Setting the Stage – What are the Contexts for Examining Equity in Postsecondary Education in the United States?

Data/Charts	Title
Figure 1	Number of degree-granting Title IV institutions in the United States by level: 1975-75 to 2019-2020
Figure 2	Number of degree-granting Title IV institutions in the United States by control: 1974-74 to 2019-2020
Figure 3	Undergraduate fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions by institutional control: fall 1975 to projected 2022
Figure 4	Percentage distribution of undergraduate fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions by institution control and level: 1975 to 2019
Figure 5a	Percentage distribution of total undergraduate enrollment by institutional competitiveness index: 2019
Figure 5b	Distribution of institutions by institutional competitiveness index: 2019
Figure 6a	Percentage of K-12 students approved for Free or Reduced-Price Lunch (1989 to 2020) and percentage of first-time full-time degree-seeking undergraduates with Pell or other Federal Grants (2001 to 2020)
Figure 6b	Percentage of K-12 students approved for Free or Reduced-Price Lunch by state: 1990 and 2020
Figure 7a	Percentage of high school students who had the potential to be first-generation college by race/ethnicity: 1972 (National Longitudinal Study of High School Class of 1972) and 2004 (Educational Longitudinal Study: ELS:2002/2004)
Figure 7b	Percentage of children under 18 with the potential to be first-generation college by race/ethnicity: 2010 and 2019
Figure 7c	Percentage of the population 25 years of age and older who attained a high school diploma or equivalent by race/ethnicity: selected years 1940-2020
Figure 7d	Percentage of the population 25 years of age and older who attained a bachelor’s degree or higher by race/ethnicity: selected years 1940-2020
Figure 7e	Percentage of the population age 25 and over with a bachelor’s degree or higher: 2000 and 2021
Figure 8a(i)	Gini index based on market, before-tax, and after-tax income: 1979 to 2018
Figure 8a(ii)	Gini Inequality Index by state: 2019
Figure 8b(i)	Share of wealth held by top 5 percent, top 1 percent, and bottom 90 percent in the United States: Selected Years: 1962 to 2019
Figure 8b (ii)	Median family wealth and percent of families with negative wealth by race/ethnicity: 1983 and 2019 (in 2020 Constant Dollars)
Figure 8b (iii)	Percentage distribution of the family income quartiles of dependent 18- to 24-year-olds by race/ethnicity: 2020
Figure 8c	Shares of United States household income by quintiles: 1967-2020
Figure 8d	Average household income and income sources by before tax income quintiles: 2018
Figure 8e	Median household income by state: 1990 and 2020
Figure 8f	Poverty rates by state: 3-year average 2018-2020
Figure 9	Percent of cohorts of children who at age 30 have a higher inflation-adjusted income than their parents at age 30, for the U.S. and states: 1940-1984 birth cohorts
Figure 10a	Percentage of the civilian labor force, age 16 years and over, that is unemployed: 1986 to 2019 and by month for 2020 and 2021
Figure 10b	Percentage change of enrolled 16-to-24-year-olds in college by employment status and by race/ethnicity between September 2019 and September 2021
Figure 11a	Percentage of the United States population with no computer in household and no internet subscription by race/ethnicity in 2019
Figure 11b	Percentage of the United States population by type of Internet subscription by household income in the past 12 months (inflation-adjusted dollars): 2019
Figure 11c	Percentage of households without Internet subscription by state: 2019
Figure 12	Life expectancy at birth, in years, by race/ethnicity: 2000-2020

Equity Indicator 1 – Who Enrolls in Postsecondary Education?

