1996/2001 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study Restricted-Use Data File (including the 2015 Federal Student Aid Supplement)

Title:	1996/2001 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study Restricted-Use Data File (including the 2015 Federal Student Aid Supplement)
Description:	The 1996/01 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:96/01) restricted-use data file contains data on a nationally representative sample of students who began postsecondary education for the first time in the 1995-96 academic year. These sample members were interviewed 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 1995-96 to 2000-01. The file includes data from 2015 Federal Student Aid Supplement, which appended student loan data from the National Student Loan Data System through 2015.
Online Availability:	How to obtain restricted-use licenses.
Cover Date:	October 2017
Web Release:	November 9, 2017
Publication #:	NCES 2018411 Restricted Data Licenses
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Sean Simone
Type of Product:	Data File
Survey/Program Areas:	Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS)
Keywords:	Academic Persistence Bachelor's Degrees Beginning Students in Postsecondary Education Community Colleges Cost of Higher Education Data Use Degrees Earned Educational Attainment Enrollment • full-time, higher education • part-time, higher education Finance • higher education Financing • higher education Higher Education • community colleges • cost of • financing of • two-year colleges • undergraduates, characteristics of Longitudinal Studies Persistence to Completion of Students in Higher Education Postsecondary Education • graduation rates • outcomes • persistence and attainment • student characteristics
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