According to Statistics
- FGCS are four times more likely to drop out of college-level education than second-generation students
- roughly 4.5 million freshmen in college are classified as first-generation in the U.S.
- of that 4.5 million, 89% will leave college without a degree.
- FGCS have lower incomes than their non-first-generation peers
- FGCS are more likely to become enrolled part time rather than full time students
- FGCS tend to have lower college entrance examination scores
- FGCS tend to be less prepared academically for college
- FGCS on average have lower first semester and first year grape point averages than non-first generation students
FGCS = First Generation College Students
- First Generation Students and Beating the Odds Plaza College
First Generation College Students: First Year Challenges Ruth A. Darling and Melissa Scandyln Smith