2016 Fact Book

100 Degrees Conferred July 2014–June 2015 *First- Bachelor’s Master’s Specialist Doctoral Professional **All Degrees By Gender Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Female 1,020 72% 2,576 73% 168 80% 601 73% 520 53% 5,004 70% Male 392 28% 943 27% 42 20% 221 27% 460 47% 2,125 30% By Race/Ethnicity White, Non-Hispanic 463 33% 1,279 36% 69 33% 359 44% 416 42% 2,631 37% Hispanic 413 29% 827 24% 35 17% 121 15% 237 24% 1,664 23% Black, Non-Hispanic 260 18% 702 20% 78 37% 237 29% 44 4% 1,362 19% Asian 118 8% 127 4% 3 1% 19 2% 139 14% 415 6% Pacific Islander 1 <1% 3 <1% 1 <1% 0 <1% 1 <1% 6 <1% Native American/Alaskan Native 2 <1% 4 <1% 1 <1% 2 <1% 2 <1% 11 <1% More Than One Race 38 3% 70 2% 5 2% 11 1% 29 3% 171 2% Nonresident Alien 75 5% 131 4% 1 <1% 15 2% 51 5% 291 4% Unknown 42 3% 376 11% 17 8% 58 7% 61 6% 578 8% Grand Total 1,412 100% 3,519 100% 210 100% 822 100% 980 100% 7,129 100% * First-Professional includes Juris Doctor, Doctor of Dental Medicine, Doctor of Optometry, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, and Doctor of Pharmacy. **Two associate’s degrees and 184 certificates awarded, but not otherwise shown in the table, are included in the total for all degrees. Source: IPEDS Completions Survey Table 10 Nova Southeastern University has educated significant numbers of minority students when compared to other colleges and universities in Florida and across the country. The following facts place NSU’s contribution in some perspective: ■ Analysis of data from the National Center for Education Statistics IPEDS Data Center for four- year, private, nonprofit, degree-granting institutions nationally revealed that in academic year 2012–2013, NSU ranked 11th in total degrees awarded and third in the total number of degrees awarded to students from all racial/ethnic minorities combined. NSU ranked first in total degrees awarded to Hispanics and fifth in total degrees to black or African American students. With regard to master’s degrees, NSU ranked fourth overall, fourth in degrees to all minority students, first in Hispanic, and third in black or African American. For combined doctoral and first-professional degrees, NSU ranked first nationally in total degrees awarded, awards to all minorities, and awards to Hispanics. NSU ranked second nationally in awards to black or African American students. ■ NSU awarded 21 percent of all doctoral and first- professional degrees that were conferred in Florida in 2012–2013 by the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida and the Florida public universities combined. ■ Nova Southeastern University awarded 22 percent as many master’s and 39 percent as many doctoral or first-professional degrees as the entire state university system of Florida during the 2012–2013 fiscal year. ■ Of all degrees awarded by Nova Southeastern University in 2014–2015, 70 percent were awarded to women. Half of all the degrees awarded were master’s degrees. ■ Of all the degrees awarded at NSU, 29 percent were awarded through the Health Professions Division, with an additional 23 percent through the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education.