More O.C. Latinos than whites enroll in state-run colleges

08-05-2010

By Scott Martindale/Orange County Register

Latino students who graduate from public high schools in Orange County are enrolling in California's public colleges at a higher rate than their white counterparts, according to a newly released study from the Orange County Department of Education. The average college going-rate for O.C. Latino students is 62 percent for the last five years, versus 53 percent for whites. Asian students in Orange County outpaced both groups, with a 75 percent college-going rate. The findings do not mean that Latino students in Orange County are more likely than white students to go to college, but that a greater share of Latino graduates appear to be choosing public colleges in California, including community colleges. (more...)

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