American InterContinental University Ranks Among Top Institutions Graduating Minority Students
July 27, 2007
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, July 27, 2007 – More African-Americans graduated with bachelor’s degrees in business from American InterContinental University’s online campus (AIU Online) than from any other individual university campus in the United States during the 2005-06 school year, a report by Diverse Issues in Higher Education reveals. The most recent data also found that AIU Online ranks among the nation’s top institutions bestowing associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees in several other disciplines to minority students. AIU Online ranked within the top ten campuses in the following categories:
- First in master’s degrees in computer and information science to Hispanic-Americans
- Second in associate degrees across all disciplines to African-Americans and all minorities
- Third in bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer and information sciences to African- Americans
- Third in bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer and information science to all minorities
- Fifth in master’s degrees in education and across all disciplines to African-Americans
- Sixth in master’s degrees in business to African-Americans
- Sixth in master’s degrees across all disciplines to all minorities
- Seventh in master’s degrees in business to all minorities
- Seventh in bachelor’s degrees across all disciplines to African-Americans
- Eighth in bachelor’s degrees in business to all minorities
“At AIU Online, providing a high quality education" that is accessible to a culturally-diverse and geographically-dispersed student body has always been our priority,” said Dr. George Miller, Chief Executive Officer of American InterContinental University. “We are proud of the fact that Diverse Issues in Higher Education recognizes that AIU successfully serves students who are traditionally underrepresented in academia. AIU Online provides access to a flexible education and an opportunity for students to improve their lives by attending university courses on their own schedules, and without regard to geographic obstacles.”
The Diverse Issues in Higher Education report recognizes institutions where minority students earn undergraduate and graduate degrees across all academic disciplines as well as in specific disciplines. Data for the yearly report is provided by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).
About American InterContinental University and AIU Online
American InterContinental University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate, Bachelor’s, and Master’s degrees. This umbrella accreditation includes the following branch campuses of the University: AIU Los Angeles, AIU Buckhead; AIU Dunwoody; AIU South Florida; AIU London; AIU Houston; AIU Online (originating in Illinois). For more information, please visit www.aiuniv.edu. American InterContinental University Online (AIU Online) is the web-based virtual campus of American InterContinental University. For more information, please visit www.aiuonline.edu.
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