Title: American RadioWorks - Rising by Degrees
Headings: 
Community College Fact Sheet
College Access and Success
Latinos and Higher Education
Community Colleges
The Economics of A College Degree

Content: source
Most Latinos who go to college go to community college: More than half (55 percent) of Hispanic college students go to community college. They are the most likely of all racial or ethnic groups to choose community college. source
Community Colleges
Most community college students fail to get a degree: Fewer than 46 percent of students who enter community college with the goal of earning a degree or certificate have met their goal six years later. source
Community colleges typically lose about half of their students prior to the students' second year of classes. Some leave for good. Others drop out and come back. Still others remain in school but struggle with remedial courses and don't ever progress to college-level work. Only 15 percent of students who earn no credits in their first semester return the following semester.