Hispanic Outlook’s Top 50 Institutions for 2021-22
However, Hispanics/Latinos are still under-represented in graduate education overall; it is thus important to get an accurate picture of their presence at this level by carefully mapping out their numbers at specific institutions.
The top 50 institutions identified in each of the lists on these pages are recognized for enrolling and graduating the highest numbers of Hispanic/Latino students, according to H.O.’s analysis of 2021-22 data from the NCES Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). This is the most recent data made available by IPEDS in September 2023.
For the 2021-22 academic year, our three lists include:
• Top 50 schools with the highest number of Hispanic/Latino graduate enrollments, which includes doctoral and master’s programs, full and part time enrollments, enrollments by degree- and certificate-seeking students, and enrollments in graduate courses by non-degree/certificate-seeking students
• Top 50 schooals with the highest number of graduate degrees granted to Hispanic/Latino students, which includes master’s degrees and all categories of PhD degrees
• Top 50 schools with the highest number of PhD degrees granted to Hispanic/Latino students - including PhDs for research/scholarship, for professional practice, and for other purposes
Each of these lists provides some key insights into overall trends in Hispanic/Latino graduate studies, as well as specific information on each institution.
Hispanic/Latino graduate enrollments
In the 2021-22 academic year, these top 50 schools enrolled 146,373 Hispanic/Latino students in all graduate programs, 6,062 more than in the 2020-21 academic year. Each one of the institutions listed enrolled more than 1,700 Hispanic/Latino graduate students; the top four - Grand Canyon University, Florida International University, Western Governors University and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - enrolled more than 5,500 each.
At 48 of these 50 institutions, more Hispanic/Latino women were enrolled in graduate programs than Hispanic/Latino men, following a well-recognized pattern over the past years. Indeed, more than two-thirds of all Hispanic/Latino graduate students enrolled at these top 50 institutions were women (99,056), while less than one-third were men (47,317).
The majority of the top 50 schools listed here are public; however, it is notable that among the top ten, eight are private.
At slightly more than two-thirds of these top 50 institutions (34 of them), Hispanic/Latino graduate students constituted less than one-quarter of the total graduate student body. Only four schools had a large proportion of Hispanic/Latino students among their graduate student body (more than half): The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (77%), the University of Texas at El Paso (65%), Ana G. Mendez University in Florida (59%), and California State University Los Angeles (53%). Another eight institutions had Hispanic/Latino students comprising more than a third of their graduate student body.
Graduate degrees granted to Hispanic/Latino students
The top 50 institutions on this list conferred 39,412 graduate degrees to Hispanic/Latino students in the 2021-22 academic year, 3,252 more than in 2020-21. Regarding graduate degrees for Hispanic/Latino students, Grand Canyon University conferred the highest number (2,516), followed by Florida International University (2,277), the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (1802), and the University of Southern California (1,688).
Given that a greater number of Hispanic/Latino women were enrolled in graduate programs than Hispanic/Latino men, it follows that a higher number of graduate degrees would be granted to Hispanic/Latino women. Indeed, more graduate degrees were granted to Hispanic/Latino women than to men at every single institution on this list, and by a notable difference in many cases. As with graduate enrollment, two-thirds (67%) of all graduate degrees for Hispanics/Latinos were conferred to women. Hispanic/Latino women received a total of 26,586 graduate degrees at these top 50 institutions, while men received a total of only 12,826.
Miami Regional University stands out for conferring the largest proportion of graduate degrees to Hispanic/Latino students (89%), followed by the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (80%) and the University of Texas at El Paso (66%). Eight more institutions conferred more than one-third of their degrees to Hispanic/Latino students. However, as with graduate enrollments, slightly more than two-thirds of these top 50 schools (34 of them) granted less than one-quarter of all graduate degrees to Hispanic/Latino students.
PhD degrees granted to Hispanic/Latino students
The number of PhD degrees granted to Hispanic/Latino students remains low overall, with each institution on this list granting between 70 and 260; only Nova Southeastern University granted more than 500. This number has increased very minimally, with 6,357 PhD degrees granted to Hispanic/Latino students at all 50 institutions in 2021-22, while 6,086 were granted in 2020-21.
