The average African American knows the importance of higher education and the value of obtaining a college degree. However, this interest is unfortunately subordinate to less important issues like when any given rapper will be released from prison, or Will and Jada Smith personal affairs.
New data reveals that the number of Hispanic college students ages 18 to 24 has increased 24 percent in one year, to 1.8 million. This according to a report released Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center. Based on data from the federal Current Population Survey, it was noted that this figure surpassed the number of 1.7 million black students in the same age group.
Hispanics surpassed blacks in 2010 to become the second-largest racial or ethnic group of young adults in America’s colleges, according to a new analysis of Census Bureau data. Black students do outnumber Hispanics in the overall college population, which includes those enrolled of all ages. Hispanics are succeeding in U.S. schools at unprecedented levels. In fact the percentage of young Hispanics completing high school hit 73 percent in 2010, up from 60 percent in 2000, according to Census Bureau data. The share of young Hispanics attending college reached 32 percent last year, up from 22 percent in 2000. Meaning as a population, they are increasingly finishing high school and increasingly going to college at larger rates than African Americans. -torrance stephens ph.d
