Saint Leo University once again is celebrating its focus on student diversity, earning another top 100 ranking for minority students from Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine.
The St. Leo-based school is ranked ninth nationwide for its number of African-American students earning a bachelor’s degree, and 31st in the nation of the same minority group working on a master’s degree.
Saint Leo also earned high rankings for the number of African-Americans in is graduate-level and associate-level courses, as well as for all minorities seeking a bachelor’s.
“We are pleased to again be included in these significant rankings by Diverse,” said Saint Leo president Arthur Kirk, in a release. “At Saint Leo University, students live and study with counterparts from many backgrounds, places and cultures. We are proud of our inclusive spirit, which is consistently reflected in these rankings as a top degree-granting institution for minority students. We were particularly pleased that we increased our ranking in several categories.”
The Oct. 9 edition of the magazine identifies the top 100 undergraduate and graduate minority degree producers among U.S. colleges and universities. The data is compiled exclusively for the magazine by Victor Borden of Indianapolis. It’s part of his national report documenting the ability of American colleges to award degrees to African-American, Hispanic, Asian-American and Native American students.
