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With Latinos making up more than 13% of the U.S. population, the March issue of Hispanic Magazine "looked for superior centers of higher learning where Hispanic students are thriving," based on academic reputation, freshman retention rates and percent Hispanic enrollment.
Writer Kimberly Garcia chose another gauge: actually earning a degree from the school. "No sense attending a top school if you don't graduate," she wrote. For graduation rates, she turned to data from Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, which lists the top 100 colleges that awarded bachelor's degrees to Hispanics in 2000-2001.
At the top is Stanford University CA, ...