First-Generation Students: Undergraduates Whose Parents Never Enrolled in Postsecondary Education

Title:	First-Generation Students: Undergraduates Whose Parents Never Enrolled in Postsecondary Education
Description:	This report examines the postsecondary experiences of first-generation college students and compares them with those of their counterparts whose parents had education beyond high school. First-generation students were more likely to be enrolled part-time and to attend public 2-year institutions rather than 4-year institutions. They were also less likely to have earned a postsecondary degree within 5 years after enrolling. However, first-generation students who had attained certificates or degrees were employed in similar positions and earned comparable salaries to those of their counterparts whose parents had attended college.
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Cover Date:	June 1998
Web Release:	June 10, 1998
Print Release:	June 10, 1998
Publication #:	NCES 98082 General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Anne-Marie Nunez and Stephanie Cuccaro-Alamin (MPR)
Type of Product:	Statistical Analysis Report
Survey/Program Areas:	Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS) Postsecondary Education Descriptive Analysis Reports (PEDAR)
Keywords:	Postsecondary Education • student characteristics
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Statistical Analysis Report, please contact: Aurora M. D'Amico.