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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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The SPARK Collaborative is extremely grateful to all who contributed to this library, especially Erica Hernandez and her team of students at Bowie State, who compiled many of resources in the original Zotero database; the interns at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and their advisor Teresa Bill, who cleaned thousands of resources in summer 2024; and Kimberly Salazar from the Urban Institute for her careful quality review.

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The Financial Well-Being of Parents Pursuing Postsecondary Education

Oct 30, 2024 |United States|Report or Brief

This new brief published by the SPARK Collaborative uses 2020 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) data to document student parents' living expenses, the resources student parents leverage to attend postsecondary education, and the gaps student parents face between their expenses and their resources.

DataLab Tutorial

Sep 2024 |United States|Video or Webinar|Public

This short video describes how to find data on students with dependents using the National Center for Education Statistics' DataLab tool. This video describes how the data were pulled for summaries of student parent characteristics published in SPARK's data resources.

White Undergraduate Student Parents

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

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

Undergraduate Student Parents

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

This summary profiles Latine undergraduate college students (of any race) with dependent children across the United States who were enrolled in the 2019-20 academic year.

Black Undergraduate Student Parents

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

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

Asian Undergraduate Student Parents

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

This summary profiles Asian undergraduate college students (of any race) with dependent children across the United States who were enrolled in the 2019–20 academic year.

AIAN or NHPI Undergraduate Student Parents

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

This summary profiles American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islander (“AIAN or NHPI”) undergraduate college students with dependent children across the United States who were enrolled in the 2019–20 academic year.

Immigrant Undergraduate Student Parents

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

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

Undergraduate Student Parents with Disabilities

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 and identified as having a disability.

Veteran Undergraduate Student Parents

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

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

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The SPARK Collaborative is extremely grateful to all who contributed to this library, especially Erica Hernandez and her team of students at Bowie State, who compiled many of resources in the original Zotero database; the interns at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and their advisor Teresa Bill, who cleaned thousands of resources in summer 2024; and Kimberly Salazar from the Urban Institute for her careful quality review.