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Hispanic Community October 2024

Riverland Community College: A Beacon of Opportunity and Growth in Southeastern Minnesota

Riverland Community College, founded in 1996, plays a vital role in southeastern Minnesota’s workforce development and education. With campuses in Austin, Albert Lea, and Owatonna, it offers diverse programs and was recognized as an Emerging Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in 2024. The college is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, supporting all students, especially its growing Hispanic population.

Kenneth A. Reid

2017 Agricultural Business and Management Degree	State	TOTAL	HISPANIC	LATINO	LATINA	% HISPANIC
Texas A & M University-College Station	TX	525	62	38	24	12%
California State University-Fresno	CA	125	42	31	11	34%
Cornell University	NY	264	34	22	12	13%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	153	25	16	9	16%
University of Arizona	AZ	86	24	17	7	28%
University of Florida	FL	157	23	17	6	15%
Texas State Technical College	TX	16	15	7	8	94%
California State University-Chico	CA	63	13	7	6	21%
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	IL	237	13	11	2	5%
Bakersfield College	CA	22	11	4	7	50%
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	CA	35	10	5	5	29%

2017 Architecture Degree	State	TOTAL	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% HISPANIC
Texas Tech University	TX	134	68	50	18	51%
Florida International University	FL	95	64	26	38	67%
The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	107	60	32	28	56%
Woodbury University	CA	126	44	25	19	35%
The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	109	43	30	13	39%
Texas A & M University-College Station	TX	130	37	19	18	28%
Newschool of Architecture and Design	CA	118	36	20	16	31%
University of Florida	FL	135	36	16	20	27%
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	CA	92	32	21	11	35%
University of Houston	TX	97	32	15	17	33%
University of New Mexico-Main Campus	NM	68	32	25	7	47%
El Paso Community College	TX	36	30	16	14	83%
New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	140	28	16	12	20%

2017 Business Administration Management and Operations Degrees	State	TOTAL	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% HISPANIC
University of Phoenix-Arizona	AZ	8,733	1,001	448	553	11%
California State University-Fullerton	CA	2,222	590	329	261	27%
Florida International University	FL	920	572	263	309	62%
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	CA	1,326	461	253	208	35%
California State University-Long Beach	CA	1,269	416	228	188	33%
California State University-San Bernardino	CA	986	412	200	212	42%
University of Phoenix-California	CA	1,661	400	256	144	24%
Grand Canyon University	AZ	2,058	384	177	207	19%
Ashford University	CA	3,640	376	193	183	10%
California State University-Los Angeles	CA	850	374	177	197	44%

2017 Cultural Ethnic Minority Gender and Group Studies Degrees	State	TOTAL	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% HISPANIC
University of California-Los Angeles	CA	225	103	18	85	46%
California State University-Northridge	CA	190	93	19	74	49%
University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	111	80	17	63	72%
University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	84	54	16	38	64%
University of California-Davis	CA	101	52	14	38	51%
San Francisco State University	CA	110	35	8	27	32%
California State University-Sacramento	CA	87	29	1	28	33%
CUNY Brooklyn College	NY	75	27	3	24	36%
University of California-Irvine	CA	35	26	4	22	74%
California State University-Long Beach	CA	56	26	6	20	46%
University of California-Berkeley	CA	63	25	7	18	40%

2017 Communication and Media Studies Degrees	State	TOTAL	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% Hispanic
Florida International University	FL	802	523	121	402	65%
California State University-Fullerton	CA	915	338	108	230	37%
California State University-Long Beach	CA	425	172	54	118	40%
California State University-Northridge	CA	420	149	55	94	35%
The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	242	137	50	87	57%
California State University-Los Angeles	CA	226	129	35	94	57%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	143	128	42	86	90%
California State University-Sacramento	CA	499	123	43	80	25%
University of South Florida-Main Campus	FL	488	100	35	65	20%
San Diego State University	CA	316	96	29	67	30%

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2017 Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management Degrees	State	Total	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% Hispanic
University of Maryland-University College	MD	1,121	93	66	27	8%
Western Governors University	UT	1,011	91	87	4	9%
American Public University System	WV	526	57	44	13	11%
ECPI University	VA	636	55	43	12	9%
San Antonio College	TX	72	32	27	5	44%
The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	68	31	26	5	47%
National University	CA	138	30	25	5	22%
University of Phoenix-Arizona	AZ	332	30	24	6	9%
Valencia College	FL	74	30	25	5	41%
Bellevue University	NE	152	26	20	6	17%
Brown Mackie College-San Antonio	TX	28	22	12	10	79%
Capella University	MN	349	22	16	6	6%
Palm Beach State College	FL	87	22	17	5	25%
El Paso Community College	TX	26	19	12	7	73%