Data/Charts	Title
Equity Indicator 1a	Dependent 18- to-24-year-olds Cohort College Participation Rates by family income quartile: 1970 to 2020
Equity Indicator 1b	Dependent 18- to-24-year-olds High School Graduates College Continuation Rates by family income quartile: 1970 to 2020
Equity Indicator 1c(i)	Dependent 18- to-24-year-olds Cohort College Participation Rates of recent high school leavers by race/ethnicity: 1974 to 2020
Equity Indicator 1c(ii)	Cohort College Participation Rates of dependent 18- to-24-year-olds who are not enrolled in high school by race/ethnicity and family income quartile: 2020
Equity Indicator 1d(i)	Dependent 18 -to-24-year-old High School Graduates College Continuation Rates by race/ethnicity: 1974 to 2020
Equity Indicator 1d(ii)	High School Graduates College Continuation Rates by race/ethnicity and family income quartiles: 2020
Equity Indicator 1e	Percentage of young adults who reported enrolling in postsecondary education within 8 or 10 years of expected high school graduation by race/ethnicity: High School Longitudinal Studies (HS&B:1980/1992; NELS:1988/2000; ELS:2002/2012)
Equity Indicator 1f	Percentage of young adults who reported no postsecondary enrollment within 8 or 10 years of expected high school graduation by parents’ socioeconomic status (SES): High School Longitudinal Studies (HS&B:1980/1992; NELS:1988/2000; ELS:2002/2012)
Equity Indicator 1g(i)	Percentage distribution of 2009 9th graders by enrollment status in the fall after scheduled high school graduation by parents’ socioeconomic status (SES): High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS:2009/2013)
Equity Indicator 1g(ii)	Percent of 2009 9th graders who ever attended college within 3 years after scheduled high school graduation by race/ethnicity and by parents’ socioeconomic status (SES): High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS:2009/2016)
Equity Indicator 1h(i)	Percentages of 10th grade students who completed high school and enrolled in postsecondary education within 8 years of their scheduled high school graduation by highest level of education among either parent (ELS:2002/2012)
Equity Indicator 1h(ii)	Percentage distribution of undergraduate students by parents’ educational attainment: 2016
Equity Indicator 1i(i)	Estimated college participation rates for students from low-income families by state: 2020
Equity Indicator 1i(ii)	Trends in estimated college participation rates for students from low-income families by state: 1998 to 2020
Equity Indicator 1j(i)	Percentage of 18- to 24- year-olds enrolled in degree-granting postsecondary institutions by state: 2019
Equity Indicator 1j(ii)	Percentages of Hispanic and White 18- to 24 –year-olds enrolled in degree-granting postsecondary institutions by state: 2019
Equity Indicator 1j(iii)	Percentage of Black and White 18- to 24- year-olds enrolled in degree-granting postsecondary institutions by state: 2019
Equity Indicator 1k(i)	Percentage distribution of undergraduate students by dependency status: NPSAS:1996 – 2016 and 2018-AC
Equity Indicator 1k(ii)	Percentage distribution of undergraduate students in age brackets by dependency status: 2000 and 2016
Equity Indicator 1k(iii)	Percentage distribution of race/ethnicity of undergraduate students by dependency status: 2000 and 2016
Equity Indicator 1k(iv)	Percentage of undergraduate students who were independent by race/ethnicity: 2000 and 2016
Equity Indicator 1k(v)	Percentage of undergraduate students who received Pell Grants by dependency status: 1990 and 2016
Equity Indicator 1k(vi)	Percentage of undergraduate students with college completion risk characteristics by dependency status: 2000 and 2016
Equity Indicator 1l(i)	Changes in undergraduate enrollment by age from fall 2019 to fall 2021
Equity Indicator 1l(ii)	Changes in enrollment by award level and race/ethnicity from fall 2019 to fall 2021
Equity Indicator 1m(i)	Percentage of undergraduate students facing difficulties while transitioning to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic by race/ethnicity: May 2020 to June 2020
Equity Indicator 1m(ii)	Percentage of undergraduate students who experienced enrollment disruptions due to COVID-19 by dependency status: Spring 2020
Equity Indicator 1m(iii)	Percentage of undergraduate students who experienced enrollment disruptions due to COVID-19 by veteran status: Spring 2020

Equity Indicator 2 – What Type of Postsecondary Education Institutions Do Students Attend?

