Title: More Hispanics are going to college and graduating, but disparity persists | PBS NewsHour
Headings: More Hispanics are going to college and graduating, but disparity persists
More Hispanics are going to college and graduating, but disparity persists
As the Hispanic student population grows, “you’re going to go from invisibility to pushback, to ultimately an acceptance.”

Content: Almodovar, the daughter of Puerto Rican parents who moved to the mainland, was sold. She enrolled in the fall of 2015, and immediately felt at home, she recalled. “I was like, ‘Yes, this is where I want to be,’” said Almodovar, who is now a junior. More Hispanics are going to college, and their graduation rates are rising. The bad news? This progress remains uneven. As the Hispanic population in the United States has exploded, so has the number of Hispanics pursuing higher education. Between 2000 and 2015, the college-going rate among Hispanic high school graduates grew from 22 to 37 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Hispanic undergraduate enrollment more than doubled, to 3 million. More than a quarter of young Hispanics — 28 percent — now have at least an associate degree, up from 15 percent in 2000.