2017 Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods Degrees	State	total	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% Hispanic
South Texas College	TX	368	356	48	308	97%
Florida International University	FL	322	226	8	218	70%
California State University-Fullerton	CA	436	199	10	189	46%
Grand Canyon University	AZ	1,682	198	38	160	12%
California State University-Los Angeles	CA	245	172	7	165	70%
California State University-Northridge	CA	283	158	10	148	56%
El Paso Community College	TX	173	157	16	141	91%
California State University-Sacramento	CA	424	146	5	141	34%
Northwest Vista College	TX	199	135	32	103	68%
Palo Alto College	TX	138	123	15	108	89%

2017 Bilingual Multilingual and Multicultural Education Degrees	State	Total	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% Hispanic
The University of Texas at El Paso	TX	49	45	1	44	92%
American College of Education	IN	158	32	6	26	20%
The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	33	32	2	30	97%
Southern Methodist University	TX	34	30	4	26	88%
University of Colorado Boulder	CO	94	29	6	23	31%
CUNY City College	NY	37	24	3	21	65%
Texas A&M University-San Antonio	TX	11	11	2	9	100%
Northeastern Illinois University	IL	11	10	0	10	91%
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin	TX	21	10	1	9	48%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	11	10	0	10	91%
University of St Thomas	TX	11	10	0	10	91%
Texas A & M University-Kingsville	TX	11	9	0	9	82%
Concordia University-Chicago	IL	15	8	2	6	53%
Northern Arizona University	AZ	22	8	0	8	36%

2017 Engineering General Degrees	State	Total	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% Hispanic
South Texas College	TX	87	82	61	21	94%
Northwest Vista College	TX	66	37	29	8	56%
San Antonio College	TX	54	34	29	5	63%
Union County College	NJ	78	34	28	6	44%
Northern Virginia Community College	VA	165	26	19	7	16%
Austin Community College District	TX	78	21	19	2	27%
Arizona State University-Polytechnic	AZ	193	19	15	4	10%
SUNY Westchester Community College	NY	40	18	14	4	45%
Orange Coast College	CA	89	16	14	2	18%
Arizona Western College	AZ	24	15	12	3	63%
Central New Mexico Community College	NM	36	14	13	1	39%
El Camino Community College District	CA	27	14	11	3	52%
Essex County College	NJ	39	14	10	4	36%
University of California-Davis	CA	109	14	12	2	13%

2017 Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Degrees	State	total	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% Hispanic
California State University-Long Beach	CA	708	332	39	293	47%
Pacific Oaks College	CA	345	180	12	168	52%
California State University-San Marcos	CA	304	160	12	148	53%
The University of Texas at Austin	TX	475	122	20	102	26%
Rio Hondo College	CA	108	101	8	93	94%
Montclair State University	NJ	447	97	14	83	22%
University of California-Davis	CA	344	89	6	83	26%
University of Houston	TX	297	88	10	78	30%
East Los Angeles College	CA	94	84	3	81	89%
California State University-Northridge	CA	225	82	10	72	36%

2017 Legal Assistant/Paralegal Degrees	State	total	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% Hispanic
University of Central Florida	FL	278	79	17	62	28%
Miami Dade College	FL	48	38	6	32	79%
El Centro College	TX	82	25	3	22	30%
Kaplan University-Davenport Campus	IA	206	25	5	20	12%
CUNY New York City College of Technology	NY	79	24	5	19	30%
El Paso Community College	TX	25	24	6	18	96%
Fremont College	CA	41	24	7	17	59%
Broward College	FL	62	23	2	21	37%
Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale	FL	71	22	2	20	31%
Mt San Antonio College	CA	34	21	6	15	62%
San Jacinto Community College	TX	35	21	3	18	60%
CUNY LaGuardia Community College	NY	40	20	3	17	50%
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College	IL	32	19	0	19	59%
Valencia College	FL	61	18	3	15	30%

2017 Criminal Justice and Corrections Degrees	State	Total	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% Hispanic
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice	NY	1,709	769	385	384	45%
Florida International University	FL	572	387	152	235	68%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	399	384	204	180	96%
South Texas College	TX	320	307	153	154	96%
University of Phoenix-Arizona	AZ	1,933	286	132	154	15%
Monroe College	NY	602	274	109	165	46%
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College	NY	444	272	121	151	61%
East Los Angeles College	CA	291	263	119	144	90%
El Paso Community College	TX	290	257	138	119	89%
Sam Houston State University	TX	893	248	95	153	28%

2017 Humanities/Humanistic Studies Degrees	State	Total	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% Hispanics
Chaffey College	CA	1,074	667	204	463	62%
Santa Ana College	CA	701	553	196	357	79%
Riverside City College	CA	796	516	176	340	65%
Nassau Community College	NY	1,642	352	149	203	21%
Mt San Jacinto Community College District	CA	679	347	92	255	51%
San Joaquin Delta College	CA	694	299	95	204	43%
Pasadena City College	CA	605	278	124	154	46%
Moreno Valley College	CA	395	273	80	193	69%
Norco College	CA	402	232	80	152	58%
SUNY Westchester Community College	NY	610	207	63	144	34%

