---
"title": "New Milestones for Hispanic Students"
"description": "This posting links to a FactTank article about trends in Hispanic college enrollment and educational attainment, based on recently released Census Bureau data."
"date": "2013-09-05"
"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/2013/09/05/new-milestones-for-hispanic-students/"
"categories":
  - "Educational Attainment"
  - "Hispanic/Latino Demographics"
  - "Hispanics/Latinos & Education"
---

# New Milestones for Hispanic Students

Newly released Census Bureau data show that among 18- to 24-year-old recent high school graduates, a higher share of Hispanics (49%) than non-Hispanic whites (47%) were enrolled in college in 2012. However, because of higher Hispanic high school dropout rates, the share of all Hispanic young people ages 18 to 24 enrolled in college (37.5%) lags the share of whites (42.1%). The Census data documented several new milestones for Latino students. [Read more at FactTank.](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2013/09/04/hispanic-college-enrollment-rate-surpasses-whites-for-the-first-time/)