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The HISPANIC BUSINESS Top 10 Business Schools for Hispanic Students

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University of California at Berkeley
Haas School of Business

440 Student Services, #1902
Berkeley, CA 94720-1902
(510) 642-1405
Fax: (510) 643-6559
www.haas.berkeley.edu

Total graduate enrollment 483
Hispanic graduate enrollment 51
Percent Hispanic graduate enrollment 11%
Total MBA degrees earned 242
MBA degrees earned by Hispanics 28
Percent of MBA degrees earned by Hispanics 12%

The MBA Program at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business prepares outstanding men and women from around the world to be leaders in a rapidly changing business environment. It offers a thorough education in the fundamentals of management as well as exposure to critically important current trends. The Haas MBA program emphasizes three interdisciplinary themes throughout its curriculum: entrepreneurship, technology, and international business management. These themes are all central to managing successfully in the evolving, technologically driven global economy. Haas students quickly discover that among the school’s greatest assets are their fellow students, who form a network of friends and professional contacts for future endeavors around the world.


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University of California at Los Angeles
The Anderson School

110 Westwood Plaza, B201
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481
(310) 825-6944
Fax: (310) 825-8582
www.anderson.ucla.edu

Total graduate enrollment 654
Hispanic graduate enrollment 58
Percent Hispanic graduate enrollment 9%
Total MBA degrees earned 302
MBA degrees earned by Hispanics 28
Percent of MBA degrees earned by Hispanics 9%

“Nowhere is the growing economic, political, and social importance of Latinos more evident than in Los Angeles,” says Dean Bruce Willison. “The Anderson School at UCLA is committed to being a leader in preparing Latino students to transform and lead organizations, whether it’s a community-based nonprofit organization or a large multinational corporation, in the context of these changing demographics.” The school’s efforts in recruiting new students are supported by the Latino Management Students Association and the Latin American Club. Latino students at Anderson play a pivotal role through one-on-one mentoring of high school and college students, organizing MBA information nights, and sponsoring conferences, Mr. Willison says. The Anderson School actively promotes diversity through such initiatives as the Riordan Program, Leadership Education and Development, Los Angeles Education Alliance for Restructuring Now, and MBA Forums.


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University of Rochester
William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration

304 Schlegel Hall, Box 270107
Rochester, NY 14627
(716) 275-3533
Fax: (716) 271-3907
www.simon.rochester.edu

Total graduate enrollment 546
Hispanic graduate enrollment 60
Percent Hispanic graduate enrollment 11%
Total MBA degrees earned 255
MBA degrees earned by Hispanics 40
Percent of MBA degrees earned by Hispanics 16%

The Simon School supports and participates in the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, which aids in recruiting Hispanics to receive merit-based fellowships for MBA programs. The Simon School was one of the first top MBA schools to recruit in Latin America. It partners with students and support activities through the MSBA (Minority Student Business Association) and LASOS (Latin American Student Organization of Simon), and it has been actively increasing efforts to integrate students into the local Hispanic community through seminars and participation in Hispanic community events.

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