50-50 Highlights: Colleges for Hispanic Students

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Since 2000, the percentage of Hispanics enrolled in college has increased by 50% to 15.8% of all college students. There are 444 colleges and universities with 500 or more full-time undergraduates where ten percent or more of the undergraduate population is Hispanic. A total of 92 of these schools appear on the 50-50 schools list.

Just over 40% of the schools are in three states, 17 in California, 11 in Texas, and 10 in Florida. Illinois, New Jersey, and New York follow with 9 each. All of these states rank in the top ten in terms of the Hispanic share of the state population in 2012. Three states in the top ten, New Mexico, Nevada, and Colorado didn’t have any 50-50 schools with 10% or more Hispanic undergraduates.

Among 50-50 colleges, the average six-year graduation rate for Bachelors Degrees is 67.5% while Hispanics average 60.6%. There are 48 50-50 schools where 5% or more of undergraduates are Hispanic and have a six-year Hispanic graduation rate of 75% or better. Only ten of these schools also had 10% or more Hispanic undergraduates.

If you’re looking for colleges for Hispanic students, the following tables may be useful. The first table lists the 50-50 colleges and universities that have ten percent or more of their full-time undergraduates identified as Hispanic. The second table lists the 50-50 schools where 50% or more of undergraduates are Hispanic with a six-year Hispanic graduation rate of 75% or better. As usual in identifying 50-50 schools the four-year rate is used for private schools and the five-year rate for publics schools.

50-50 Schools with Highest Percentage of Hispanic Undergraduates
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Name	Type	State	Full- time Under- grad	6 yr Grad Rate -total	6 yr Grad Rate- Hispanic	4/5 yr Grad Rate	% Hispanic
Mount St Mary's College	Private	CA	2092	64	65	52	58
University of California-Merced	Public	CA	5776	57	61	49	44
Whittier College	Private	CA	1623	67	70	63	42
Dominican University	Private	IL	1907	63	63	50	40
Saint Edward's University	Private	TX	3442	70	66	51	37
University of California-Riverside	Public	CA	18205	66	62	62	36
Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale	Private	FL	12007	57	57	59	31
Texas State University	Public	TX	25683	57	53	51	31
University of California-Santa Cruz	Public	CA	15323	73	68	69	30
Arizona State University-West	Public	AZ	2694	55	47	50	27
University of Redlands	Private	CA	2702	73	77	63	25
Saint Mary's College of California	Private	CA	2823	68	67	50	25
University of Illinois at Chicago	Public	IL	15402	57	49	51	25
University of Arizona	Public	AZ	28401	61	57	58	24
Montclair State University	Public	NJ	13356	63	58	58	23
Rutgers University-Newark	Public	NJ	5827	68	57	60	23
Loyola Marymount University	Private	CA	5935	76	80	67	22
University of Central Florida	Public	FL	36229	67	65	61	22
Mills College	Private	CA	922	61	59	53	22
Texas Tech University	Public	TX	24338	59	53	54	21
Texas A & M University-College Station	Public	TX	39641	79	73	75	20
University of San Diego	Private	CA	5486	75	76	65	19
University of San Francisco	Private	CA	6111	69	71	57	19
Point Loma Nazarene University	Private	CA	2483	72	70	62	19
Southwestern University	Private	TX	1519	70	61	65	19
University of Dallas	Private	TX	1365	66	59	56	19
Arizona State University-Polytechnic	Public	AZ	2789	55	54	51	19
Manhattan College	Private	NY	3195	74	73	60	18
Concordia University-Irvine	Private	CA	1746	63	64	54	18
Arizona State University-Tempe	Public	AZ	34989	59	53	55	18
Santa Clara University	Private	CA	5338	84	85	77	17
Trinity University	Private	TX	2111	82	83	72	17
Florida State University	Public	FL	28910	77	76	74	17
Everglades University	Private	FL	1184	62	74	58	17
DePaul University	Private	IL	13594	70	68	54	17
Biola University	Private	CA	4184	68	62	49	17
Seton Hall University	Private	NJ	5380	64	59	50	17
Iona College	Private	NY	3110	63	56	53	17
The University of Texas at Dallas	Public	TX	10635	63	54	59	17
Ringling College of Art and Design	Private	FL	1212	65	81	56	16
Austin College	Private	TX	1204	72	71	67	16
Rollins College	Private	FL	2366	67	64	61	16
California Maritime Academy	Public	CA	1008	59	53	57	16
The College of Idaho	Private	ID	1055	67	73	54	15
Eastern University	Private	PA	2076	55	51	49	15
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton	Public	PA	881	54	47	50	15
Ave Maria University	Private	FL	890	59	33	55	15
New College of Florida	Public	FL	793	66	70	64	14
Drew University	Private	NJ	1434	69	68	65	14
Baylor University	Private	TX	13059	75	65	57	14
Stetson University	Private	FL	2692	64	64	56	14
Lake Forest College	Private	IL	1571	64	53	58	14
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley	Public	PA	719	55	43	51	14
Westmont College	Private	CA	1298	76	68	72	13
Elmhurst College	Private	IL	2736	74	68	59	13
SUNY at Albany	Public	NY	12055	66	64	64	13
Loyola University Chicago	Private	IL	9339	71	60	60	13
Hofstra University	Private	NY	6378	62	59	50	13
Ramapo College of New Jersey	Public	NJ	4992	73	55	71	13
Adelphi University	Private	NY	4531	63	51	53	13
Cornell College	Private	IA	1117	68	22	64	13
Southern Methodist University	Private	TX	6119	79	81	67	12
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	Public	NJ	31759	80	75	76	12
Saint Joseph's College-New York	Private	NY	3591	72	70	56	12
Saint Mary's College	Private	IN	1469	71	65	67	12
The University of Tampa	Private	FL	6188	62	64	51	12
Manhattanville College	Private	NY	1611	58	58	54	12
Central Washington University	Public	WA	8996	51	51	50	12
Cedar Crest College	Private	PA	640	60	32	50	12
Syracuse University	Private	NY	14422	81	75	69	11
Reed College	Private	OR	1356	82	71	70	11
George Mason University	Public	VA	17261	67	71	61	11
Monmouth College	Private	IL	1244	58	64	57	11
Washington State University	Public	WA	20312	65	63	62	11
Goshen College	Private	IN	745	70	50	54	11
Willamette University	Private	OR	1981	79	73	71	10
Knox College	Private	IL	1400	79	72	71	10
Franciscan University of Steubenville	Private	OH	1989	73	68	61	10
Oglethorpe University	Private	GA	992	62	67	55	10
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey	Public	NJ	6953	65	64	61	10
The New School	Private	NY	5878	63	64	50	10
La Salle University	Private	PA	3542	64	60	55	10
University of Portland	Private	OR	3410	75	59	70	10
University of Colorado Boulder	Public	CO	23948	70	59	66	10
Catholic University of America	Private	DC	3456	69	59	62	10
College of Our Lady of the Elms	Private	MA	1006	68	53	57	10
Rider University	Private	NJ	3791	66	52	55	10
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks	Public	PA	2402	57	48	54	10
Pacific University	Private	OR	1729	62	48	52	10
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	Public	PA	5495	56	47	54	10
Centenary College	Private	NJ	1610	57	41	56	10
Trinity Christian College	Private	IL	1106	58	22	49	10

