What's New

• Federal Education Tax Benefits: Who receives them and to what extent do They Shape the Price of college attendance?
  This Statistics in Brief applies IRS rules and data to a nationally representative sample of 2007–08 undergraduates to estimate who received education tax benefits and looks at the extent to which these benefits shaped their price of college attendance.
• Learning at a Distance: Undergraduate Enrollment in Distance Education Courses and Degree
  This Statistics in Brief investigates undergraduates’ participation in distance education using nationally representative student-reported data collected through the three most recent administrations of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:2000, NPSAS:04, and NPSAS:08).
• Borrowing at the Maximum: Undergraduate Stafford Loan Borrowers in 2007–08
  This Statistics in Brief uses nationally representative data to determine the extent to which undergraduate students borrowed the maximum possible within the limits of the Stafford loan program, defined by students’ individual eligibility for financial aid.
• 2004/2009 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study Restricted-Use Data File now available.
  The newly released BPS:04/09 restricted-use data are now available for restricted-use license holders. BPS:04/09 followed a cohort of 2003-04 first-time beginning students in their first, third, and sixth year since entering college. These record-level data are based on student interviews and other administrative data sources and allow users to examine topics related to enrollment, persistence, and degree attainment over six academic years, from 2003-04 to 2008-09. Transcripts were also collected from all the institutions ever attended by BPS cohort members over a six year period. Transcript data will be available in the fall of 2011 as a separate restricted-use file.
• 2004-2009 BPS First Look: Persistence and Attainment of 2003–04 Beginning Postsecondary Students: After Six Years
  This first wave of BPS:04/09 variables are now available via PowerStats. In addition to these traditional BPS variables, a future release will feature student transcript information from all postsecondary institutions the students attended between 2004 and 2009.
• 2008–09 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:08/09): A First Look at Recent College Graduates
  The first wave of B&B:08/09 variables are now available via PowerStats. In addition to the traditional B&B variables, a future release will feature college transcript information from the graduates’ alma maters.
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