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Who Are Undergraduates with Dependent Children?

More than 3 million undergraduate students in the United States are parents, representing nearly one in five college students. Supporting student parents promotes their academic achievement and enhances their family well-being, supports college enrollment and completion goals, and can boost state economic health. This brief uses the latest available data to summarize key characteristics of undergraduate students with dependent children.

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Undergraduate Single Mother Students

Sep 30, 2024 |United States|Fact Sheet or Infographic

This summary profiles unmarried female undergraduate college students with dependent children across the United States who were enrolled in the 2019–20 academic year.

Undergraduate Student Fathers

Sep 30, 2024 |United States|Fact Sheet or Infographic

This summary profiles male undergraduate college students with dependent children across the United States who were enrolled in the 2019–20 academic year.

Undergraduate Student Mothers

Sep 30, 2024 |United States|Fact Sheet or Infographic

This summary profiles female undergraduate college students with dependent children across the United States who were enrolled in the 2019–20 academic year.

Graduate Student Parents

Sep 30, 2024 |United States|Fact Sheet or Infographic

This summary profiles graduate college students with dependent children across the United States who were enrolled in the 2019-20 academic year.

Undergraduate Student Parents at Public Baccalaureate Institutions

Sep 30, 2024 |United States|Fact Sheet or Infographic

This summary profiles undergraduate students with dependent children across the United States who were enrolled in the 2019–20 academic year in public baccalaureate-granting institutions (PBIs).

Undergraduate Student Parents at Community and Technical Colleges

Sep 30, 2024 |United States|Fact Sheet or Infographic

This summary profiles undergraduate community and technical college (CTC) students with dependent children across the United States who were enrolled in the 2019–20 academic year. CTCs are public primarily sub-baccalaureate-granting institutions.

Undergraduate Student Parents

Sep 30, 2024 |United States|Fact Sheet or Infographic

This summary profiles undergraduate college students with dependent children across the United States who were enrolled in the 2019–20 academic year.

Can I Pump Here? Availability and Awareness of Lactation Spaces at New Jersey Colleges and Universities

2022 |United States|Fact Sheet or Infographic|Registration Required

Objective To characterize availability, website promotion, and employee awareness of lactation spaces at New Jersey colleges and universities. Participants: Twenty-eight public and private nonprofit f...

College Access and Success Policies: Student-Parent Families at the Center

2022 |United States|Fact Sheet or Infographic|Public

This fact sheet supports the Student-Parent Families at the Center Framework, available on the Student-Parent Families at the Center webpage. It describes a system or support that postsecondary studen...

4.8 Million College Students Are Raising Children

2014 |United States|Fact Sheet or Infographic|Public

Over a quarter (26 percent) of all undergraduate students, or 4.8 million students, are raising dependent children. Women are disproportionately likely to be balancing college and parenthood, many wit...

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