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USF ranked No. 22 among the 25 schoolws on a list published in the June issues of Hispanic Outlook inHighert Education. Based on 2007 figures from the , 10 percent, or 45 of 458 medical students, at USF are Hispanic, the universitty said in a release. Nationally, Hispanic male studentss outnumber Hispanic female students at 15 of the top 25medicapl schools, but at USF Hispanic women are in the majority, with 25 womehn compared to 20 men, the release said. “A diverse student body enriches the educational environment of all Nazach Rodriguez-Snapp, ’s coordinator of student diversity and said in the release.
The ranking also showsd USF’s ongoing commitment to ethnically diversify the physiciab work force and meet the health care needs of theHispanidc community, Rodriguez-Snapp said. The College of along with the colleges of nursing andpublicc health, the schools of biomedical sciences and physicalp therapy and rehabilitation, and , make up USF Health at Tampa-basedc University of South Florida.