Data/Charts	Title
Equity Indicator 2a	Percentage distribution of full-time, first-time degree-seeking undergraduate students who did and did not receive Pell or other federal Grants by level of institution attended: 2001 and 2019
Equity Indicator 2b	Percentage distributions of control of institution attended by full-time, first-time degree-seeking undergraduate Pell Recipients and Non-Recipients: 2004 to 2019
Equity Indicator 2c	Percentage of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students receiving Pell or other federal grants by institutional type and control: 2001 to 2019
Equity Indicator 2d	Percentage distribution of each selectivity category of institutional destinations by parents’ socioeconomic status (SES) for high school class cohorts: 1972, 1982, 1992, and 2004
Equity Indicator 2e	Average percentage of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who were awarded Pell or other federal grants by institutional selectivity: 1999-00 to 2019-20
Equity Indicator 2f	Percentage distribution of 2009 9th graders who graduated from high school by institutional selectivity of enrollment in the fall after scheduled high school graduation (in 2013) by SES quintile
Equity Indicator 2g	Percentage distribution of 2009 9th graders who graduated from high school by 2013 by institutional selectivity of enrollment in the fall after scheduled high school graduation by race/ethnicity
Equity Indicator 2h(i)	Percentage distribution of dependent and independent undergraduate students by level and control of institution: 2018
Equity Indicator 2h(ii)	Percentage distribution of dependent and independent undergraduate students by level and control of institution attended by Pell Grant status: 2018
Equity Indicator 2i(i)	Percentage distribution of dependent and independent undergraduate students by institutional selectivity: 2018
Equity Indicator 2i(ii)	Percentage distribution of dependent and independent undergraduate students by institutional selectivity and Pell Grant status: 2018
Equity Indicator 2j	Percent change in enrollment from fall 2019 to fall 2021 for undergraduate and graduate students by institutional sector
Equity Indicator 2k	Percentage of undergraduate students who withdrew from their institution or took a leave of absence due to COVID-19 by institutional sector: Spring 2020
Equity Indicator 2l	Percentage of undergraduate students who experienced a housing disruption due to COVID-19 by institutional sector: Spring 2020

Equity Indicator 3 – Do Financial Aid and Differences in College Cost Eliminate the Barriers to College Equity?

Data/Charts	Title
Equity Indicator 3a(i)	Average college costs (undergraduate tuition, fees, and room and board) charged for full-time students in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by institutional level and control: 1974-75 to 2019-20 (in constant 2020 dollars)
Equity Indicator 3a(ii)	Average costs (undergraduate tuition, fees, and room and board) charged by 4-year public colleges and universities for full-time in-state students by state: 2019-20
Equity Indicator 3a(iii)	Average costs (undergraduate tuition, fees, and room and board) charged by 4-year private (non-profit and for-profit) colleges and universities for full-time students by state: 2019-20
Equity Indicator 3a(iv)	Average costs (undergraduate tuition, fees, not including room and board costs) charged by 2-year institutions for full-time in-state students by state: 2019-20
Equity Indicator 3b(i)	Average costs (tuition and required fees plus room and board) for full-time undergraduate enrollment (1974-75 to 2019-20) and maximum and average Pell Grant awards (1973-74 to 2020-21 (in constant 2020 dollars)
Equity Indicator 3b(ii)	Percentage of average costs (tuition and required fees plus room and board) covered by the maximum Pell Grant: 1974-75 to 2019-20
Equity Indicator 3b(iii)	Maximum Pell Grant if the Pell Grant maximum covered two-thirds of average college costs (tuition and fees; room and board): 1974-75 to 2020-21 (constant 2020 dollars)
Equity Indicator 3b(iv)	Number of Pell Grant recipients (in thousands) by dependency status: 1973-74 to 2020-21
Equity Indicator 3b(v)	Percentage distribution of Pell Grant recipients by dependency status: 1973-74 to 2020-2021
Equity Indicator 3b(vi)	Number of Pell Grant recipients by (undergraduate and graduate) by institutional selectivity: 1999-2018
Equity Indicator 3c(i)	Unmet financial need per year of dependent full-time undergraduates by family income quartile: 1990 to 2016 (in constant 2020 dollars)
Equity Indicator 3c(ii)	Unmet financial need per year among full-time undergraduates by dependency status: 2000 to 2016 (in constant 2020 dollars)
Equity Indicator 3d(i)	Education and Related (E&R) spending per FTE enrollment by institution selectivity: IPEDS data 2018-2019 (constant 2020 dollars)
Equity Indicator 3d(ii)	Percentage distributions of Full-Time-Equivalent FTE enrollment, Educational and Related (E&R) spending, and number of institutions by institution selectivity: IPEDS data 2018-2019
Equity Indicator 3d(iii)	Distribution of Pell Grant recipients by Education and Related (E&R) spending per Full-Time-Equivalent (FTE) quintiles: 1999-2018

Equity Indicator 4 – How Do Students in the United States Pay for College?

