Some statistics for the overall top ten schools for female leadership, shown in order from top to bottom:

Three of these institutions reside in Puerto Rico: San Juan Bautista, University of Puerto Rico, and Caribe. The first one exceeded the average on all categories scored (decanal, departmental, full professor, and overall scores). Puerto Rico and Caribe had decanal scores at the average for the group, with higher scores in the other areas. (Click the names in the text to see the actual Gradecards.)

Two historically black institutions also score high: Morehouse and Meharry. Scores for Morehouse fell well above the average in every category; Meharry’s rating for departmental leadership fell at the national average.

Five state schools made the cut. One, Central Florida in Orlando, is new enough that US News & World Report has not yet rated it. Despite its youth, women are well-represented in the leadership assembled so far. The only splotch on their report is a zero for departmental leadership; however, the school reported no chairs, sub-chairs, or section chiefs of either gender.

The largest and most well-regarded college in the group is University of Wisconsin. The proportion of female full professors fell at the national mean, with the representation in decanal positions a bit above the mean. Departmental leadership score fell well-above the mean.

Michigan State, Florida State, and NewMexico finish the top ten Female Faculty Friendly schools. Michigan State had a below-average departmental score; otherwise all scores for these schools fell above the averages for the current dataset.

Only three schools hit the 50 score mark (half of the possible points were women). The remaining colleges had overall scores between 30 and 40.

Once again, from the top:

1. San Juan Bautista
2. Central Florida
3. Morehouse
4. Puerto Rico
5. Michigan State
6. Florida State
7. New Mexico
8. Meharry
9. Wisconsin
10. Caribe

So now you know the good news. Up next will be the bad: the bottom ten.

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