The Robert O. Anderson Graduate Schools of Management (ASM) at UNM have been ranked No. 6 in the country for Hispanic students by Hispanic Business in rankings released in the September issue of the magazine.
It’s the fifth consecutive year that the Anderson Schools have been ranked in the top 10 by Hispanic Business. Business schools ranked ahead of ASM include: Stanford, Yale, New York University, University of Texas-Austin and North Carolina respectively.
“This recognition affirms our commitment to the community we serve and our efforts to provide the best possible educational experience to all our students,” said ASM Dean Charles Crespy.
At The Anderson Schools, the ranking recognizes that 19 percent (109 students) of the 564 MBA students are Hispanic. Hispanics earned 25 degrees or 18 percent of the 143 degrees conferred by the ASM.
The criteria for recognition was based on total graduate and Hispanic enrollment, faculty, student services, retention rate and reputation. The measures were then summed and a rating assigned to each school on the basis of the total score.
The Anderson Graduate School of Management has attracted corporate partners including Ford Motor Co., KPMG, Target Corp., Intel and Grant Thornton. An active involvement of faculty and students in the Hispanic Business Students Association and the Association of Latino Professionals in finance and accounting provide Hispanic students with a cultural community encouraging excellence.
The school’s commitment to outreach and providing students with hands-on experience is seen at the Center for the Support of Economic Development, an assistance center for small businesses (more than 40 percent of which are Hispanic-owned in New Mexico), entrepreneurs and start-ups involving student teams in creating real business solutions. The school has also launched the Program for Creative Enterprise to help businesses and nonprofit organizations solve problems through non-linear thinking. Student teams are actively involved in these outreach efforts.
Placement rates for Anderson graduates exceed 90 percent within three months of graduation and graduation rates exceed 85 percent.
Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821
Posted by scarr at September 15, 2004 04:25 PM