Key Diversity Statistics: Hispanic Americans

Overview

This brief compiles data from GMAT examinees and the mba.com Prospective Students Survey to help U.S. graduate business schools plan and execute diversity recruitment initiatives.

Quick Facts

• Hispanic Americans, with 4,862 unique GMAT examinees in testing year 2017 (TY2017), are the second largest underrepresented population (URP) group in the U.S. graduate management education pipeline.
• By U.S. region, the largest percentage of unique Hispanic American GMAT examinees live in the Southwest (25%) and West (25%). By U.S. metropolitan area, the largest market of unique Hispanic American GMAT examinees is New York (13% of the total).
• Most unique Hispanic American GMAT examinees have either one to three years’ experience (35%) or four to nine years’ experience (35%).
• Hispanic American business school candidates are more likely than non-URP U.S. candidates to plan to use loans and grants, fellowships, and scholarships to finance their graduate management education.
• Most Hispanic American business school candidates follow business and finance news, frequent online news sites, and use popular social media platforms. Their friends/peers are the most likely to influence their business school choices.