FIRST-

GENERATION
COLLEGE
STUDENTS: FAST
FACTS
DID YOU KNOW, FIRST-GEN COLLEGE STUDENTS:

LESS PAY
First-gen men earn 11%
(equivalent to $7,500) less per
year and first-gen women earn
9% (equivalent to $4,350) less
per year

50%
of first-gen college
students are more likely to
attend a community
college
 

33%
of first-gen students leave
college within three years and
only 48% of first-gen students
are on track to graduate on
time

61%
of first-gen students say
they'd like to give back to
their communities post-
graduation (compared to
43% of non-first-gen-
students)

START TO CHANGE A FIRST-GEN STUDENT'S WORLD

For more information and ways to support first-gen
college students, visit www.educationpost.org