Excelencia in Education annually tracks the growth and identifies practices of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) to improve Latino student success in postsecondary education. As the representation of Latinos in postsecondary education continues to grow, the opportunity to learn about the efforts by these institutions to enroll, retain, and graduate Latino students should inform the work of other institutions.
Federal legislation defines HSIs by enrollment as accredited and degree-granting non-profit institutions with 25% or more Latino undergraduate enrollment. Based on Excelencia in Education's analysis, there were 356 institutions located in 16 states and Puerto Rico that met the enrollment criteria of HSIs in 2011-12. HSIs represent 11% of all institutions of higher education. Consider the following additional details about HSIs in 2011-12 from Excelencia's analysis:
- Latinos are highly concentrated at HSIs. Over half (54%) of Latino undergraduates in the U.S. were enrolled at HSIs.
- Just over half of all HSIs were two-year institutions. Almost half (47%) of all HSIs were community colleges and 5% were private 2-year institutions.
- The numbers of HSIs is expected to keep growing. There were 250 emerging HSIs (institutions with 15-24% undergraduate full-time equivalent Hispanic enrollment).
- Less than half of HSIs have graduate programs. Of the 356 HSIs, 133 offer graduate degrees.
- The number of HSIs grew rapidly. The number of HSIs grew from 311 to 356 in one year. This is the largest growth of HSIs (45) from one year to the next since 1995.
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