Issue #204 - June 2009
This issue of OPPORTUNITY: Financial Barriers to Higher Education for Dependent Undergraduate Students 2008, identifies and measures four financial barriers to higher education faced by dependent undergraduate students. Our analysis demonstrates very large (and growing) financial barriers for students from the bottom half of the family income distribution, below about $70,000 per year. more
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(6/30/2009)Financial Aid Packaging for Full-Time, Full-Year, One Institution Dependent Undergraduate Students, 2008The data in this spreadsheet was used in the analysis in Issue #204 June 2009.
(6/30/2009)College Participation Rates for Students from Low Income Families by State FY1993 to FY2008This Excel workbook contains state and national data used to calculate college participation rates for students from low income families for the years FY1993 to FY2008. This rate is the ratio of dependent Pell Grant Recipients divided by 4th to 9th graders nine years earlier, approved for free or reduced-price school lunches.
(6/4/2009)Gender DataThis spreadsheet summarizes data on the conditions of adult males and females in employment, the family, and civic life. On 6/4/09 Unemployment data has been updated with 2008 numbers.
(5/20/2009)Labor Force Status of Persons 16-24 Years Old by School Enrollment, Education, Race & Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 2008 The data in this Excel workbook comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
