Acceptance and attendance at first-choice college, by student generation status 2016

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Veera Korhonen,
Feb 2, 2024
This statistic shows the acceptance and attendance rates of freshmen at first-choice colleges in the United States in 2016, by student generation. In 2016, about 74 percent of the first-generation students were accepted to their first-choice college; however, the attendance rate of first-choice college by first-generation students was 52.9 percent in the United States.

Acceptance and attendance rates of freshmen at first-choice colleges in the United States in 2016, by student generation

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Release date

April 2017

Region

United States

Survey time period

2016

Number of respondents

137,456 respondents

Special properties

First-time, full-time students who entered four-year U.S. colleges and universities

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

First generation students are those who reported that neither parent attended a postsecondary institution.

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