The April 11, 2005 issue of Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education rates the top graduate schools and programs for Hispanics. The source for the data is NCES, Digest of Educational Statistics, 2002-03.
“As the nation's only state flagship research university that is also a Hispanic Serving Institution, UNM is uniquely positioned to meet the needs of Hispanic students and the nation's need for increasing the numbers of Hispanic doctors, lawyers, MBAs and PhDs,” said President Louis Caldera.
UNM is ranked among the top 25 for conferring master's degrees to Hispanics with 60 of the institution's 424 male master's students being Hispanic; 109 of the 622 female master's students being Hispanic. The combined number of Hispanic master's students, 169, represents 16 percent of UNM's total master's student population.
UNM is ranked among the top 25 institutions for conferring doctoral degrees to Hispanics with six of the institution's 81 male doctoral students being Hispanic; eight of the 81 female doctoral students being Hispanic. The combined number of Hispanic PhD students, 14, represents nine percent of UNM's total doctoral student population.
NCES, Digest of Educational Statistics for fall, 2003, notes that UNM is ranked among the top 25 institutions for Hispanic graduate student enrollment. Of UNM's 2,860 male graduate students, 443 are Hispanic. UNM's female Hispanic graduate student enrollment is 803 of the total female graduate enrollment of 3,915. Total Hispanic graduate enrollment, 1,246, represents 18 percent of the institution's total graduate student enrollment.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920
Posted by scarr at April 20, 2005 03:01 PM