With regard to gender, the imbalance between Hispanic/Latino women and men persists at the PhD level; more women receive PhD degrees than men do at 43 of these 50 schools. However, the gap is not as wide as it is with graduate enrollment, or with graduate degrees overall: the total number of PhD degrees conferred to Hispanic/Latina women at all 50 institutions was 3,749, while men were awarded a total of 2,608. Thus, the distribution of PhD degrees among Hispanic/Latino men and women is more even, with 59% awarded to women and 41% to men.
The schools on this list that conferred the largest proportion of doctoral degrees to Hispanic/Latino students, out of all the doctoral degrees they awarded, were St. Thomas University in Florida (63%), the University of Texas at El Paso (54%), and St. Mary’s University in Texas (49%). The majority of these 50 institutions (40 of them, or 80%) awarded less than one-quarter of their total PhD degrees to Hispanic/Latino students.
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Graduate Enrollment 2021-2022
|
|
Institution
|
State
|
Total Enrollment Hispanic/Latino Students
|
Total Enrollment All Students
|
Hispanic/Latino men
|
Hispanic/Latino women
|
Percent Hispanic/Latino
|
1
|
Grand Canyon University
|
AZ
|
9650
|
58321
|
2208
|
7442
|
17%
|
2
|
Florida International University
|
FL
|
6415
|
13208
|
2351
|
4064
|
49%
|
3
|
Western Governors University
|
UT
|
5981
|
63961
|
2001
|
3980
|
9%
|
4
|
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
|
TX
|
5558
|
7182
|
1849
|
3709
|
77%
|
5
|
National University
|
CA
|
5383
|
15540
|
1461
|
3922
|
35%
|
6
|
Nova Southeastern University
|
FL
|
5073
|
16663
|
1392
|
3681
|
30%
|
7
|
Walden University
|
MN
|
4703
|
60748
|
923
|
3780
|
8%
|
8
|
University of Southern California
|
CA
|
4675
|
31467
|
1635
|
3040
|
15%
|
9
|
Capella University
|
MN
|
4433
|
42583
|
773
|
3660
|
10%
|
10
|
Liberty University
|
VA
|
3990
|
66053
|
1570
|
2420
|
6%
|
11
|
University of Florida
|
FL
|
3696
|
24387
|
1461
|
2235
|
15%
|
12
|
Arizona State University Digital Immersion
|
AZ
|
3634
|
22300
|
1025
|
2609
|
16%
|
13
|
Southern New Hampshire University
|
NH
|
3535
|
38050
|
1047
|
2488
|
9%
|
14
|
The University of Texas at El Paso
|
TX
|
3303
|
5052
|
1320
|
1983
|
65%
|
15
|
The University of Texas at Arlington
|
TX
|
2952
|
17037
|
661
|
2291
|
17%
|
16
|
California State University-Long Beach
|
CA
|
2872
|
7181
|
942
|
1930
|
40%
|
17
|
New York University
|
NY
|
2723
|
32533
|
890
|
1833
|
8%
|
18
|
The University of Texas at San Antonio
|
TX
|
2634
|
5657
|
1014
|
1620
|
47%
|
19
|
Lamar University
|
TX
|
2542
|
12086
|
594
|
1948
|
21%
|
20
|
University of Phoenix-Arizona
|
AZ
|
2488
|
30973
|
634
|
1854
|
8%
|
21
|
University of Central Florida
|
FL
|
2481
|
12503
|
930
|
1551
|
20%
|
22
|
Texas A & M University-College Station
|
TX
|
2382
|
17669
|
1036
|
1346
|
13%
|
23
|
California State University-Los Angeles
|
CA
|
2346
|
4425
|
806
|
1540
|
53%
|
24
|
Johns Hopkins University
|
MD
|
2311
|
31398
|
1102
|
1209
|
7%
|
25
|
Chamberlain University-Illinois
|
IL
|
2259
|
21033
|
270
|
1989
|
11%
|
26
|
University of Arizona
|
AZ
|
2244
|
12098
|
913
|
1331
