Magazine Praises Westmont for its Commitment to Diversity

A magazine focusing on Hispanics in higher education has included Westmont in its 10th Annual Publisher’s Pick List. The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine ranks Westmont among the top colleges “doing a commendable job of recruiting, retaining, educating and graduating Hispanics.”

Westmont continues to make progress attracting and keeping diverse students. Currently, students of color make up 20 percent of the student body. The first-year class diversity population is 26 percent. Hispanics make up the largest diversity group on campus, 9 percent this fall.

Hispanic Outlook focuses primarily on current events and topics of interest to Hispanic educators, administrators and students. It has a reported circulation of 28,000.

U.S. News & World Report’s 2006 edition of America’s Best College’s also recognized Westmont for its commitment to campus diversity. Factoring in the total proportion of minority students and the overall mix of groups, U.S. News ranked Westmont 45th among the nation’s liberal arts colleges for its high diversity index.