The Pew Research Center reports that the college enrollment rate of Hispanics continues to rise and their dropout rate has fallen to a new low. Analyzing Census Bureau data, Pew found that in 2016, the Hispanic high school dropout rate decreased to 10 percent from 16 percent just five years earlier; and Hispanic high school graduates’ enrollment in college reached 47 percent in 2016, a marked increase from 32 percent in 1999.

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