Data/Charts	Title
Equity Indicator 4a(i)	Percentage distribution of higher education funding responsibilities: 1952 to 2020
Equity Indicator 4a(ii)	State fiscal support for higher education per $1,000 of personal income: FY1961 to FY2021
Equity Indicator 4a(iii)	Distribution of state appropriations by function: 1959-2020
Equity Indicator 4a(iv)	Numbers of Pell and state need-based grant aid recipients: 1979-2020
Equity Indicator 4a(v)	State need-based grant recipients as a percentage of Pell Grant recipients by state: 2020
Equity Indicator 4b(i)	Average net price for dependent full-time undergraduate students by family income quartile: 1990 to 2016 (in constant 2020 dollars)
Equity Indicator 4b(ii)	Average net price as a percentage of average family income by income quartile for dependent full-time undergraduate students: 1990 to 2016
Equity Indicator 4c(i a&b)	Number of federal borrowers, and cumulative amount of student debt: 2003-2021
Equity Indicator 4c(ii a&b)	Percentage of bachelor’s degree completers who ever received loans (federal and non-federal loans to students) and amount borrowed among those who borrowed by institutional control: Selected NPSAS years, 1990 to 2016 (in constant 2020 dollars)
Equity Indicator 4c(iii a&b)	Percentage of associate’s degree completers who ever received loans (federal and non-federal loans to students) and amount borrowed among those who borrowed by institutional control: Selected NPSAS years: 2000, 2012, 2016 (in constant 2020 dollars)
Equity Indicator 4c(iv a&b)	Percentage of certificate completers who ever received loans (federal and non-federal loans to students) and amount borrowed among those who borrowed by institutional control: Selected NPSAS years: 2000 to 2016 (in constant 2020 dollars)
Equity Indicator 4d(i a&b)	Percentage of bachelor’s degree completers who ever received loans (federal and non-federal loans to students) and amount borrowed among those who borrowed by race/ethnicity: NPSAS selected years, 2000 to 2016 (in constant 2020 dollars)
Equity Indicator 4d(ii a&b)	Percentage of associate’s degree completers who ever received loans (federal and non-federal loans to students) and amount borrowed among those who borrowed by race/ethnicity: NPSAS selected years, 2000 to 2016 (in constant 2020 dollars)
Equity Indicator 4e(i)	Percent of bachelor’s degree recipients who borrowed and average amount borrowed (in 2020 dollars) to finance their undergraduate education by Pell Grant receipt status, dependency status, and highest parental education level: 2016 graduation cohort interviewed 1 year after graduation: Baccalaureate and Beyond B&B:16/17
Equity Indicator 4e(ii)	Average amount owed (including those with zero debt) by 4 years after graduation by Pell Grant receipt, first-generation college status, and Black-White race/ethnicity: Baccalaureate and Beyond B&B:08/12 (in 2020 dollars)
Equity Indicator 4e(iii a&b)	Percent of 1993/1997 and 2008/2012 bachelor’s degree recipients ever enrolled in graduate school by 4 years after graduation; and percent of 2008/12 cohort with graduate loans, by race/ethnicity: Baccalaureate and Beyond B&B:1993/97 and 2008/12
Equity Indicator 4e(iv a&b)	Source of Black-White differences in amount owed; percent owing more than borrowed, and changes in amount owed 4 years after graduation: Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) 2008/12 cohort
Equity Indicator 4e(v a&b)	Percent borrowing and average amount (includes nonborrowers as zero) in 2020 dollars for undergraduate and graduate enrollment by 10 years after bachelor’s completion by race/ethnicity: Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B:08/18)
Equity Indicator 4e(vi)	Bachelor’s degree graduates’ financial well-being 10 years after graduation by race/ethnicity: Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B:08/18)
Equity Indicator 4f(i)	Percentage of bachelor’s degree recipients with debt by state: 2020
Equity Indicator 4f(ii)	Average amount of debt among bachelor’s degree recipients who borrowed by state: 2020
Equity Indicator 4g(i a&b)	Percent borrowing and average amount borrowed among those who borrowed in 2020 dollars for undergraduate studies by major field of study (data from the 1-year follow up: Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B:16/17)
Equity Indicator 4g(ii a&b)	Percent borrowing and average and median amount borrowed among those who borrowed in 2020 dollars for undergraduate or graduate studies by major field of study: from the 10-year follow up: Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B:08/18)
Equity Indicator 4h(i)	Financial and Personal Impacts of COVID-19: Percentage of undergraduates who experienced various financial and personal disruptions or changes due to COVID-19, by type of disruption or change by race/ethnicity: NPSAS:20 (Spring 2020)
Equity Indicator 4h(ii)	Financial and Personal Impacts of COVID-19: Percentage of undergraduates who experienced various financial and personal disruptions or changes due to COVID-19, by type of disruption or change by dependency status: NPSAS:20 (Spring 2020)

