For the sixth consecutive year, Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering has been ranked no. 1 in the U.S. for Hispanic graduate students by Hispanic Business magazine.

Each year, Hispanic Business magazine measures the effectiveness of the nation’s universities in attracting Hispanic students. The rankings are based on recruitment and retention of Hispanic students, degrees conferred to Hispanics, Hispanic faculty, and the excellent quality of education and services offered to Hispanic students.

Of Georgia Tech’s full-time graduate students in engineering, 378 or 9.7 percent are Hispanic or Latino.  Hispanics earned 75 postgraduate degrees in engineering, about 5.3 percent of the total amount awarded in 2013.  Out of the 444 full-time faculty members in the College of Engineering, 13 are Hispanic at the time of survey.

“As in previous years, this great achievement has been made possible thanks to the hard work of various individuals and offices at GT, said Jorge Breton, director of Hispanic Initiatives at Tech. “We are very proud of the Institute’s efforts to serve our Hispanic/Latino students, other underrepresented minorities, as well as the entire population.”

Hispanic Business magazine serves the U.S. Hispanic population with information, ideas and advice for individuals looking to pursue or actively be involved in business. Hispanic Business reaches a total audience of more than one million readers.

 For more information on Georgia Tech's efforts to recruit and retain Hispanic students please visit the Office of Hispanic Initiatives.