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College in Top-100 for Students Getting Associate's Degrees
Story by James Hill
PORTLAND, Ore. – ¶¶Òõ¸£Àûµ¼º½ 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, ¶¶Òõ¸£Àûµ¼º½ 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 ¶¶Òõ¸£Àûµ¼º½ increased by 12.9 percent from the previous year to 114. That number ranks ¶¶Òõ¸£Àûµ¼º½ 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.¶¶Òõ¸£Àûµ¼º½ also ranks high in another degree category. Of associate’s degrees earned in business administration, ¶¶Òõ¸£Àûµ¼º½ 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 ¶¶Òõ¸£Àûµ¼º½. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »