UTSA Earns Accolades from Magazine

The University of Texas at San Antonio has been recognized as one of the national leaders in educating and graduating Hispanic students by Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine.

According to the May issue of the magazine, the university (UTSA) ranked fourth in the nation in the number of undergraduate degrees and twelfth nationally in the number of master’s degrees award to Hispanic students.

The magazine looked at the 2007-08 school year of the top 100 predominantly Hispanic-serving colleges and universities in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

In a prepared statement, UTSA President Ricardo Romo said the recognition demonstrates the university’s vision of providing access to “educational excellence.”

“To have nine of our programs ranked in the Top 10 among the nation’s leading Hispanic Serving Institutions shows UTSA continues on the right path to building the next great Texas university,” Romo said.

UTSA is one of 200 Hispanic Serving Institutions in the U.S. It is one of the fastest-growing higher education institutions in Texas and the second largest of nine academic universities and six health institutions in the UT System.

UTSA serves more than 28,400 students through 64 bachelor’s, 47 master’s and 21 doctoral degree programs.

(via: San Antonio Business Journal)