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title: "Gains and Lags by Black and Hispanic College Students"
description: "This links to a FactTank posting about changes in the racial and ethnic makeup of college students over the past 16 years, as well as a comparison of the share of 25- to 29-year-olds receiving bachelor's degrees."
date: "2014-04-24"
authors:
  - name: "D’Vera Cohn"
    job_title: "Former Senior Writer/Editor"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/dvera-cohn/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2014/04/24/gains-and-lags-by-black-and-hispanic-college-students/"
---

# Gains and Lags by Black and Hispanic College Students

In the wake of this week's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action, what is going on with black and Hispanic college enrollment? A Pew Research Center analysis shows that black and Hispanic college enrollment has been rising, but that both groups are underrepresented among those gaining bachelor's degrees. [Read more at FactTank.](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/04/24/more-hispanics-blacks-enrolling-in-college-but-lag-in-bachelors-degrees/)