics, and 11th for undergraduate degrees
awarded to Asian-Americans.
The rankings are part of the 14th annual “Top
100 Degree Producers” report and are based on 2003-04
data submitted by institutions of higher education to the
U.S. Department of Education. In addition to the rankings,
the publication reported that the number of minority students
graduating from CSUF had grown by 12 percent over the previous
reporting year.
In other academic programs, CSUF ranks:
• third in education degrees awarded to Asian-Americans;
• fourth in education degrees awarded to Hispanics and
all minorities combined;
• seventh for ethnic studies degrees; and
• ninth for mathematics degrees awarded to Hispanics.
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