Over half of undergraduates nationally are first-generation college students, according to 2015–16 data from NASPA. Despite making up a significant portion of learners, first-generation students often ...

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 ...

First-Gen at Purdue University. First-generation students are defined as those students that come from families where their parents or guardians did not complete a four-year college degree. Every year ...

The University of Cincinnati is welcoming more first-generation college students by waiving its $50 application fee through November.Being the first in a family to attend college is a big ...

Western Oregon University has launched a new chapter of the Tri-Alpha Honor Society to support first-generation students. The university hopes the honor society will provide first-generation students ...

For the eighth annual First-Generation College Celebration on November 8, 2024, Brandeis University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) hosted a networking event for graduate students who ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State is celebrating First-Generation Scholars Week beginning Monday [Nov. 4] with numerous events recognizing and supporting those who will become the first in their ...

Catherine Havemann, MD, is the first in her family to graduate from college. When she first arrived at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, she encountered an "unknown and shocking" ...

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA, February 26, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Love Without Boundaries (LWB) is celebrating the graduation of five first generation university ...