UNIVERSITY NEWS - JUNE 2003

MEDIA CONTACT: Kristine M. McGrath
561-297-1168 or kmcgrath@fau.edu

FAU Ranks Among Top 100 Colleges and Universities
In Graduating African American Students

BOCA RATON, FL (June 16, 2003) -- Florida Atlantic University ranked as one of the top 100 four-year colleges and universities for African-American students. Black Issues in Higher Education, a magazine published bi-weekly that focuses on education issues for African Americans and other minorities, ranked FAU 35th in the nation for the number of bachelor's degrees conferred to African-American students.
"Florida Atlantic University works relentlessly to serve its community by enrolling quality students of all ethnic backgrounds," said FAU President Frank Brogan. "Certainly, being recognized as one of the top universities for this accomplishment is a real honor."

For the 2001-02 academic year, approximately 111,000 bachelor's degrees were conferred to African-American students throughout the United States - representing an increase of more than 30 percent nationwide over the last ten years.

Black Issues in Higher Education ranked FAU in a number of other categories including naming FAU as the 22nd university in the nation in conferring bachelor's degrees in English to African Americans; 36th in the nation for the number of biological and life sciences degrees and 37th in the nation for the number of math degrees conferred to African-Americans.

For more information on the rankings, visit http://www.blackissues.com/060503/.

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