Florida A&M University ranked nation's no. 1 producer of black undergraduates

Florida A&M University (FAMU) in Tallahassee recently was ranked the nation's leading producer of Black undergraduates, according to a special report released by Black Issues in Higher Education.

The report ranked FAMU No. L among all colleges and universities in producing "African-American baccalaureate degrees in all disciplines combined."

The number of baccalaureate degrees conferred at FAMU has grown an average of nearly 28 percent each year, moving from 463 in 1991 to 1,222 in 1995.

For the five years that Black Issues in Higher Education has been doing the report, Howard University in Washington, D.C., had been the leading producer of Black undergraduate degrees. In 1995, FAMU awarded 127 more undergraduate degrees than Howard University. FAMU's increase was due to an increase in enrollment of almost 2,000 students-from 8,100 in 1990 to 10,395 in 1995-and an increase in graduation rates.

Figures for the analysis reflected degrees produced during the 199495 school year. Data for the study was supplied by the U.S. Department of Education.

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