A new report from The Education Trust finds that UMBC is among the top colleges in the country for promoting Hispanic student success.
The brief, “Advancing to Completion: Increasing degree attainment by improving graduation rates and closing gaps for Hispanic students,” examined the achievement gap between Hispanic and white students at public and private colleges nationwide, and whether those institutions were successfully working to narrow that gap.
The study found that UMBC ranked 12th among public colleges for improvements in Hispanic students’ graduation rates between 2004 and 2010. Hispanic students at UMBC saw a 21.8-percentage-point increase in their six-year graduation rates, compared to a 3.5 point increase nationally. And UMBC ranked 13th nationally for its progress in narrowing the achievement gap between white and Hispanic students, with the two groups graduating at essentially the same rate.
The full report is available online from The Education Trust.
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