Equity Indicator 5 – How Do Educational Attainment Rates and Outcomes Vary by Student Characteristics?

Data/Charts	Title
Equity Indicator 5a(i)	Estimated bachelor’s degree attainment by age 24 for dependent family members by family income quartile: 1970 to 2020
Equity Indicator 5a(ii)	Estimated distribution of bachelor’s degrees attained by dependent family members by age 24 by family income quartile: 1970 to 2020
Equity Indicator 5a(iii a&b)	Number and percent of bachelor’s degrees conferred by sex: 1869 to 2019
Equity Indicator 5b	Percentage of youth attaining a bachelor’s degree or higher within 8 or 10 years of expected high school graduation by parents’ socioeconomic status (SES) quartile: 10th grade cohort from HS&B 1980; 8th grade cohort from NELS 1988; 10th grade cohort from ELS 2002
Equity Indicator 5c(i)	Percentage of first-time students who obtained a bachelor’s degree or higher within 5 or 6 years of first enrolling in a 4-year or 2-year institution by dependency status: BPS:1989-90 (1994 follow-up), BPS:1995-96 (2001 follow-up), BPS:2003-04 (2009 follow-up), and BPS:2011-12 (2017 follow-up)
Equity Indicator 5c(ii)	Percentage of dependent first-time students who obtained a bachelor’s degree or higher within 5 or 6 years of first enrolling in a 4-year or 2-year postsecondary institution by parents’ family income quartile: BPS:1989-90 (1994 follow-up), BPS:1995-96 (2001 follow-up), BPS:2003-04 (2009 follow-up), and BPS:2011-12 (2017 follow-up)
Equity Indicator 5c(iii)	Percentage of dependent students who first enrolled in a postsecondary education institution in academic year 2011-12 who completed a bachelor’s degree or higher within 6 years, by low-income and first-generation status and institutional level of initial enrollment: 2012/17
Equity Indicator 5c(iv)	Enrollment and degree status by 2015 (4-year follow-up) and 2017 (6-year follow-up) of students who first enrolled in a 4-year or 2-year institution in 2011-12 by dependency status
Equity Indicator 5c(v)	Enrollment and degree status by 2017 (6-year follow-up) of dependent students who first enrolled in a 4-year or 2-year institution in 2011-12 by family income quartile
Equity Indicator 5d(i)	Distributions of associate’s and bachelor’s degrees conferred to U.S. citizens and distribution of the civilian population by race/ethnicity: 1980 and 2020
Equity Indicator 5d(ii)	Distributions of master’s and doctoral degrees conferred to U.S. citizens and distribution of the civilian population by race/ethnicity: 1980 and 2020
Equity Indicator 5e(i)	Percentage distribution of first-time bachelor’s degree recipients by highest education attained by either parent: 2016
Equity Indicator 5e(ii)	Percentage of 2016 bachelor’s degree recipients who were first-generation and percentage distribution of bachelor’s degrees recipients by highest education attained by either parent by race/ethnicity
Equity Indicator 5f(i)	Percentage of 2016 bachelor’s degrees completers who had enrolled in graduate school or other further schooling programs 1 year after graduation (2017) by dependency status: Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B 2016/2017)
Equity Indicator 5f(ii)	Percentage of 2016 bachelor’s degrees completers who had enrolled in graduate school or other post-baccalaureate programs 1 year after graduation (2017) by race/ethnicity: Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B 2016/2017)
