Postsecondary Education Expectations and Attainment of Rural and Nonrural Students
- Activate Research
- Jan 20
- 1 min read
This Statistics in Brief, using data from a nationally representative cohort of 2002 high school sophomores, provides an updated look at background and educational characteristics (e.g., educational expectations, plans for taking the SAT/ACT, and cumulative high school grade point average [GPA]), planning for college, postsecondary enrollment, and postsecondary completion patterns of two groups of students: first-generation college students and continuing-generation college students with at least one parent with a bachelor’s degree or a higher level of educational attainment. The brief also explores how postsecondary plans, attendance, and completion may vary between first-generation college students and their peers whose parents have college degrees.