UNM School of Engineering Ranked by Hispanic Business – Best Schools for Hispanics

Car­lon Ami from Engi­neer­ing Stu­dent Ser­vices men­tors two students.

The UNM School of Engi­neer­ing has been named the fourth best post­grad­u­ate engi­neer­ing school in “His­panic Busi­ness 2012 Best Schools for His­pan­ics,” an annual list of grad­u­ate pro­grams across the U.S. that embody diver­sity on campus.

UNM Engineering’s rank­ing is based on 22 per­cent His­panic enroll­ment, 31% His­panic grad­u­a­tion rate, strong stu­dent ser­vices, the num­ber of His­panic fac­ulty and rep­u­ta­tion. Reten­tion rate for His­pan­ics in the 2010-11 aca­d­e­mic year was 74 percent.

UNM Engi­neer­ing specif­i­cally recruits, sup­ports and men­tors His­panic stu­dents. Close to a dozen stu­dent orga­ni­za­tions sup­port per­sonal and pro­fes­sional devel­op­ment for His­pan­ics, includ­ing the His­panic Engi­neer­ing and Sci­ence Orga­ni­za­tion (HESO), the largest engi­neer­ing orga­ni­za­tion on the UNM cam­pus. Seven men­tor­ing pro­grams offer a range of ser­vices includ­ing coach­ing, con­fer­ence par­tic­i­pa­tion, career devel­op­ment and paid internships.

Catalin Roman, dean, UNM School of Engi­neer­ing, is proud of the rank­ing, the sup­port for His­pan­ics, and the School’s mul­ti­cul­tural environment.  

“UNM Engi­neer­ing offers ser­vices and pro­grams to help all our stu­dents suc­ceed and we are espe­cially proud of our track record with His­panic stu­dents,” says Roman. “As the world demand for highly trained engi­neer­ing con­tin­ues to grow, grad­u­at­ing stu­dents who can par­tic­i­pate in the global econ­omy and embrace diver­sity is a pri­or­ity of our school and a point of pride.”

Each year, Hispanic Busi­ness Mag­a­zine mea­sures and ranks the effec­tive­ness of the nation’s uni­ver­si­ties in attract­ing His­panic stu­dents. For more infor­ma­tion on the rank­ings visit: His­panic Busi­ness Mag­a­zine.

Media con­tact: Tamara Williams (505) 277‑5859; email: tamara@unm.edu