Thursday, May 9, 2013

About 70 Percent Of Hispanic High School Graduates Go To College: 86 Percent of Hispanics Graduate High School

Posted by Milton Recht:

From Pew Research Hispanic Center, "High School Drop-out Rate at Record Low: Hispanic High School Graduates Pass Whites in Rate of College Enrollment" by Richard Fry and Paul Taylor:
A record seven-in-ten (69%) Hispanic high school graduates in the class of 2012 enrolled in college that fall, two percentage points higher than the rate (67%) among their white counterparts, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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The positive trends in Hispanic educational indicators also extend to high school. The most recent available data show that in 2011 only 14% of Hispanic 16- to 24-year-olds were high school dropouts, half the level in 2000 (28%).
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Despite the narrowing of some of these long-standing educational attainment gaps, Hispanics continue to lag whites in a number of key higher education measures. Young Hispanic college students are less likely than their white counterparts to enroll in a four-year college (56% versus 72%), they are less likely to attend a selective college, less likely to be enrolled in college full time, and less likely to complete a bachelor’s degree.

Source: Pew Research

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