50-50 Schools with Highest Hispanic 6 Year Graduation Rates
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Name	Type	State	Full-time Under- grad	6 yr Grad Rate- total	6 yr Grad Rate- Hispanic	4/5 yr Grad Rate	% Hispanic
Hood College	Private	MD	1266	66	100	55	8
The Sage Colleges	Private	NY	1446	58	100	52	8
Ripon College	Private	WI	888	74	100	60	6
Whitman College	Private	WA	1505	88	95	80	8
Villanova University	Private	PA	6547	90	91	86	7
Wheaton College	Private	IL	2378	87	90	74	5
Beloit College	Private	WI	1254	78	89	70	8
McDaniel College	Private	MD	1660	72	87	64	6
John Brown University	Private	AR	1571	65	87	55	5
Hobart William Smith Colleges	Private	NY	2324	79	86	74	6
Lawrence University	Private	WI	1518	82	86	69	5
Santa Clara University	Private	CA	5338	84	85	77	17
Illinois Wesleyan University	Private	IL	2001	78	85	72	6
Trinity University	Private	TX	2111	82	83	72	17
Gonzaga University	Private	WA	4826	82	83	71	8
Providence College	Private	RI	3798	85	83	83	7
Cleveland Institute of Art	Private	OH	558	60	83	54	5
Clark University	Private	MA	2270	81	82	76	7
University of Scranton	Private	PA	3756	82	82	75	7
Ringling College of Art and Design	Private	FL	1212	65	81	56	16
Southern Methodist University	Private	TX	6119	79	81	67	12
Linfield College-McMinnville Campus	Private	OR	1630	68	81	59	9
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Private	MA	3959	81	81	70	7
Bryant University	Private	RI	3200	82	81	78	6
University of Georgia	Public	GA	24746	83	81	80	5
Loyola Marymount University	Private	CA	5935	76	80	67	22
University of Connecticut	Public	CT	17219	83	80	81	8
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	Private	NY	1059	72	80	72	5
University of Puget Sound	Private	WA	2522	78	79	68	7
Sarah Lawrence College	Private	NY	1441	69	78	62	9
Bradley University	Private	IL	4618	76	78	55	6
University of Redlands	Private	CA	2702	73	77	63	25
University of Delaware	Public	DE	16852	80	77	79	7
Simmons College	Private	MA	1577	71	77	66	6
University of Wisconsin-Madison	Public	WI	28568	83	77	79	5
University of San Diego	Private	CA	5486	75	76	65	19
Florida State University	Public	FL	28910	77	76	74	17
Loyola University Maryland	Private	MD	3951	84	76	79	9
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Public	IL	31516	84	76	82	8
Quinnipiac University	Private	CT	6307	76	76	72	8
University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Public	WA	27050	82	76	78	7
University of Mary Washington	Public	VA	3843	74	76	73	7
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	Public	NJ	31759	80	75	76	12
Syracuse University	Private	NY	14422	81	75	69	11
Pacific Lutheran University	Private	WA	3010	70	75	55	7
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	Public	PA	38826	85	75	83	5
James Madison University	Public	VA	17526	81	75	80	5
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Public	VA	23512	82	75	80	5

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