First-generation students make up about one-third of college applicants, according to 2024 data from the Common App, but only 24 percent of first-generation college students graduate with a bachelor’s ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Merelyn Chavez never owned a computer before she enrolled at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023. She grew up in Greeley, the daughter of Mexican ...

First-generation students are twice as likely to leave college without completing a bachelor’s degree than their peers, even if they come from higher-income backgrounds and come to college ...