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Latinos in School: Some Facts and Findings
LATINOS
IN COLLEGE
- Latinos
now represent almost 10 percent of the total student enrollment in higher
education. They comprise 14.5 percent of the traditional college-age
population in the U.S., a proportion expected to rise to 22 percent
by 2025.
- The representation
of Latinos in higher education has grown dramatically, increasing 202
percent between 1976 and 1996.
- Latinos
enroll in college immediately upon high school graduation at a rate
similar to that of other groups: 66 percent, compared with 60 percent
for African Americans and 68 percent for Anglos. The enrollment rate
for Latino high school completers age 18-24 over time is lower than
that for other groups: 36 percent, compared with 40 percent for African
Americans and 46 percent for Anglos.
- The majority
of Latino undergraduates (53 percent) are enrolled in two-year colleges,
whereas the majority of African American (51 percent) and Anglo (56
percent) undergraduates are enrolled in four-year colleges.
- A higher
percentage of Latino students (45 percent) are enrolled part time than
either African Americans (40 percent) or Anglos (39 percent). Latinos
(35 percent) are also more likely than African Americans (32 percent)
or Anglos (25 percent) to take more than six years to earn a bachelor's
degree.
- Latinos
have doubled their undergraduate degree attainment since 1976. Twenty
years later, Latino students earned 5 percent of all bachelor's degrees
and 7 percent of all associate's degrees.
- The top three disciplines for the bachelor's degrees of Latinos are business, social sciences, and education. The top disciplines for associate's degrees are liberal arts, business, and the health professions.
- Latinos
have increased their enrollment in graduate education, although they
still comprise a smaller proportion of students than other groups: 4
percent, as compared with 6 percent for African Americans and 73 percent
for Anglos
- Within the Latino graduate student group, 60 percent were women in 1996.
SOURCE
Latinos in education: Early childhood, elementary, secondary, undergraduate,
graduate. (1999). Washington, DC: The White House Initiative on Educational
Excellence for Hispanic Americans. (ED 440 817) ERIC Clearinghouse on
Urban Education Publication Date: 2001-02-00
