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Roughly seven-in-ten Hispanic adults (69%) say that having a Hispanic high school STEM teacher would make young Hispanic people more likely to pursue these degrees.
Government data shows gains in education, employment and earnings for Hispanic women, but gaps with other groups remain.
In 2021, nearly 2.5 million Latinos in the United States held advanced degrees such as master’s degrees or doctorates.
Hispanic enrollment at postsecondary institutions in the U.S. has risen from 1.5 million in 2000 to a new high of 3.8 million in 2019.
In 2018-19, 79% of White elementary and secondary public school students went to schools where at least half of their peers were also White.
The growing gender gap in higher education – in enrollment and graduation rates – has been a topic of conversation and debate in recent months.
Latinos say they and their loved ones have faced widespread job losses and serious illness due to COVID-19. Yet satisfaction with the nation’s direction is at highest level in a decade as most say the worst of the pandemic is behind us.
The higher education pipeline suggests a long path is ahead for increasing diversity, especially in fields like computing and engineering.
The educational attainment of recently arrived Latino immigrants in the U.S. has reached its highest level in at least three decades.
Around a quarter of college faculty in the U.S. were nonwhite in fall 2017, compared with 45% of students.
