S.8. (2026) Percentage of bachelor’s degree recipients for first-time beginning students attending a postsecondary institution in 2012, by low-income and first-generation student status: 2017

What are the bachelor’s degree attainment rates by income and/or first-generation status?

Combinations of first-generation and low-income groups have lower bachelor’s degree attainment rates when compared with students who are neither first-generation nor low-income students.

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