---
"title": "Hispanic College Enrollment Grows Sharply"
"description": "A new Pew Hispanic Center report, using census data, documents a 24% increase in college enrollment from 2009 to 2010 by Hispanics ages 18-24, and compares the statistics for Hispanics with those of other groups."
"date": "2011-08-25"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "D’Vera Cohn"
    "job_title": "Former Senior Writer/Editor"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/dvera-cohn/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/social-trends/2011/08/25/hispanic-college-enrollment-grows-sharply/"
"categories":
  - "Higher Education"
  - "Race & Ethnicity"
---

# Hispanic College Enrollment Grows Sharply

Increase in the Hispanic population, ages 18-24, from 2009 to 2010: 7%.

Increase in Hispanics enrolled in college, ages 18-24, from 2009 to 2010: 24%.

Those numbers are from a [new Pew Hispanic Center analysis of Census Bureau data](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/hispanic/2011/08/25/hispanic-college-enrollment-spikes-narrowing-gaps-with-other-groups/) from the Current Population Survey. According to the analysis, a record 1.8 million Hispanics, ages 18-24, were enrolled in college in October 2010.