Equity Indicator 5f(iii)	Average annualized income for dependent students who received bachelor’s degrees in 2016 who were not enrolled in education and who were employed full-time at the 1-year follow-up in 2017 by parents’ income quartile (in 2020 constant dollars)
Equity Indicator 5f(iv)	Average annualized income of 2015-16 dependent students who had a full-time job after bachelor’s degree completion by selected major field category by parental income (in constant 2020 dollars)
Equity Indicator 5f(v)	Percentage of dependent students who received bachelor’s degrees in 2016 who were “unemployed” (not enrolled in further schooling, not employed, and in the labor force) at the time of the 1-year follow-up in 2017
Equity Indicator 5g(i)	Percentage of 2008 bachelor’s degrees completers awarded further degrees or certificates by 10 years after bachelor’s completion by race/ethnicity: Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) 2008/2018
Equity Indicator 5g(ii)	Percentage of 2008 bachelor’s degrees completers awarded further degrees or certificates by 10 years after bachelor’s completion by level of parental education: Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) 2008/2018
Equity Indicator 5h(i)	Scatter plots of the percentage of the population age 25 and older who had attained a high school diploma or equivalent credential and who had attained a bachelor’s degree or higher by state: 1940-2021
Equity Indicator 5h(ii)	Percentage of the population age 25 and older with a high school diploma or equivalent credential by state: 1940 and 2021
Equity Indicator 5h(iii)	Percentage of the population age 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or higher by state: 1940 and 2021
Equity Indicator 5h(iv)	Graduation rate within 150 percent of normal time at institution of first enrollment for degree-seeking undergraduate students at 4-year postsecondary institutions by state of institution: 2014 cohort by 2020
Equity Indicator 5h(v)	Percentage of population age 25 to 34 who had attained a bachelor’s degree by state: 2005 and 2019
Equity Indicator 5i(i)	Percentage of degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students entering a postsecondary institution who completed an award by 6 years at the same institution, by institution level and control by Pell Grant Recipient status, Cohort entry year 2011
Equity Indicator 5i(ii)	Percentage of degree-seeking undergraduate students entering a 4-year postsecondary institution who completed an award at the same institution in 6 years by institutions’ acceptance rates and Pell Grant recipient status: Cohort entry year 2011

Equity Indicator 6 – How Does Tertiary Educational Attainment and Spending in the U.S. Compare with Other Countries?

Data/Charts	Title
Equity Indicator 6a	Percentage of adults age 25 to 34 with a type A (equivalent of bachelor’s degree or above) tertiary degree: 2000 and 2020
Equity Indicator 6b	Percentage of adults age 25 to 34 with a type A (bachelor’s or above) or type B (short-cycle or associate’s) tertiary degree: 2000 and 2020
Equity Indicator 6c	Postsecondary expenditures per full-time-equivalent (FTE) student by country: 2018 (in constant 2020 dollars)
Equity Indicator 6d	Percentage distribution of total spending on tertiary education for OECD countries by funding type (Public or Private): 2018

Equity Indicator 7 – The Federal TRIO Programs: Who, What, Where, When, Why and How Does TRIO Work?

