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Minority students represented 32 percent of master's graduates in the School of Education
National University provides more master's degrees in education to minority students – including African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans and Hispanics – than any other college or university in the nation, according to the latest edition of Diverse Issues in Higher Education.
In total, National University conferred 773 master's degrees in education to minorities in the 2004-2005 academic year. Minority students represented 32 percent of the total master's graduates from National University in 2004-2005.
In total, 414 Hispanics, 201 African Americans, 142 Asian Americans, and 16 Native Americans earned their master's degrees in Education from National University in 2004-2005. National University is first overall in California in granting master's degrees in education to every minority category and is second in the nation in granting master's degrees in education to Asian Americans and Hispanics.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education published its annual rankings of the top 100 colleges and universities providing graduate degrees to minority students on July 13. The rankings are based upon data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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