Contact: Maridith Geuder
In the latest ranking by a national publication, Mississippi State is 62nd among all U.S. institutions of higher learning in awarding bachelor's degrees to African-Americans.
According to a report in Black Issues in Higher Education magazine, the university also is listed by discipline as being seventh in education and 25th in engineering among all institutions awarding African-American baccalaureate degrees.
Information in the June issue is drawn from U.S. Department of Education data based on 2002-03 school-year figures.
MSU awarded 392 degrees to African-Americans in 2002-03, representing 14.5 percent of the university's total. The number was up from 377 the previous year.
Other Mississippi institutions on the magazine's "Top 100 Degree Producers" list include Jackson State University, ranked 11th overall, the University of Southern Mississippi, ranked 36th, and Mississippi Valley State University, ranked 89th.