2017 English Language and Literature/Letters Degrees	State	Total	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% Hispanics
Florida International University	FL	204	145	55	90	71%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	152	140	35	105	92%
California State University-Long Beach	CA	296	113	35	78	38%
Texas State University	TX	352	104	35	69	30%
CUNY Hunter College	NY	295	97	27	70	33%
University of New Mexico-Main Campus	NM	245	97	34	63	40%
Citrus College	CA	150	87	24	63	58%
Florida State University	FL	440	84	24	60	19%
University of California-Los Angeles	CA	318	78	23	55	25%
The University of Texas at Austin	TX	313	76	22	54	24%
San Francisco State University	CA	274	70	32	38	26%
University of California-Berkeley	CA	319	70	30	40	22%

2017 Natural Resources and Conservation Degrees	State	Total	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% Hispanic
Texas A & M University-College Station	TX	401	89	37	52	22%
University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	370	73	36	37	20%
Humboldt State University	CA	338	60	24	36	18%
University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	211	57	19	38	27%
University of California-Berkeley	CA	424	47	18	29	11%
University of California-Davis	CA	257	45	13	32	18%
Florida International University	FL	69	34	10	24	49%
Texas State University	TX	118	30	15	15	25%
University of Arizona	AZ	148	30	17	13	20%
University of South Florida-Main Campus	FL	145	25	11	14	17%
Northern Arizona University	AZ	166	22	10	12	13%

2017 Science Technologies/Technicians Degrees	State	total	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% Hispanic
College of Southern Nevada	NV	453	123	48	75	27%
San Jacinto Community College	TX	249	111	93	18	45%
Truckee Meadows Community College	NV	350	73	15	58	21%
Del Mar College	TX	60	40	32	8	67%
Lee College	TX	120	40	29	11	33%
Wharton County Junior College	TX	82	36	31	5	44%
College of the Mainland	TX	137	34	28	6	25%
Brazosport College	TX	78	33	29	4	42%
Northern Arizona University	AZ	92	33	9	24	36%
Lamar Institute of Technology	TX	165	30	21	9	18%
Houston Community College	TX	90	20	18	2	22%
Alvin Community College	TX	63	15	14	1	24%
Texas State Technical College	TX	35	15	5	10	43%

2017 Parks Recreation Leisure and Fitness Studies Degrees	State	total	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% Hispanic
Mt San Antonio College	CA	347	210	61	149	61%
Texas State University	TX	536	194	89	105	36%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	199	183	100	83	92%
The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	333	174	86	88	52%
California State University-Northridge	CA	500	172	99	73	34%
California State University-Fullerton	CA	455	163	69	94	36%
California State University-Long Beach	CA	473	141	72	69	30%
California State University-Fresno	CA	325	137	76	61	42%
The University of Texas at El Paso	TX	156	135	63	72	87%
Texas Tech University	TX	421	122	60	62	29%

2017 Social Sciences Degrees	State	total	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% Hispanic
East Los Angeles College	CA	900	742	228	514	82%
University of California-Los Angeles	CA	2325	570	228	342	25%
California State University-Northridge	CA	1050	562	195	367	54%
University of California-Irvine	CA	1475	507	177	330	34%
California State University-Los Angeles	CA	644	451	134	317	70%
Florida International University	FL	708	450	205	245	64%
Citrus College	CA	635	437	117	320	69%
California State University-Long Beach	CA	819	426	173	253	52%
University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	1439	395	168	227	27%
University of California-Riverside	CA	1004	367	117	250	37%

2017 Philosophy and Religious Studies Degrees	State	Total	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% Hispanic
Liberty University	VA	1,100	64	44	20	6%
Florida International University	FL	57	34	24	10	60%
California State University-Long Beach	CA	49	22	14	8	45%
University of California-Los Angeles	CA	136	21	13	8	15%
University of California-Berkeley	CA	90	18	10	8	20%
University of California-Riverside	CA	57	17	9	8	30%
San Francisco State University	CA	66	15	8	7	23%
The University of Texas at Austin	TX	73	15	8	7	21%
University of Arizona	AZ	78	15	6	9	19%
University of California-Irvine	CA	50	15	12	3	30%
University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	97	14	8	6	14%
Arizona State University-Tempe	AZ	63	12	7	5	19%
California State University-Los Angeles	CA	33	12	8	4	36%
University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	43	12	7	5	28%

2017 Music Degrees	State	total	Hispanic	Latino	Latina	% Hispanic
Berklee College of Music	MA	1,159	79	51	28	7%
Full Sail University	FL	420	74	60	14	18%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	57	48	33	15	84%
University of North Texas	TX	274	47	31	16	17%
Los Angeles Film School	CA	160	46	34	12	29%
California State University-Northridge	CA	192	44	25	19	23%
Florida International University	FL	63	42	26	16	67%
Texas State University	TX	108	40	28	12	37%
University of Miami	FL	159	33	23	10	21%
California State University-Long Beach	CA	109	24	19	5	22%
Sam Houston State University	TX	121	24	12	12	20%
The University of Texas at Austin	TX	154	24	17	7	16%

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