|
19%
|
27
|
University of Miami
|
FL
|
2222
|
8132
|
853
|
1369
|
27%
|
28
|
University of New Mexico-Main Campus
|
NM
|
2219
|
6912
|
896
|
1323
|
32%
|
29
|
California State University-Northridge
|
CA
|
2201
|
6485
|
657
|
1544
|
34%
|
30
|
University of California-Los Angeles
|
CA
|
2119
|
14556
|
874
|
1245
|
15%
|
31
|
American Public University System
|
WV
|
2118
|
17199
|
1300
|
818
|
12%
|
32
|
Harvard University
|
MA
|
2094
|
26134
|
952
|
1142
|
8%
|
33
|
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
|
NJ
|
2063
|
16280
|
586
|
1477
|
13%
|
34
|
San Jose State University
|
CA
|
2059
|
10399
|
636
|
1423
|
20%
|
35
|
University of South Florida
|
FL
|
2002
|
14109
|
649
|
1353
|
14%
|
36
|
Florida State University
|
FL
|
1998
|
13868
|
682
|
1316
|
14%
|
37
|
California State University-Fullerton
|
CA
|
1976
|
5796
|
645
|
1331
|
34%
|
38
|
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
|
GA
|
1875
|
33162
|
1472
|
403
|
6%
|
39
|
Ana G. Mendez University
|
FL
|
1855
|
3169
|
515
|
1340
|
59%
|
40
|
California Baptist University
|
CA
|
1836
|
4474
|
436
|
1400
|
41%
|
41
|
San Diego State University
|
CA
|
1819
|
5777
|
562
|
1257
|
31%
|
42
|
University of Illinois Chicago
|
IL
|
1765
|
13267
|
608
|
1157
|
13%
|
43
|
Azusa Pacific University
|
CA
|
1762
|
5086
|
434
|
1328
|
35%
|
44
|
CUNY Hunter College
|
NY
|
1757
|
7430
|
359
|
1398
|
24%
|
45
|
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
|
IL
|
1739
|
25503
|
836
|
903
|
7%
|
46
|
University of Houston
|
TX
|
1735
|
9765
|
648
|
1087
|
18%
|
47
|
Texas Woman's University
|
TX
|
1732
|
8028
|
165
|
1567
|
22%
|
48
|
Columbia University in the City of New York
|
NY
|
1726
|
27728
|
636
|
1090
|
6%
|
49
|
Pepperdine University
|
CA
|
1722
|
8594
|
431
|
1291
|
20%
|
50
|
Arizona State University Campus Immersion
|
AZ
|
1716
|
15023
|
677
|
1039
|
11%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All Graduate Degrees 2020-2021
|
|
Institution
|
State
|
Total Degrees Granted Hispanic/Latino Students
|
Total Degrees Granted All Students
|
Hispanic/Latino men
|
Hispanic/Latino women
|
Percent Hispanic/Latino
|
1
|
Grand Canyon University
|
AZ
|
2516
|
14779
|
612
|
1904
|
17%
|
2
|
Florida International University
|
FL
|
2277
|
4436
|
832
|
1445
|
51%
|
3
|
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
|
TX
|
1802
|
2255
|
589
|
1213
|
80%
|
4
|
University of Southern California
|
CA
|
1688
|
11214
|
571
|
1117
|
15%
|
5
|
Western Governors University
|
UT
|
1522
|
19615
|
532
|
990
|
8%
|
6
|
Nova Southeastern University
|
FL
|
1380
|
4466
|
372
|
1008
|
31%
|
7
|
National University
|
CA
|
1375
|
4224
|
342
|
1033
|
33%
|
8
|
Arizona State University Digital Immersion
|
AZ
|
1042
|
6006
|
278
|
764
|
17%
|
9
|
University of Florida
|
FL
|
1013
|
6423
|
445
|
568
|
16%
|
10
|
New York University
|
NY
|
954
|
11009
|
323
|
631
|
9%
|
11
|
The University of Texas at El Paso
|
TX
|
906
|
1376
|
376
|
530
|
66%
|
12
|
The University of Texas at Arlington
|
TX
|
903
|
4997
|
178
|
725
|
18%
|
13
|
Capella University
|
MN
|
786
|
7921
|
135
|
651
|
10%
|
14
|
University of Miami
|
FL
|
781
|
2752
|
307
|
474
|
28%
|
15
|
California State University-Long Beach
