While many colleges offer a great education, there are definitely some that are more accessible to low-income students than others.
For low-income students concerned about the cost of college, it’s important to know which colleges offer generous financial aid and programs that will help them succeed and graduate without taking on enormous student debt.
While many higher education advocates are worried because the national college graduation rate is a less-than-stellar 54%, there’s a silver lining: more college graduates are identifying as an ethnicity other than White.
According to The National Center for Education Statistics, in 2009-2010, over 27 percent of all bachelor’s degrees were awarded to students who identified as Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, or American Indian/Alaska Native.
That’s up from the previous recorded year of 1999-2000, when 22.5 percent of bachelor’s degrees went to students who identified as an ethnicity other than White.
For wealthy students who attend quality high schools where attending college is the norm, their only struggle is choosing which college to go to. But for poor students, college isn’t even in the picture. Why don’t low-income students go to college? Despite steps that have been made to increase access to higher education for low-income students, […]