What is a Hispanic Serving Institution?

A Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) is defined as an institution of higher education that is an eligible institution; and has an enrollment of undergraduate full-time equivalent students that is at least 25 percent Hispanic students at the end of the award year immediately preceding the date of application.

What is the importance of HSI’s in Higher Education?

Hispanic Serving Institutes recognize the importance of serving the country’s rapidly growing Hispanic community. HSI’s were created to expand the educational opportunities for Hispanic students while improving their measures of academic attainment.

• Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
• Excelencia in Education
• Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions Educators
• National Community College Hispanic Council
• American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education
• Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities
• Hispanic-Serving Institutions Career Collaborative
• University of California’s Hispanic-Serving Institutions Initiative
• Arizona Hispanic-Serving Institutions Consortium
• Texas Hispanic-Serving Institutions Consortium
• Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions