Looking Beyond the Rankings

sadilly
Thu, 05 Dec 2013 10:48:33 +0000

This week I’m listing schools with the highest percentage of Hispanic undergraduates and the highest Hispanic 6 year graduation rate.

50-50 Colleges with Highest Percentage of Hispanic Undergraduates

Name                State   Type    %   6 yr    4/5 yr  6 yr Graduation Rate-total
                        Hisp    Grad    Grad
                            Rate    Rate
                            Hispanic
University of California-Merced CA  Public  37.7    55  52  58
Whittier College        CA  Private 35.2    46  50  55
Saint Edward's University   TX  Private 35.1    65  52  68
Univ of California-Riverside    CA  Public  34.3    61  62  67
Dominican University        IL  Private 34.1    69  55  63
Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale FL  Private 27.7    61  60  62
Vanguard Univ of Southern Cal   CA  Private 26.3    57  52  55
Saint Marys College of Cal  CA  Private 24.2    65  50  61
Univ of California-Santa Cruz   CA  Public  23.8    75  70  73
Rutgers University-Newark   NJ  Public  22.4    70  61  68
Univ of Illinois at Chicago IL  Public  22.3    57  49  54
University of Arizona       AZ  Public  22.0    63  57  61
Montclair State University  NJ  Public  21.7    65  57  62
Loyola Marymount University CA  Private 21.5    75  67  77
University of San Francisco CA  Private 20.4    66  58  70
Sonoma State University     CA  Public  19.5    59  51  57
Arizona State University    AZ  Public  19.4    60  52  57
Manhattanville College      NY  Private 19.3    58  52  56
Santa Clara University      CA  Private 18.9    85  77  85
University of Redlands      CA  Private 18.5    72  56  70
California State Univ-Chico CA  Public  18.4    63  49  59
Texas Tech University       TX  Public  18.3    62  56  61
Mills College           CA  Private 18.1    49  51  57
Texas A & M University      TX  Public  17.4    83  77  81
Southwestern University     TX  Private 17.4    73  57  73
Point Loma Nazarene University  CA  Private 16.7    75  62  72
University of Dallas        TX  Private 16.4    77  63  73
Biola University        CA  Private 16.1    72  50  71
Azusa Pacific University    CA  Private 16.0    64  50  63
DePaul University       IL  Private 16.0    68  49  66
College of Saint Elizabeth  NJ  Private 15.9    65  50  58
Florida State University    FL  Public  15.6    75  71  74
Penns State Univ Hazleton   PA  Public  15.5    53  49  52
The Univ of Texas at Dallas TX  Public  14.8    59  57  61
Stetson University      FL  Private 14.6    65  56  64
Seton Hall University       NJ  Private 14.5    69  52  66
The College of Idaho        ID  Private 14.3    66  51  63
Drew University         NJ  Private 14.3    70  61  68
Austin College          TX  Private 14.3    74  69  75
Ringling Coll of Art and Design FL  Private 14.0    66  54  66
Trinity University      TX  Private 14.0    79  69  80
Regis College           MA  Private 13.8    67  56  63
Baylor University       TX  Private 13.7    74  52  72
Bay Path College        MA  Private 13.6    68  58  65
Lake Forest College     IL  Private 13.4    67  59  68
New College of Florida      FL  Public  13.2    69  66  68
Rollins College         FL  Private 13.1    70  61  70
California Maritime Academy CA  Public  12.9    58  58  62
Eastern University      PA  Private 12.8    70  59  67
Westmont College        CA  Private 12.5    79  75  77
Southern Methodist University   TX  Private 11.8    76  60  75
Rutgers Univ-New Brunswick  NJ  Public  11.7    78  71  77
SUNY at Albany          NY  Public  11.5    66  63  64
Loyola University Chicago   IL  Private 11.3    73  51  70
Adelphi University      NY  Private 11.1    70  55  66
Northern Illinois University    IL  Public  10.8    61  50  56
Rutgers University-Camden   NJ  Public  10.5    61  50  61
Syracuse University     NY  Private 10.2    82  70  80

