Hispanic population growth and improved high school completion rates helped Latino young people become the largest minority group on U.S. college campuses, according to a Pew Hispanic report released Monday.
The center's analysis of census data shows more than 2 million Hispanics ages 18 to 24 were enrolled in college last year, making up a record 16.5 percent share of enrollments in that age group at two-year and four-year universities.
Simultaneously, for the first time, one-fourth of America's pre-K through 12th grade population was Latino, the center said.
Last year, 76 percent of Hispanics aged 18 to 24 years had a high school diploma, up 6 percentage points from 2009. That's still below the national average of 85 percent and below African Americans' 81 percent. READ MORE
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