Declared Majors by Hispanic Metro State Students Analysis and Opportunities Ellen Boswell, Office of Institutional Research Tat Sang So, English

Contents Representation by School and division Majors with Hispanic under-representation Majors with Hispanic over-representation Opportunities to support the HSI initiative Practical strategies

Representation by School and Division (6 year total student-years, ending Fall 2007 census) School of Business100% School of LAS95% –Humanities95% –Science & Math83% –Social Sciences103% School of Prof. Studies109% –Education (special) 57% –Public Service127% –Technology77%

Majors with Hispanic under-representation (large majors, 6 year total student-years, ending Fall 2007) Major Represent -ation Faculty Utilization (Hispanic/ of Color) 6-year totals (Hispanic/Total) Percentage Hispanic English58%9% / 23%301 / % Music70%0% / 22%175 / % Chemistry87%0% / 27%158 / % Computer Science86%3% / 12% (Math) 257 / % Environmental Science 43%0% / 0%49 / % Mathematics*84%3% / 12%121 / % History81%6% / 11%369 / % Aviation Technology 52%0% / 0%191 / % Industrial Design75%0% / 0%108 / %

Majors with Hispanic over-representation (large majors, 6 year total student-years, ending Fall 2007) Major Represent -ation Faculty Utilization (Hispanic / of Color) 6-year totals (Hispanic/Total) Percentage Hispanic Management112%7% / 21%847 / % Modern Languages239%29% / 29%451 / % Chicano/a Studies658%100% / 100%107 / % Political Science136%0% / 20%306 / % Social Work123%0% / 33%233 / % Criminal Justice & Criminology 162%38% / 75%1319 / % Human Perform. & Sport 103%0% / 14%371 / % Human Services132%22% / 33%345 / % Civil Engineering Technology 130%0% / 19%153 / % Undeclared118%N/A3097 / %

Opportunities to Support HSI Students choose Metro State for its programs of study. Graduation-ready students (Juniors and Seniors) concentrate their time in their majors and minors. Targeting majors and programs of study can help with both recruiting and retention. We will forward the issue to our consultants, Excellente, for focus groups.

Practical Strategies Emphasize over-represented majors and programs in external marketing material. Emphasize under-represented majors and programs in internal marketing material. Provide Hispanic-specific support for over- represented majors: –Academic –Career –Social Raise awareness within under-represented (and promising) majors. Create an “HSI Department” designation.

National Data on Careers for Hispanics Top 4 careers to target: Management Computer and Math Education, Training, and Library Health Care Practitioners and Technical Source: Pew Hispanic Center