Southern highlighted as 'top producer' in education publication

Southern University's Baton Rouge campus has been listed among high-ranking schools in producing African American graduates. Southern's role was underscored in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine. An article in the magazine, "The Top 100 Undergraduate Degree Producers," documented the 2005-2006 academic year and cited the number of black graduates from a majority of two-year and four-year institutions. The data included both HBCU and non-HBCU campuses.

According to the magazine's May 2007 report, Southern conveyed 947 undergraduate degrees to black students during the 2005-2006 academic year, placing the university fourth among the 100 colleges cited by the magazine. Florida A&M University, Howard University and Georgia State University, respectively, were ahead of Southern.

During the 2005-2006 academic year, Southern ranked first in the number of undergraduate degrees conferred to black students in the category of health professions and related clinical sciences.

Southern's College of Engineering graduated 67 black engineers during 2005-2006, ranking it fourth in the nation for the number of black graduates produced in that category, according to the magazine. Only Georgia Tech, North Carolina A&T University and North Carolina State University had higher numbers than Southern.

For more, see Just the Stats: Top 100 Popular Disciplines by Gender, Race.