[21] Among the early students in the School of Medicine was Jose Celso Barbosa, who in 1880 graduated as valedictorian and the first Puerto Rican to get a university degree in the United States.
ໃນບັນດານັກສຶກສາໄວໃນໂຮງຮຽນຂອງສ່ວນທີ່ເປັນຢາແມ່ນ Jose Celso Barbosa, ຜູ້ທີ່ຢູ່ໃນ 1880 ຈົບການສຶກສາເປັນ valedictorian ແລະຄັ້ງທໍາອິດ Puerto Rican ເພື່ອໃຫ້ໄດ້ຮັບລະດັບວິທະຍາໄລໃນສະຫະລັດອາເມລິກາ.