{"id":304,"date":"2015-09-03T10:19:53","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T17:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/?p=304"},"modified":"2025-07-03T13:06:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:06:51","slug":"palomar-college-ranks-in-top-100-for-graduating-minority-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-ranks-in-top-100-for-graduating-minority-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Palomar College Ranks in \u2018Top 100 Minority Degree Producers&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN MARCOS \u2013 According to a report to be published in <em>Diverse: Issues In Higher Education,<\/em> Palomar College ranks as one of the country\u2019s \u201cTop 100 Minority Degree Producers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming \u201cHispanic American Heritage\u201d edition of the national <em>Diverse<\/em> newsweekly publication presents the magazine\u2019s annual \u201cspecial report\u201d which compares colleges and universities in the U.S. on their success rate in awarding academic degrees to members of minority populations. The report, scheduled to be out September 24, shows Palomar as in the top 100 \u201cfor graduating African Americans, Asian Americans and Hispanics with Associate degrees in several disciplines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Palomar\u2019s rankings for graduating Hispanic students are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ranked among the Top three for graduating Hispanic students with <em>Associates<\/em> degrees in \u201cAll Disciplines Combined\u201d for 2015<\/li>\n<li>Ranked among the Top three for graduating Hispanic students with <em>Associates<\/em> degrees in Social Sciences for 2015<\/li>\n<li>Ranked among the Top 15 for graduating Hispanic students with <em>Associates<\/em> degrees in Multi\/Interdisciplinary Studies for 2015<\/li>\n<li>Ranked among the Top 15 for graduating Hispanic students with <em>Associates<\/em> degrees in Business\/Commerce, General for 2015<\/li>\n<li>Ranked among the Top 25 for graduating Hispanic students with <em>Associates<\/em> degrees in Psychology for 2015<\/li>\n<li>Ranked among the Top 30 for graduating Hispanic students with <em>Associates<\/em> degrees in Family and Consumer Sciences\/Human Sciences for 2015<\/li>\n<li>Ranked among the Top 45 for graduating Hispanic students with <em>Associates<\/em> degrees in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services for 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWe take Palomar&#8217;s designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution very seriously,\u201d said Interim Palomar College Superintendent\/President Adrian Gonzales. &#8220;We are proud that our commitment to supporting the unique needs of our diverse student population continues to produce tangible results in helping all students to achieve their goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN MARCOS \u2013 According to a report to be published in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, Palomar College ranks as one of the country\u2019s \u201cTop 100 Minority Degree Producers.\u201d The upcoming \u201cHispanic American Heritage\u201d edition of the national Diverse newsweekly publication presents the magazine\u2019s annual \u201cspecial report\u201d which compares colleges and universities in the U.S.&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-ranks-in-top-100-for-graduating-minority-students\/\">\u00a0Continue Reading:<span> Palomar College Ranks in \u2018Top 100 Minority Degree Producers&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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