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Latinos have seen the fastest growth in advanced degree attainment of any racial or ethnic group, primarily bolstered by Latina women, according to a recent Pew Research Center analysis. The number of Latinos with a graduate degree jumped from just 700,000 to over 2.5 million between 2000 and 2021. This figure accounts for a 291% increase in the number of Latina women who have a graduate degree and a 199% increase in Latino men with a graduate degree.
5 million over a 40-year career, according to CNBC. That gap was acknowledged Thursday on Latina Equal Pay Day. Of all Latinos aged 25 or older, only 7% held graduate degrees as of 2021, up from 4% in 2000. This statistics still lags behind the 14% of all Americans over 25 who hold advanced degrees. U.S.-born Latinos are also more likely to have an advanced degree than Latinos who immigrated to the U.S. and, in general, the majority of U.S.
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