{"id":13170,"date":"2016-02-24T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/hispanic-black-parents-see-college-degree-as-key-for-childrens-success\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:19:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:19:04","slug":"hispanic-black-parents-see-college-degree-as-key-for-childrens-success","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2016\/02\/24\/hispanic-black-parents-see-college-degree-as-key-for-childrens-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Hispanic, black parents see college degree as key for children\u2019s success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hispanic and black parents are significantly more likely than white parents to say it\u2019s essential that their children earn a college degree, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2015\/12\/17\/parenting-in-america\/\">recent Pew Research Center survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2016\/02\/24\/hispanic-black-parents-see-college-degree-as-key-for-childrens-success\/ft_16-02-19_hispanicscollege_value2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-277847\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e8e0db\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e8e0db;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"380\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/02\/FT_16.02.19_hispanicsCollege_value2.png?resize=420,380 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-24446 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/02\/FT_16.02.19_hispanicsCollege_value2.png\" alt=\"Hispanic and black parents place high value on a college degree\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, 86% of Hispanic parents and 79% of black parents with children under 18 say it is either extremely or very important that their children earn a college degree. By comparison, about two-thirds (67%) of white parents say the same.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This gap may be linked to differing views on a college degree\u2019s importance in moving up the economic ladder. Roughly half (49%) of Hispanics and 43% of blacks say that a college education is a <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2016\/02\/04\/what-americans-say-it-takes-to-be-middle-class\/\">requirement to be part of the middle class<\/a>, compared with just 22% of whites. However, white adults are <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2015\/12\/09\/2-changes-in-income-status-vary-across-demographic-groups\/\">more likely than black or Hispanic adults to <em>already be<\/em> in the middle class<\/a> or higher, which may account in part for the fact that fewer whites see college as essential.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--more-->Over the past two decades, educational attainment and college enrollment have increased substantially among Hispanics, the nation\u2019s largest minority group, and blacks. For example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/10\/02\/u-s-high-school-dropout-rate-reaches-record-low-driven-by-improvements-among-hispanics-blacks\/\">high school dropout rates<\/a> among Hispanics and blacks ages 18 to 24 reached record lows in 2014: just 12% for Hispanics and 7% for blacks, down from 33% and 16%, respectively, in 1993.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">College enrollment has grown among all races and ethnicities since 1993, <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/04\/24\/more-hispanics-blacks-enrolling-in-college-but-lag-in-bachelors-degrees\/\">but gains have been biggest among Hispanics<\/a>. In October 2014, 2.3 million Hispanics ages 18 to 24 were enrolled in either a two- or four-year college \u2013 up from 728,000 in 1993. Among blacks in the same age group, 1.5 million were enrolled in college in 2014 \u2013 up from 897,000 in 1993.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while the share of Hispanics who have finished college hit a new high in 2014, they still lag other groups on this measure. Among adults ages 25 to 29, 63% of Asians, 41% of whites, 22% of blacks and 15% of Hispanics had earned at least a bachelor\u2019s degree in 2014. This <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/2013\/05\/09\/hispanic-high-school-graduates-pass-whites-in-rate-of-college-enrollment\/\">gap is partly due to the fact that Hispanics are less likely<\/a> than other groups to enroll in four-year schools, attend academically selective colleges or study full-time.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hispanic and black parents are significantly more likely than white parents to place a high priority on college education for their 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