2017 Fact Book

100 Degrees Conferred July 2015–June 2016 *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 969 72% 2,600 74% 119 86% 627 71% 497 54% 4,948 70% Male 373 28% 924 26% 20 14% 262 29% 418 46% 2,077 30% By Race/Ethnicity White, Non-Hispanic 426 32% 1115 32% 58 42% 353 40% 359 39% 2,360 34% Hispanic 448 33% 906 26% 17 12% 140 16% 215 23% 1,772 25% Black, Non-Hispanic 216 16% 734 21% 54 39% 245 28% 63 7% 1,368 19% Asian 97 7% 144 4% 3 2% 30 3% 147 16% 422 6% Pacific Islander 2 <1% 1 <1% 0 <1% 0 <1% 1 <1% 4 <1% Am. Indian/Alaska Native 4 <1% 2 <1% 0 <1% 4 <1% 0 <1% 10 <1% More than One Race 25 2% 69 2% 3 2% 13 1% 29 3% 149 2% Nonresident Alien 72 5% 169 5% 0 <1% 17 2% 51 6% 339 5% Unknown 52 4% 384 11% 4 3% 87 10% 50 5% 601 9% Grand Total 1,342 100% 3,524 100% 139 100% 889 100% 915 100% 7,025 100% * 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 2013–2014, NSU ranked 11th in total degrees awarded and fourth 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 tenth 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 2013–2014 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 37 percent as many doctoral or first-professional degrees as the entire state university system of Florida during the 2013–2014 fiscal year. ■ Of all degrees awarded by Nova Southeastern University in 2015–2016, 70 percent were awarded to women. Half of all the degrees awarded were master’s degrees. ■ Of all the degrees awarded at NSU, 35 percent were awarded through the Health Professions Division, with an additional 17 percent through the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education.