Profile of Very Low- and Low-Income Undergraduates in 2015-16. Stats in Brief. NCES 2020-460
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| Title: | Profile of Very Low- and Low-Income Undergraduates in 2015-16. Stats in Brief. NCES 2020-460 |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Chen, Xianglei, Nunnery, Annaliza, National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Insight Policy Research |
| Source: | National Center for Education Statistics. 2019. |
| Availability: | National Center for Education Statistics. Available from: ED Pubs. P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: 877-433-7827; Web site: http://nces.ed.gov/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 49 |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Contract Number: | EDIES16A0008/0002 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research Numerical/Quantitative Data |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Undergraduate Students, Low Income Students, Profiles, Student Characteristics, Student Financial Aid, Paying for College, Demography, Enrollment, Costs, Educational Legislation, Higher Education, Federal Legislation, Poverty, Racial Differences, Gender Differences, Financial Aid Applicants, Federal Aid, Grants |
| Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: | Higher Education Act Title IV, Pell Grant Program |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NCES) |
| Abstract: | In order to inform and improve policies and programs designed to assist low-income students, policymakers and academic scholars seek to understand the characteristics of this student population, how these students fare in college, and the challenges they face in persisting and completing a degree (Choy 2000; Perna 2015; Watson 2017). Recent research has drawn further attention to the lowest income students, noting that some students struggle to meet their basic needs, let alone pay for a college education. National data indicate that in 2015 about 13 percent of 2-year college students and 11 percent of 4-year college students came from food-insecure families (Blagg et al. 2017) This Statistics in Brief uses data from a large, nationally representative sample of almost 90,000 undergraduates from the 2015-16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16) to examine the demographics, enrollment, financial aid, and price of attendance of low-income students enrolled in U.S. postsecondary education in 2015-16, with a special focus on the lowest income students. NPSAS, with its large and nationally representative sample of students, multiple income-related measures, and multiple administrations since 1987, which allow trend analyses, offers a unique opportunity to study low-income undergraduates. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| IES Funded: | Yes |
| IES Publication: | https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2020460 |
| Entry Date: | 2019 |
| Accession Number: | ED598732 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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