Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies

Liberal Arts • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies

What is it about?

A program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the Hispanic American immigrant populations within the U.S. and Canada, including Mexican-American Studies, Cuban American Studies, Puerto Rican Studies, and others.

Numbers at a glance

317th
Popular nationwide
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Search Rank on O's List
37
Colleges offer it
468
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
121
Women
347
As a Minor

Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies is relatively popular as a minor/second major with 249 people graduating with it as a minor in academic year 2018-19.

Trends

Graduates
Popularity Rank

Colleges

Number of Colleges by Type
Median Graduating Class by College Type
Number of Colleges by Size
Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates
University of California-Los Angeles71
University of California-Santa Cruz62
University of California-Davis50
University of California-Santa Barbara44
San Francisco State University37
California State University-Northridge20
California State University-Long Beach17
University of California-Irvine17
The University of Texas-Pan American12
University of New Mexico-Main Campus12
Average public university graduating class: 15 students.
Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates
Pepperdine University9
Colorado College4
Wheaton College3
Amherst College3
Stanford University2
Pitzer College2
Pomona College2
Average private university graduating class: 4 students.

O's Insights on Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies

  • Major has been stable in popularity over the last 15 years.
  • 95% of graduates come from public universities.

Related Majors

Major Graduates Colleges
Women's Studies 1,383 238
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other 812 79
African-American/Black Studies 727 144
Latin American Studies 301 83
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