Education
Educational attainment of Latina women surpasses Latino men in all educational categories except advanced degrees where the difference is negligible (2.9% for Latina women and 3.1% for Latino men).
18% of Latinas have some college or an associates’ degree8% have a Bachelor’s degree2.9% have an advanced degree (only 580,000 in 2005, growing to 1.45M in 2050, if trends continue)
Therefore, 29% of all Latinas in 2005 (5.8 million women) have some college or more
If trends stay flat (not likely), Latina women with some college or more would grow to 14.5 million women by 2050.
However, from 1976 to 2000, there was a 430% increase in the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to Latinos (general U.S. population had an increase of only 35% during the same time period)
In spite of the increase in bachelor’s degrees, only 53% of the total Hispanic population finishes *high school*!!!
In 2004, there were only 714,000 Hispanics 25 years and older with advanced degrees (master’s professional, doctorate)
Note, however, Hispanic enrollment in higher education has increased dramatically in recent years — from 782,000 in 1990 to about 1.3 million in 1999.
1 comment:
The statistics of achieving bachelor’s degree between Latinos and Latinas could somehow relate to the competitiveness that men are more inclined to be doing than women. But I think the closest idea for more Latinos having bachelor’s degree than their counterpart is the practicality of women to take up courses that can give them immediate income than spending long years in schools. Like for Cosmetology Education, it would only take a few months before one can finish training, take the exam, get license and start earning.
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