Getting a Degree in a System not Built for Them: Few Student Parents get Help from their Parents when Paying for College

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dc.contributor.authorKuperberg, Arielle
dc.contributor.authorRyberg, Renee
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-18T14:22:11Z
dc.date.issued2025-04-02
dc.description.abstractOne in five students at community and four-year colleges in the United States are raising children while trying to earn their degrees—and this number may grow as access to abortion becomes more limited. Many student parents find themselves in precarious economic positions, and are often on their own to pay for college. As we found in a new study of students at two public four-year universities, fewer than 1 in 10 (9%) student parents got financial help from their own parents to pay for college tuition or living expenses. By contrast, nearly two-thirds (64%) of childless students received financial help from their parents.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant no. 1947603, and a University of North Carolina at Greensboro Advancing Research Summer Award Grant and Faculty Research Grant, as administered by the Office of Sponsored Programs.
dc.description.urihttps://contemporaryfamilies.utah.edu/publications/posts/2025/april/student-parents-brief-report.php
dc.format.extent5 pages
dc.genrearticles
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2vtpl-dhje
dc.identifier.citationKuperberg, Arielle, and Renee Ryberg. “Getting a Degree in a System Not Built for Them: Few Student Parents Get Help from Their Parents When Paying for College.” Council on Contemporary Families, April 2, 2025. https://sites.utexas.edu/contemporaryfamilies/2025/04/02/student-parents-brief-report/.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/40204
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Utah
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health
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dc.subjectcommunity and four-year colleges
dc.subjectraising children
dc.titleGetting a Degree in a System not Built for Them: Few Student Parents get Help from their Parents when Paying for College
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dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3711-2754

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