Northern Arizona University ranks fourth in the nation for conferring the highest number of master’s degrees to Native American students and first for graduating Native American students with master’s degrees in education.
The rankings are produced by Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine’s annual report which recognizes institutions that confer the largest number of degrees to minority students based on the 2008-09 academic school year.
NAU earned multiple top 10 rankings for minority master’s degree production, including 10th for master’s in education for all minority groups and also for master’s degrees in education awarded to Hispanics. In all, the university received 10 rankings for graduating minority students with master’s degrees.
The report ranks doctoral degrees for this first time this year and NAU ranks 12th, 71st and 89th for graduating Native Americans, Hispanics and Asian Americans, respectively.
The university also excels in awarding undergraduate degrees to minorities in specific disciplines, with seven top 10 rankings, six of which fall under graduating Native American students.
Here is how NAU ranks among other institutions for minority education:
| Bachelor’s degrees | |
| • | Fourth in the nation for degrees in education for Native Americans |
| • | Fourth for degrees in physical sciences for Native Americans |
| • | Fifth for degrees in engineering for Native Americans |
| • | Sixth for degrees in heath professions and related clinical sciences for Native Americans |
| • | Seventh for degrees in social sciences and history for Native Americans |
| • | Eighth for degrees in education for Hispanics |
| • | 12th for degrees in business management, marketing and related support services for Native Americans |
| • | 16th for degrees in biological and biomedical sciences for Native Americans |
| • | 16th for degrees in psychology for Native Americans |
| • | 34th for degrees in education for Asian Americans |
| • | 38th for degrees in physical sciences for Hispanics |
| Master’s degrees | |
| • | First in the nation for degrees in education for Native Americans |
| • | Fourth for degrees in all disciplines for Native Americans |
| • | 10th for degrees in education for all minority groups |
| • | 10th for degrees in education for Hispanics |
| • | 11th for degrees in physical sciences for Hispanics |
| • | 16th for degrees in English language and literature/letters for Hispanics |
| • | 28th for degrees in all disciplines for Hispanics |
| • | 40th for degrees in education for Asian Americans |
| • | 49th for degrees in English language and literature/letters for all minority groups |
| • | 77th for degrees in all disciplines for all minority groups |
| Doctoral degrees | |
| • | 12th in the nation for degrees in all disciplines for Native Americans |
| • | 14th for degrees in health professions and related clinical sciences for Hispanics |
| • | 34th for degrees in education for Hispanics |
| • | 40th for degrees in social sciences and history for all minority groups |
| • | 71st for degrees in all disciplines for Hispanics |
| • | 89th for degrees in all disciplines for Asian Americans |
View the complete reports online:
Top 100 Producers of Minority Undergraduate Degrees, 2010
See which schools are producing the most minority recipients of undergraduate degrees in the nation.
Top 100 Producers of Minority Graduate Degrees, 2010
See which schools are producing the most minority recipients of graduate and professional degrees in the nation.