School of Nursing Ranks Nationally in Conferring Degrees on Hispanics

The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education recently ranked the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Nursing fifth out of 15 schools conferring the most bachelor’s degrees in nursing for Hispanic graduates. The ranking was determined using figures provided by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System at the National Center for Education Statistics.

“The success of the TTUHSC School of Nursing can be credited in part to nursing degrees enhanced by simulation and clinical experience, plus full-time retention counselors who provide one-on-one mentoring of students,” said School of Nursing Interim Dean Yondell Masten, RNC, Ph.D. “The school also has the fourth-largest undergraduate enrollment and the second-highest student retention rate of Texas Higher Education nursing schools.”

In 2011, 82 out of 511 graduates from the TTUHSC School of Nursing were Hispanic.

The states with schools awarding the most bachelor’s degrees in nursing to Hispanics were Texas, Florida, Arizona, California and New Mexico. The top four schools were the University of Texas at El Paso, Florida International University, Barry University and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Across all ranked schools for nursing and rehabilitation professions, Hispanic women outnumber Hispanic men. Of the 82 Hispanic TTUHSC School of Nursing graduates, 62 were female.

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