A Statistical Look At The Class of 2005
On Friday, June 10, the University of Cincinnati will graduate 4,068 students, up from 3,923 last year. The degrees to be awarded include:
- 614 associate degrees
- 2,364 bachelors degrees
- 691 masters degrees
- 436 doctoral degrees
257 degrees will be awarded cum laude; 220 magna cum laude; and 101 summa cum laude.
The oldest graduate in the Class of 2005, earning a bachelors degree, is 68 years old. The youngest graduates, 16 of them, are 19 years old one of them is graduating with a bachelors degree and 15 are earning their associates degree.
The number of females receiving degrees is 2,279 (56 percent), while the number of males receiving degrees is 1,789 (44 percent). The percentages reflect a national trend in college enrollments. The Chronicle of Higher Educations Almanac reports 56.3 percent of students enrolled in colleges around the nation are female.
642 students (16 percent) represent a minority ethnic group in the graduating class. Nine percent of the class is African American. The graduating class of 2005 is represented by 54 countries and 39 states.
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