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Bachelor’s Degrees Awarded at Public 4-Year Institutions That Conferred Primarily Associate Degrees, 2014-15

By Ruth Hammond January 6, 2017

Community colleges in many states have been granted authority in recent years to offer bachelor’s degrees. Forty-nine such associate-dominant institutions granted 4,394 bachelor’s degrees in 2014-15.

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Community colleges in many states have been granted authority in recent years to offer bachelor’s degrees. Forty-nine such associate-dominant institutions granted 4,394 bachelor’s degrees in 2014-15.

Rank
Institution Name Bachelor’s degrees awarded Share of all degrees
1. Miami Dade College 1,155 10.1%
2. Broward College 461 7.3%
3. Palm Beach State College 276 6.4%
4. Miami U. at Hamilton 204 63.8%
5. South Texas College 201 5.9%
6. State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota 192 11.9%
7. Seminole State College of Florida 188 6.3%
8. Santa Fe College 184 5.7%
9. Vincennes U. 153 8.2%
10. College of Central Florida 126 9.3%
11. Miami U. at Middletown 115 64.6%
12. Pensacola State College 109 6.3%
13. Saint Johns River State College 73 7.5%
14. Bellevue College 62 3.0%
14. Bismarck State College 62 6.9%
16. Columbia Basin College 57 5.0%
17. Gulf Coast State College 48 5.1%
18. Darton State College 46 5.5%
19. Eastern Florida State College 42 1.5%
20. South Seattle College 41 8.1%
21. U. of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College 40 7.0%
22. Northwestern Michigan College 34 5.3%
23. Kent State U. at Tuscarawas 33 9.0%
23. South Georgia State College 33 9.8%
25. College of Southern Nevada 32 1.1%
26. Oklahoma State U. at Oklahoma City 31 3.2%
27. Brazosport College 30 6.5%
27. Valencia College 30 0.4%
29. Olympic College 29 2.3%
30. Centralia College 28 5.3%
30. South Florida State College 28 6.1%
32. Seattle Central College 27 2.2%
33. Georgia Highlands College 22 3.5%
33. Peninsula College 22 5.2%
33. Potomac State College of West Virginia U. 22 6.4%
36. Kent State U. at Stark 20 2.5%
37. Atlanta Metropolitan State College 19 5.5%
37. Kent State U. at Ashtabula 19 4.6%
39. Lake Washington Institute of Technology 16 2.7%
39. Midland College 16 4.2%
41. Kent State U. at Trumbull 15 5.5%
42. Lake-Sumter State College 12 1.8%
43. Florida Gateway College 11 2.4%
44. Snow College 8 1.0%
45. U. of Hawaii Maui College 7 1.5%
46. Kent State U. at Geauga 6 1.7%
47. North Seattle College 4 0.6%
48. East Georgia State College 3 1.2%
49. Western Nevada College 2 0.4%

Note: This table is limited to public institutions identified as baccalaureate/associate colleges (associate-dominant) under the 2015 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Such institutions reported that they conferred less than 10 percent of degrees at the baccalaureate level or higher in 2013-14. Mixed baccalaureate/associate colleges, which conferred more than 10 percent of degrees at the baccalaureate level or higher in 2013-14, are excluded.

Source: Chronicle analysis of U.S. Department of Education data</p>

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As senior editor, Ruth Hammond was responsible for the weekly Chronicle List, which compared higher-education institutions on various measures; the annual Almanac issue of data on higher education; the Chronicle Focus series of collections of articles from The Chronicle’s archives; and the monthly Bookshelf page.
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