In California, just 22% of Latino adults age 25 and up earned an associate degree or higher, versus 56% of White, non-Hispanic adults, report says.
At first, Los Angeles area resident Melissa Becerra Amador didn’t know if she would go to college. But through her peers and mentors, she started to realize the value of having a degree.
While more Latinos students are enrolled in schools overall, graduation rates have seen “little progress” over the last few years, researchers said. Nationwide, just 30% of Latino adults earned an associate degree or higher, compared with 53% of White, non-Hispanic, 39% of Black and 66% of Asian adults,In California, just 22% of Latino adults age 25 and up earned an associate degree or higher, versus 56% of White, non-Hispanic adults.Latinos had been earning college degrees at an accelerated rate for about ten yearsLatino students were overall more likely to drop out of school when compared with their White peers, the report found.
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