Latina/o Postsecondary Education: Trends in Racial/Ethnic Education Gaps and the Role of Citizenship in Access to Higher Education

Author:

Dyer Shauna1ORCID,Román-Torres Giovanni1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Abstract

Abstract Black–Latina/o and White–Latina/o bachelor's degree gaps persist in the United States despite substantial increases in Latina/o educational attainment since the late 1950s. The Latina/o population has grown rapidly in recent decades and currently comprises more than 20% of the U.S. population; however, barriers to citizenship have grown in tandem and have limited access to higher education. Using data from the U.S. Census (1950–2010) and the American Community Survey (2015–2017), we examine trends in Black–Latina/o and White–Latina/o college completion gaps and factors that may explain them. We find that college enrollment differences explain the majority of the bachelor's degree gaps. We then decompose enrollment gaps by differences in enrollment by citizenship and find that if the Latina/o population had the same citizenship rate as the White and Black populations, the Black–Latina/o enrollment gaps would effectively disappear and the White–Latina/o enrollment gaps would be reduced by up to 75%. Our findings indicate that the Latina/o population's relatively low college completion rates are partially explained by restricted access to citizenship. The high proportion of Latina/o noncitizens has also masked the considerable educational progress Latina/o citizens have made in recent decades.

Publisher

Duke University Press

Subject

Demography

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