Latin American Studies

A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the Hispanic peoples of the North and South American Continents outside Canada and the United States, including the study of the Pre-Columbian period and the flow of immigrants from other societies.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 107 institutions across the United States, with a total of 1669 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

283

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

152

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

1,132

awards given

Top Schools for Latin American Studies

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	81
2	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	75
3	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	66
4	Georgetown University Washington, DC	66
5	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	51
6	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	45
7	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	44
8	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	42
9	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	42
10	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	39
11	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	36
12	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	36
13	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	32
14	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	30
15	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	30
16	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	30
17	Florida International University Miami, FL	30
18	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	27
19	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	27
20	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	27
21	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	27
22	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI	25
23	College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	24
24	Stanford University Stanford, CA	24
25	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	24
26	Fordham University Bronx, NY	21
27	Davidson College Davidson, NC	21
28	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	21
29	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	21
30	Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL	21
31	Wichita State University Wichita, KS	20
32	California State University-Chico Chico, CA	18
33	Boston University Boston, MA	18
34	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	15
35	Smith College Northampton, MA	15
36	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	15
37	Macalester College Saint Paul, MN	15
38	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	15
39	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	14
40	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	12
41	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	12
42	The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX	12
43	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	12
44	Colby College Waterville, ME	12
45	University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE	12
46	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	12
47	Connecticut College New London, CT	12
48	Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	12
49	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	9
50	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	9
51	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	9
52	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	9
53	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	9
54	Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY	9
55	Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	9
56	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	9
57	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	9
58	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	9
59	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	9
60	Duke University Durham, NC	9
61	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	9
62	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	9
63	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI	8
64	Willamette University Salem, OR	6
65	University of North Texas Denton, TX	6
66	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	6
67	Chapman University Orange, CA	6
68	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	6
69	Carleton College Northfield, MN	6
70	St Olaf College Northfield, MN	6
71	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	6
72	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	6
73	William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ	6
74	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	6
75	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY	6
76	American University Washington, DC	6
77	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	6
78	SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY	6
79	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	6
80	Rice University Houston, TX	6
81	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	6
82	Amherst College Amherst, MA	6
83	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	6
84	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	6
85	Columbus State University Columbus, GA	4
86	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	4
87	Albion College Albion, MI	3
88	California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA	3
89	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	3
90	Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles, CA	3
91	Pitzer College Claremont, CA	3
92	University of Redlands Redlands, CA	3
93	Saint Mary's College of California Moraga, CA	3
94	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	3
95	Emory University Atlanta, GA	3
96	DePaul University Chicago, IL	3
97	Wheaton College Wheaton, IL	3
98	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	3
99	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	3
100	Bates College Lewiston, ME	3