|
CA
|
734
|
1824
|
218
|
516
|
40%
|
16
|
Texas A & M University-College Station
|
TX
|
697
|
5040
|
299
|
398
|
14%
|
17
|
Lamar University
|
TX
|
682
|
3364
|
173
|
509
|
20%
|
18
|
Walden University
|
MN
|
678
|
10763
|
130
|
548
|
6%
|
19
|
University of Arizona
|
AZ
|
664
|
3351
|
271
|
393
|
20%
|
20
|
Arizona State University Campus Immersion
|
AZ
|
660
|
4592
|
234
|
426
|
14%
|
21
|
University of Central Florida
|
FL
|
648
|
3486
|
239
|
409
|
19%
|
22
|
The University of Texas at San Antonio
|
TX
|
645
|
1480
|
240
|
405
|
44%
|
23
|
University of California-Los Angeles
|
CA
|
644
|
4993
|
247
|
397
|
13%
|
24
|
University of Phoenix-Arizona
|
AZ
|
637
|
5716
|
172
|
465
|
11%
|
25
|
California State University-Los Angeles
|
CA
|
633
|
1229
|
217
|
416
|
52%
|
26
|
San Jose State University
|
CA
|
632
|
2986
|
172
|
460
|
21%
|
27
|
Columbia University in the City of New York
|
NY
|
622
|
10797
|
212
|
410
|
6%
|
28
|
Liberty University
|
VA
|
618
|
12198
|
235
|
383
|
5%
|
29
|
Southern New Hampshire University
|
NH
|
597
|
6812
|
181
|
416
|
9%
|
30
|
The University of Texas at Austin
|
TX
|
597
|
4225
|
268
|
329
|
14%
|
31
|
University of South Florida
|
FL
|
581
|
3952
|
191
|
390
|
15%
|
32
|
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
|
NJ
|
566
|
4508
|
158
|
408
|
13%
|
33
|
Johns Hopkins University
|
MD
|
564
|
8382
|
239
|
325
|
7%
|
34
|
California Baptist University
|
CA
|
558
|
1416
|
135
|
423
|
39%
|
35
|
University of New Mexico-Main Campus
|
NM
|
552
|
1642
|
229
|
323
|
34%
|
36
|
Harvard University
|
MA
|
550
|
7387
|
242
|
308
|
7%
|
37
|
Florida State University
|
FL
|
522
|
3846
|
202
|
320
|
14%
|
38
|
California State University-Fullerton
|
CA
|
521
|
1647
|
171
|
350
|
32%
|
39
|
Miami Regional University
|
FL
|
508
|
568
|
186
|
322
|
89%
|
40
|
University of La Verne
|
CA
|
505
|
1095
|
148
|
357
|
46%
|
41
|
California State University-Northridge
|
CA
|
497
|
1585
|
153
|
344
|
31%
|
42
|
San Diego State University
|
CA
|
496
|
1743
|
144
|
352
|
28%
|
43
|
University of Houston
|
TX
|
490
|
2712
|
174
|
316
|
18%
|
44
|
Fordham University
|
NY
|
485
|
2923
|
115
|
370
|
17%
|
45
|
CUNY Hunter College
|
NY
|
454
|
1913
|
103
|
351
|
24%
|
46
|
Pepperdine University
|
CA
|
453
|
2364
|
124
|
329
|
19%
|
47
|
Texas Tech University
|
TX
|
451
|
2439
|
196
|
255
|
18%
|
48
|
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
|
IL
|
446
|
6789
|
199
|
247
|
7%
|
49
|
University of North Texas
|
TX
|
441
|
3017
|
167
|
274
|
15%
|
50
|
George Washington University
|
DC
|
439
|
5210
|
150
|
289
|
8%
|
|
PhD Degrees 2020-2021
|
|
Institution
|
State
|
Total PhD Granted Hispanic/Latino Students
|
Total PhD Granted All Students
|
Hispanic/Latino men
|
Hispanic/Latino women
|
Percent Hispanic/Latino
|
1
|
Nova Southeastern University
|
FL
|
560
|
1637
|
163
|
397
|
34%
|
2
|
University of Florida
|
FL
|
257
|
1906
|
99
|
158
|
13%
|
3
|
Florida International University
|
FL
|
256
|
685
|
103
|
153
|
37%
|
4
|
University of Miami
|
FL
|
250
|
900
|
103
|
147
|
28%
|
5
|
University of Southern California
|
CA
|
229
|
1923
|
95
|
134
|
12%
|
6
|
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
|
CA
|
197
|
1186
|
86
|
111
|
17%
|
7
|
Texas A & M University-College Station
|
TX
|
180
|
1462
|
80
|
100
|
12%
|
8
|
University of California-Los Angeles
|
CA
|
155
|
1463
|
73
|
82
|
11%
|
9
|
St. Thomas University
|
FL
|
147
|
233
|
61
|
86
|
63%
|
10
|
University of New Mexico-Main Campus
|
NM
|
142
|
502
|
61
|
81
|
28%
|
11
|
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
|
NJ
|
138
|
1403
|
45
|
93
|
10%
|
12
|
University of Arizona
|
AZ
|
137
|
993
|
59
|
78
|
14%
|
13
|
New York University
|
NY
|
136
|
1543
|
53
|
83
|
9%
|
14
|
The University of Texas at Austin
|
TX
|
134
|
1260
|
58
|
76
|
11%
|
15
|
University of Illinois Chicago
|
IL
|
130
|
1469
|
50
|
80
|
9%
|
16
|
University of the Incarnate Word
|
TX
|
128
|
360
|
48
|
80
|
36%
|
17
|
Harvard University
|
MA
|
121
|
1596
|
59
|
62
|
8%
|
18
|
University of California-Davis
|
CA
|
121
|
1103
|
47
|
74
|
11%
|
19
|
The University of Texas at El Paso
|
TX
|
117
|
218
|
56
|
61
|
54%
|
20
|
University of California-Berkeley
|
CA
|
115
|
1259
|
64
|
51
|
9%
|
21
|
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
|
TX
|
113
|
455
|
45
|
68
|
25%
|
22
|
St. Mary's University
|
TX
|
110
|
226
|
37
|
73
|
49%
|
23
|
Ohio State University-Main Campus
|
OH
|
109
|
1788
|
41
|
68
|
6%
|
24
|
University of Pennsylvania
|
PA
|
108
|
1362
|
45
|
63
|
8%
|
25
|
Stanford University
|
CA
|
107
|
1115
|
62
|
45
|
10%
|
26
|
Columbia University in the City of New York
|
NY
|
106
|
1425
|
38
|
68
|
7%
|
27
|
Capella University
|
MN
|
100
|
1261
|
26
|
74
|
8%
|
28
|
University of California-Irvine
|
CA
|
100
|
763
|
44
|
56
|
13%
|
29
|
Boston University
|
MA
|
99
|
1151
|
42
|
57
|
9%
|
30
|
Loma Linda University
|
CA
|
99
|
560
|
39
|
60
|
18%
|
31
|
Arizona State University Campus Immersion
|
AZ
|
98
|
865
|
35
|
63
|
11%
|
32
|
Life University
|
GA
|
96
|
443
|
50
|
46
|
22%
|
33
|
Florida State University
|
FL
|
91
|
778
|
33
|
58
|
12%
|
34
|
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
|
WA
|
91
|
1360
|
39
|
52
|
7%
|
35
|
Western University of Health Sciences
|
CA
|
86
|
813
|
27
|
59
|
11%
|
36
|
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
|
MI
|
85
|
1630
|
45
|
40
|
5%
|
37
|
Midwestern University-Glendale
|
AZ
|
84
|
842
|
32
|
52
|
10%
|
38
|
South Texas College of Law Houston
|
TX
|
84
|
297
|
36
|
48
|
28%
|
39
|
University of Houston
|
TX
|
84
|
838
|
31
|
53
|
10%
|
40
|
Barry University
|
FL
|
83
|
342
|
35
|
48
|
24%
|
41
|
Loyola Marymount University
|
CA
|
81
|
354
|
32
|
49
|
23%
|
42
|
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
|
CO
|
81
|
777
|
42
|
39
|
10%
|
43
|
Northwestern University
|
IL
|
80
|
1088
|
41
|
39
|
7%
|
44
|
University of South Florida
|
FL
|
79
|
770
|
36
|
43
|
10%
|
45
|
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
|
MN
|
77
|
1766
|
36
|
41
|
4%
|
46
|
University of California-San Francisco
|
CA
|
76
|
587
|
35
|
41
|
13%
|
47
|
University of Wisconsin-Madison
|
WI
|
76
|
1476
|
30
|
46
|
5%
|
48
|
Yale University
|
CT
|
76
|
760
|
31
|
45
|
10%
|
49
|
Palmer College of Chiropractic
|
IA
|
74
|
632
|
44
|
30
|
12%
|
50
|
University of California-San Diego
|
CA
|
74
|
742
|
36
|
38
|
10%
|