Page 9 - CNM Annual Report 2015-16

THESE NUMBERS MAKE YOUR COMMITMENT TO CNM AND OUR STUDENTS SHINE
CNM Soars Nationally for Graduate Awards
Data from the U.S. Department of Education
Every year, Community College Week reviews U.S. Department of Education data to compile its national list of Top 100 Associate Degree Producers. In the 2016 Top 100 (which reviews the most current gures available from 2014-15), CNM cracked the top 10 in several categories, including No. 1 for the number of associate degrees awarded to Native Americans and No. 2 for Hispanics. CNM awarded 333 associate degrees to Native Americans in 2014-15 (an 87 percent increase from 2013-14) and 2,172 to Hispanics (a 68 percent increase).
CNM ranks No. 6 in the country among all community colleges for overall associate degrees awarded (No. 10 when universities are included). CNM awarded 4,974 associate degrees in 2014-15, which constituted one of the largest percentage increases from the previous year in the country (a 56 percent increase from the 3,179 associate degrees CNM awarded in 2013-14).
CNM also ranked No. 3 among all community colleges for the number of two-year certi cates awarded and No. 4 among all community colleges (No. 9 when universities are included) for total associate degrees awarded to minorities.
There are more than 1,100 community colleges nationwide. And there are more than 300 four-year institutions that grant associate degrees.