The Education Trust released a study this month that showed Purdue University to have one of the largest White vs. Hispanic graduation gaps.
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The study stated that among public universities Purdue did not show good numbers for graduation rates of Hispanic and Latino students.
According to the study 71% of Whites will leave the university within six years, with a degree. For Hispanics that number is 54.3%.
For some Latino students these numbers came as no surprise.
"Ever since I started Purdue University those numbers have been really high. So it's not really a surprise anymore," said Virginia Del Real, a Latino student and senior at the university.
But Purdue is trying to close this gap. The first step is to implement a series of studies for the fall to observe why Latino students are not doing as well as their non-Hispanic counter parts.
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Source: WLFI
