FIGURE 4-7. State-level diversity in African American graduates of associate's degree programs.

FIGURE 4-7State-level diversity in African American graduates of associate's degree programs

NOTE: An index showing the relative representation among nursing graduates is calculated by dividing the percentage of African American graduates by the percentage of African Americans in the population of the state aged 20-40, the general age of nursing graduates.

SOURCES: The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), U.S. Department of Education, 2011-2013, for the percentage of graduates by race and ethnicity; American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau, for the percentage of the population aged 20 to 40 by race/ethnicity. Calculation of the state diversity index by the George Washington University Health Workforce Institute.

From: 4, Promoting Diversity

Cover of Assessing Progress on the Institute of Medicine Report The Future of Nursing
Assessing Progress on the Institute of Medicine Report The Future of Nursing.
Committee for Assessing Progress on Implementing the Recommendations of the Institute of Medicine Report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health ; Institute of Medicine; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Altman SH, Butler AS, Shern L, editors.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2016 Feb 22.
Copyright 2016 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

NCBI Bookshelf. A service of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.