Making the Case

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Fact 2 - Enrollment of Low-Income Students (Parental Income)
The proportion of low-income students (those with parental incomes of less than $20,000 per year) enrolled at small and mid-sized independent colleges and universities is the same or greater than at public four-year institutions. For example, low-income students make up 12 percent of the enrollment at smaller (non-doctoral) privates versus only 10 percent at larger (doctoral) publics.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, 2003-04 (NPSAS:04). Analysis by the Council of Independent Colleges.