The
Top 25 Colleges for Latinos
6.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
www.columbia.edu
212 Hamilton Hall
New York, NY 10027
212-854-2522
Type of school: private
Tuition/Room and board: $31,472/$9,066
Hispanic students: 7 percent
New York City gives Columbia University one leg up
on its Ivy League cousins. Not many colleges offer
a top-notch education and the opportunity to live
in a city alive with culture and diversity. Just beyond
Columbia’s wrought-iron gates on the Upper West
Side of NYC are Museum Mile, Restaurant Row, Lincoln
Center, Broadway, Wall Street, Greenwich Village,
and more. Like New York itself, Columbia professors
are open-minded and liberal, aiming to stimulate critical
thinking about social and political issues as well
as teach factual knowledge.
7. BROWN UNIVERSITY
www.brown.edu
Box 1920
Providence, RI 02912
401-863-2378
Type of school: private
Tuition/Room and board: $31,334/$8,474
Hispanic students: 7 percent
Brown University practices the most open-minded vision
of education among Ivy League schools. The college
has no core requirements, and students can take any
class on a pass/fail basis. The college aims to encourage
independence and creative thinking. Indeed, many students
are liberal and interested in the arts, but the college’s
laissez-faire curriculum can be challenging for students
without direction. Perched atop College Hill overlooking
Providence, Brown has a popular new president, Ruth
Simmons, the first African American to head an Ivy
League school.
8. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
www.uchicago.edu
5801 S. Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
773-702-8650
Type of school: private
Tuition/Room and board: $30,729/$9,624
Hispanic students: 8 percent
The University of Chicago is not for the faint of
heart. Students are single-minded in their academic
pursuits and a quarter system that packs final exams
closer together than other schools pushes students
to excel. Premedical students, for example, take organic
and biochemistry in one year instead of 18 months.
A Common Core requires students to take six classes
apiece in humanities, math and natural sciences plus
social science, language and physical education classes.
Make sure to pack a parka because winters are cold
and long on this 211-acre campus outside Chicago.
9.
RICE UNIVERSITY
www.rice.edu
PO Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892
713-348-7423
Type of school: private
Tuition/Room and board: $18,826/$8,380
Hispanic students: 11 percent
Renowned for engineering and the sciences, Rice students
enjoy dynamic professors and a congenial social scene.
Students have been known to camp out in front of the
registrar’s office to secure a spot in Dennis
Houston’s public speaking class. Another favorite
is a Bombs and Rockets class about the politics of
U.S. national security. Campus parties replete with
themes and costumes in eight residential colleges
are equally lively on this 300-acre campus with 4,000
shade trees in the nation’s fourth-largest city.
10.
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
www.nd.edu
Notre Dame, IN 46556
574-631-7505
Type of school: private
Tuition/Room and board: $29,512/$7,418
Hispanic students: 8 percent
The University of Notre Dame is steeped in tradition
from its Catholic roots to its revered football team.
Theology is among the requirements, and each dorm
has a chapel where Mass is celebrated every day except
Saturdays, reserved, of course, for football reveling,
which often begins Thursday night and culminates with
parades throughout campus on game day. Academics are
equally strong on this 1,250-acre campus known for
its sense of community and pride, even after graduation
among the Notre Dame family at large.
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