The Class of '86 Each year, a couple of thousand names are added to Portland State's alumni rolls. About 900 of them file triumphantly through Memorial Coliseum to receive their diplomas at spring commencement. Who are these people who are earning their degrees from PSU? This year, PSU graduated 2,135 people. Of those, 1,568 received bachelors degrees, 551 master's and 16 doctorates. Women slightly outnumbered the men: 1,119 women 10 1,106 men. Men earned more bachelor's degrees than women (79B men, 770 women) but more graduate degrees were awarded to women (master's--339 women, 212 men; Ph.D's-lO women, 6 men). About 40 percent of the undergraduate and graduate degrees were awarded through the College of liberal Arts and Sciences. while 23 percent came from the School of Business Administration. Education accounted for 12 percent of the degrees, Engineering 10 percent, Social Work five percent, Urban and Public Affairs five percent, HPE four percent, and Performing Arts one percent. Seventy·seven percent of the Class of '86 was white, 5.2 percent were Asian, 1.5 percent black, .9 percent Hispanic and .5 percent Native American. Foreign students made up 5.4 percent of the graduating class. The average age of the '86 graduate was 30 years old. Those earning bachelor's degrees averaged 28 years of age, master's 34 and doctorates 38. Statistics provided by Dale Vermaas, PSU Institut ional Resurcb. PSU Perspective, Summer 1986 / pase 3
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