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It summarizes Hispanic population demographics, labor-force participation, and buying power, then details Hispanic enrollment trends in higher education, including STEM degree share and associate/bachelor’s attainment. It defines HSIs under the Higher Education Act, reports the 2025 count and geographic concentration of HSIs, and highlights their role in enrolling Hispanic undergraduates and Pell recipients, supported by cited federal datasets.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":40,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/2026-fact-sheet-hispanic-higher-education-and-hispanic-serving-institutions-hsis/585269/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/2026-fact-sheet-hispanic-higher-education-and-hispanic-serving-institutions-hsis/585269.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Aria Callaghan","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-11-12","2026-10-15",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":34},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"How many Hispanics live in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, according to the fact sheet?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"The fact sheet states that in 2025 about 68.4 million Hispanics lived in the U.S. and 3.2 million lived in Puerto Rico.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How are Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) defined?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"HSIs are defined (under the Higher Education Act) as degree-granting institutions with at least 25% Hispanic Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) undergraduate enrollment.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What share of students and Pell recipients do HSIs enroll?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"HSIs enroll 34.9% of all undergraduate students in nonprofit postsecondary education and enroll 38% of Pell recipients, indicating that over two-thirds of their student body meets the federal low-income definition.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},585269,1792672606,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":34,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":14,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":24,"preview_page_count":4},962084926284,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_29158cc5080c5b710cf443261637dec0","2026 FACT SHEET  \nHISPANIC HIGHER EDUCATION AND HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS (HSIs)  \nHispanic demographics:  \n• In 2025, around 68.4 million1 Hispanics lived in the U.S. , and 3.2 million2 lived in Puerto Rico.  \n• Hispanics comprised 20% of the U.S. population in 20253 .  \n• The median age among Hispanics was 314 years, eight years younger than the U.S. population as a whole at 395 .  \n• Twenty-nine percent6 of the Hispanic population is under 18 years of age compared to 21%7 of the total U.S. population.  \n• California (16.1 million) and Texas (12.6 million) had the nation’s largest Hispanic populations in 2024, followed by Florida (6.7 million), New York (4.1 million), and Illinois (2.5 million) . States that also have large shares of Hispanic populations (1 million or more) include: Arizona, New Jersey, Colorado, North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Washington, New Mexico, and Virginia8 .  \n• Hispanics accounted for 20%9 of the U.S. labor force in 2024 and are projected to account for 23% of workers in 203410 .  \n• Hispanic buying power rose from $1.6 trillion in 2010 to $2.7 trillion in 2025, greater than the buying power of the entire economy of the state of Texas ($2 .58 trillion) and New York ($2 . 17 trillion)11 .  \nHispanic enrollment in higher education:  \n• In 2024-25, Hispanic enrollment in both non-profit and for-profit higher education reached 4.2 million12 students. It is expected to reach 4.4 million by 203013 , surpassing the growth rate of all other racial-ethnic groups.  \n• The percent of STEM degrees conferred to Hispanic students rose from 10.4% in 2012-13 to 16.3% in 2022-2314 .  \n• In fall of 2024, 3.6 million15 Hispanic undergraduate students were enrolled in nonprofit postsecondary education.  \n• Hispanic students earned 27.0% of all associate degrees conferred in 2024, compared to 23.2% in 202016 .  \n• Hispanic students earned 17.1% of bachelor’s degrees conferred in 2024, compared to 15.3% in 202017 .  \nHispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs):  \n• Defined by the Higher Education Act as degree-granting institutions with Full-Time Equivalent undergraduate enrollments of at least 25% Hispanic. (For the complete federal definition, [please visit www.hacu.net](please visit www.hacu.net).) .  \n• In 2025, 645 institutions met the federal HSI enrollment criterion, enrolling over two-thirds (68.2%) of all Hispanic undergraduate students.  \n• HSIs enroll 34.9% of all undergraduate students in nonprofit postsecondary education.  \n• HSIs enroll 38% of Pell recipients, indicating that over two-thirds of their student body meet the federal low-income definition.  \n• Of the top 10 colleges and universities ranked on the Social Mobility Index (SMI) in 2025, seven were HSIs18 .  \n• A majority of HSIs are in urban areas and are concentrated geographically, with 80% of HSIs located in seven states and one territory: California (179), Texas (113), Puerto Rico (56), Illinois (42), New York (39), Florida (34), New Jersey (26), and New Mexico (24) .  \nHispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) Through the Years 645 HSIs by Institution Type  \n1.  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: United States 11. U.S. Latino GDP hits high of $4.1 trillion, marking ‘growth spot’ for the nation, experts  2.  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Puerto Rico  say | UCLA  \n3.  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: United States 12. Source: IPEDS 2024-25  \n4.  B01002I: Median Age by Sex ... -Census Bureau Table 13. Fall enrollment of U.S. residents in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by   \n5.  B01002: Median Age by Sex-Census Bureau Table  race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1976 through 2030  \n6.  B01001I: Sex by Age (Hispanic ... -Census Bureau Table 14. Number and percentage distribution of science, technology, engineering, and   \n7.  age-Census Bureau Tables  mathematics (STEM) degrees/certificates conferred by postsecondary institutions, by   \n8.  B03003: Hispanic or Latino Origin-Census Bureau Table  race/ethnicity, level of degree/certificate, and sex","cbCaitDwY01b60dv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitDwY01b60dv","pdf",399619,"English","# Hispanic demographics\n## Hispanic enrollment in higher education\n## Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)\n## HSIs through the years","[{\"question\":\"How many Hispanics live in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, according to the fact sheet?\",\"answer\":\"The fact sheet states that in 2025 about 68.4 million Hispanics lived in the U.S. and 3.2 million lived in Puerto Rico.\"},{\"question\":\"How are Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) defined?\",\"answer\":\"HSIs are defined (under the Higher Education Act) as degree-granting institutions with at least 25% Hispanic Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) undergraduate enrollment.\"},{\"question\":\"What share of students and Pell recipients do HSIs enroll?\",\"answer\":\"HSIs enroll 34.9% of all undergraduate students in nonprofit postsecondary education and enroll 38% of Pell recipients, indicating that over two-thirds of their student body meets the federal low-income definition.\"}]","2026 Fact Sheet - Hispanic Higher Education and Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) | PDF",1792054211]