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Latinos are making substantial strides in college degree attainment, according to a report released Tuesday. Hispanic students accounted for the vast majority, 79%, of the 4% overall increase in degree attainment over the last five years, according to an analysis by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit focused on improving ways to boost Latino college completion. However, Latinos still lag behind other groups in terms of college degree attainment.
” The 34-page report highlighted that, compared to other ethnic and racial groups, Latino college students are overwhelmingly first-generation students — the first in their family to attend college. Many Latino college students received financial aid, but they are cautious about taking out student loans. While around 49% of Latinos qualified for and received federal Pell Grants — which do not have to be repaid — only a quarter of Latino students took out federal student loans.
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