Hispanic Magazine creates a yearly rank for the best colleges and universities for Latino students. Included on this list are academic institutions that continue to successfully recruit and retain Hispanic students.
To create this list of the top 25 colleges and universities for Latinos, the following criteria has been used:
- Total Hispanic student enrollment
- Number of Latinos graduating
- Number of Hispanic-related degree programs
- Number of Hispanic student organizations and minority support programs
- Number of Hispanic faculty
- 1. Stanford University
Old Union
Stanford, CA 94305-3005
Tel: (650) 723-2091
School Website
Students: 14,945
Undergrad students: 6,812
Graduate students: 8,328
Type of school: private
Campus type: suburban
Tuition & fees: $25,917
Hispanic students: 10 %
Most popular majors: biology, economics, and computer science- 2. Rice University
MS 17, P.O. Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892
Tel: (713) 348-7423
School Website
Undergrad students: 3,102 (Fall 2008)
Graduate students: 2,237 (Fall 2008)
Doctoral students: 1,247
Type of school: private
Campus type: urban
Tuition & fees: $16,835
Hispanic students: 10 %
Most popular majors: economics, electrical engineering, and English- 3. Harvard University
Byerly Hall, 8 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: (617) 495-1551
School Website
Students: 19,140
Undergrad students: 6,714
Graduate students: 12,422
Type of school: private
Campus type: urban
Tuition & fees: $26,000
Hispanic students: 8 %
Most popular majors: government, economics, and biology- 4. University of California, Berkeley
110 Sproul Hall, #5800
Berkeley, CA 94720-5800
Tel: (510) 642-3175
School Website
Undergrad students: 25,151
Graduate students: 10,317
Type of school: public
Campus type: urban
Tuition & fees: $3,633 in-state, $14,227 out-of-state
Hispanic students: 10 %
Most popular majors: molecular/cell biology, English, and psychology- 5. Swarthmore College
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081
Tel: (610) 328-8300
School Website
Undergrad students: 1,491
Type of school: private
Campus type: suburban
Tuition & fees: $26,098
Hispanic students: 10 %
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