Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Among Best Universities for Hispanic Students
The Hispanic Outlook on Higher Education ranked Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» among the best 100 universities in the nation for serving Hispanic students.

The magazine included Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» in its Top 100 Colleges and Universities for Hispanics list. The university came in No. 9 for bachelor's degrees granted to Hispanics.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» also made several other top 10 lists within the rankings. The university was ranked among the nation’s best schools for foreign languages and literature degrees (No. 5), psychology (No. 5), homeland security (No. 9) and mathematics and statistics (No. 10).
“Our commitment to excellence for all students, our affordability, the quality of our faculty, and our transformative undergraduate student experiences have established Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» as a leading public university for Hispanic students," said Eric Rivera, vice president for Student Affairs. “Graduation rates among Hispanic students are at 71 percent, compared to the national average of 59 percent and Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s overall graduation rate of 74 percent.â€
The rankings are based on data from the U.S. Department of Education. They appear in a of the Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine, which was released Aug. 28.
Outstanding programming
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» has been recognized multiple times in the past year for programs related to diversity and academic success. The university is a top school for , and . The university also among national universities in the most recent annual U.S. News & World Report ranking of America’s Best Colleges.Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s incoming freshman class is the most diverse and highest-achieving cohort in university history. The average high school GPA is 3.74, and the university is awarding a record number of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Merit Scholarships to local students.
All Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» students and faculty benefit from the success of the university’s , which exceeded its $750 million goal by raising a total of $815.2 million.