50-50 Colleges with Highest Hispanic Graduation Rates

Name                State   Type    %   6 yr    4/5 yr  6 yr Graduation Rate-total
                        Hisp    Grad    Grad
                            Rate    Rate
                            Hispanic
Pennsylvania State University   PA  Public  5.4 88  84  87
Furman University       SC  Private 2.7 87  83  87
James Madison University    VA  Public  3.6 86  80  81
Wheaton College         IL  Private 3.7 86  73  87
DePauw University       IN  Private 4.1 86  80  85
St Olaf College         MN  Private 3.0 85  81  85
Sewanee-The Univ of the South   TN  Private 3.8 85  80  86
University of Georgia       GA  Public  4.3 85  79  82
Providence College      RI  Private 4.6 85  81  85
Illinois Wesleyan University    IL  Private 4.7 85  77  82
Whitman College         WA  Private 6.4 85  80  86
Gonzaga University      WA  Private 7.1 85  69  83
U of Illinois Urbana-Champaign  IL  Public  8.1 85  81  82
Boston University       MA  Private 9.8 85  65  85
Santa Clara University      CA  Private 18.9    85  77  85
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI  Public  4.6 84  79  82
College of Saint Benedict   MN  Private 3.0 83  72  81
Stonehill College       MA  Private 3.5 83  78  81
Virginia Tech           VA  Public  4.5 83  79  82
Allegheny College       PA  Private 5.0 83  76  80
Kalamazoo College       MI  Private 6.4 83  76  80
Loyola University Maryland  MD  Private 6.9 83  79  83
Marquette University        WI  Private 7.5 83  61  81
Texas A & M University      TX  Public  17.4    83  77  81
Grove City College      PA  Private 1.7 82  77  82
Clemson University      SC  Public  2.3 82  78  80
Centre College          KY  Private 2.6 82  81  82
Miami University-Oxford     OH  Public  3.0 82  80  81
Fairfield University        CT  Private 3.3 82  79  82
Saint Michael's College     VT  Private 3.5 82  77  82
Elon University         NC  Private 3.8 82  78  82
Ursinus College         PA  Private 4.5 82  75  80
Syracuse University     NY  Private 10.2    82  70  80
Wofford College         SC  Private 1.4 81  75  79
Taylor University       IN  Private 2.5 81  75  80
Gustavus Adolphus College   MN  Private 2.6 81  80  82
Saint Johns University      MN  Private 3.1 81  73  80
Ohio State University       OH  Public  3.3 81  75  80
Michigan State University   MI  Public  3.7 81  73  77
Denison University      OH  Private 6.2 81  76  79
Whitworth University        WA  Private 6.5 81  67  80
University of Washington    WA  Public  7.1 81  76  80
Elizabethtown College       PA  Private 2.1 80  71  79
University of Pittsburgh    PA  Public  2.1 80  76  79
Lawrence University     WI  Private 3.8 80  60  77
Hope College            MI  Private 5.4 80  69  79
Willamette University       OR  Private 5.9 80  70  77
Clark University        MA  Private 6.2 80  76  80
Case Western Reserve University OH  Private 3.7 79  60  78
Xavier University       OH  Private 4.0 79  69  77
Georgia Institute of Technology GA  Public  6.2 79  72  79
Saint Mary's College        IN  Private 9.1 79  73  79
Mount St Mary's University  MD  Private 9.1 79  72  76
Westmont College        CA  Private 12.5    79  75  77
Trinity University      TX  Private 14.0    79  69  80
University of New Hampshire NH  Public  2.5 78  75  76
Duquesne University     PA  Private 2.7 78  61  73
Drake University        IA  Private 2.9 78  64  75
Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech   IN  Private 3.0 78  66  77
Calvin College          MI  Private 3.1 78  60  77
St Mary's College of Maryland   MD  Public  4.0 78  77  79
Susquehanna University      PA  Private 4.5 78  75  77
Creighton University        NE  Private 5.7 78  66  77
University of Scranton      PA  Private 6.6 78  65  77
Rockhurst University        MO  Private 6.7 78  64  74
Quinnipiac University       CT  Private 6.7 78  72  77
University of Portland      OR  Private 8.3 78  71  76
University of Denver        CO  Private 8.4 78  60  78
Knox College            IL  Private 9.0 78  70  78
Rutgers Univ-New Brunswick  NJ  Public  11.7    78  71  77
Rhodes College          TN  Private 2.6 77  71  75
Juniata College         PA  Private 3.0 77  72  76
Nazareth College        NY  Private 3.9 77  67  74
Saint Joseph's University   PA  Private 4.6 77  71  76
Hobart William Smith Colleges   NY  Private 5.6 77  69  75
Bryant University       RI  Private 6.0 77  75  77
University of Delaware      DE  Public  6.2 77  75  78
Wheaton College         MA  Private 7.7 77  79  77
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA  Private 8.4 77  65  76
Beloit College          WI  Private 8.9 77  66  76
Moravian College        PA  Private 9.0 77  73  76
University of Dallas        TX  Private 16.4    77  63  73
Maine Maritime Academy      ME  Public  0.6 76  66  69
Washington College      MD  Private 3.1 76  72  75
The College of Wooster      OH  Private 3.1 76  68  75
University of St Thomas     MN  Private 3.6 76  61  74
Augustana College       IL  Private 4.7 76  70  76
Hendrix College         AR  Private 5.2 76  64  73
McDaniel College        MD  Private 5.2 76  70  74
Bradley University      IL  Private 6.0 76  53  75
Southern Methodist University   TX  Private 11.8    76  60  75
Messiah College         PA  Private 2.5 75  71  74
University of Dayton        OH  Private 3.1 75  58  74
John Carroll University     OH  Private 4.0 75  64  71
Indiana University-Bloomington  IN  Public  4.1 75  68  72
Siena College           NY  Private 5.5 75  70  74
University of Puget Sound   WA  Private 5.5 75  67  73
Eastern Mennonite University    VA  Private 6.0 75  57  66
Lewis & Clark College       OR  Private 7.4 75  66  73
Goshen College          IN  Private 9.5 75  58  73
Florida State University    FL  Public  15.6    75  71  74
Point Loma Nazarene University  CA  Private 16.7    75  62  72
Loyola Marymount University CA  Private 21.5    75  67  77
Univ of California-Santa Cruz   CA  Public  23.8    75  70  73