Data/Charts	Title
Equity Indicator 7a(i)	Number of TRIO participants each year by program: 1965-2021
Equity Indicator 7a(ii)	Number of participants in each TRIO program: 2021
Equity Indicator 7a(iii)	Number of TRIO projects: 1997-2021
Equity Indicator 7a(iv)	Number of TRIO projects by state: 2021-22
Equity Indicator 7a(v)	TRIO funding for the total and by program: 1997-2021 (in millions of constant 2021 dollars)
Equity Indicator 7a(vi)	TRIO funding per participant by program: 1997-2021 (in constant 2021 dollars)
Equity Indicator 7b(i)	Percentage distribution of Upward Bound/Upward Bound Math-Science (UB/UBMS) (2017-18), Talent Search (TS), and Student Support Services (SSS) participants by program eligibility criteria: 2013-14
Equity Indicator 7b(ii)	Percentage distribution of Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) participants by program eligibility criteria: 2016-17
Equity Indicator 7b(iii)	Estimated TRIO yearly coverage: ratio of number of participants to estimated eligible population by TRIO project: 1998-2020/21
Equity Indicator 7b(iv)	Percentage distribution of participants for the largest TRIO program, Talent Search (TS), by race/ethnicity: 2013-14
Equity Indicator 7c(i)	Instrumental variables two-stage regression, estimates of relative impact of participation in Upward Bound (UB) compared with various levels of pre-college access supplemental services on bachelor’s degree (BA) attainment within 6 years of expected high school graduation: National Evaluation of UB study sample: 1994-2003 with national comparisons from the approximate study period
Equity Indicator 7c(ii)	National Evaluation of the Upward Bound Math-Science Program (Participant Cohorts: 1993-1995)
Equity Indicator 7c(iii)	Percentage of Upward Bound (UB) and Upward Bound Math-Science (UBMS) participants who entered postsecondary education by fall of expected high school graduation year, and national benchmark data from NCES High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS) and Census Current Population Survey (CPS): 2013/14
Equity Indicator 7c(iv)	Percentage of Upward Bound (UB) and Upward Bound Math-Science (UBMS) participants who obtained a bachelor’s degree (BA) by 6 years after scheduled high school completion, and national benchmarks from NCES Educational Longitudinal Study (ELS) and Census Current Population Survey (CPS) bottom SES and income quartiles: 2013/14 cohort
Equity Indicator 7c(v)	Percentage of Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) participants with select risk factors affecting postsecondary success: 2016–17
Equity Indicator 7c(vi)	Results from the National Evaluation of Talent Search propensity matching studies using state longitudinal databases: Florida and Texas Talent Search cohort from 9th grade in 1995-96 followed until 2002
Equity Indicator 7d(i)	Percentage of Student Support Services (SSS) participants and of the national sample entering 2-year and 4-year institutions who persisted to the fall of the second year by eligibility status: 2003–04 cohort
Equity Indicator 7d(ii)	Percentage of Student Support Services (SSS) participants and of the national sample comparison group entering 2-year and 4-year institutions who completed degrees within 4 and 6 years: 2003–04 cohort
Equity Indicator 7d(iii)	Percentage of first-time freshman Student Support Services (SSS) participants and matched nonparticipants in the 2004/09 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:04/09) who entered 2-year institutions in 2003-04 and completed an associate degree or certificate or transferred to a 4-year institution (with or without receiving an associate degree or certificate) within 2,3, and 4 years
Equity Indicator 7d(iv)	Percentage of first-time freshman Student Support Services participants and matched nonparticipants in the 2004/09 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:04/09) who entered 4-year institutions in 2003-04 and completed a bachelor’s degree within 4, 5, and 6 years
Equity Indicator 7d(v)	Among UB/UBMS cohort participants who first enrolled at an institution, completing a degree with 150 percent of normal time by enrollment status and SSS participation: Fall 2007 through Fall 2017
Equity Indicator 7d(vi)	Percentage of McNair 2011 bachelor’s degree recipients who enrolled in post-baccalaureate studies by 3-years after attaining a bachelor’s degree, with benchmark data from B&B national data on enrollment rates in any post-baccalaureate degree program by 1 and 4 years after bachelor’s award by family income quartiles and race/ethnicity

Appendix A – Additional Figures and Methodological Notes

Data/ Charts	Title
Appendix Figure A-1	Median family income for all families: 1947 to 2020, and for families with children under 18: 1987-2020 (constant 2020 dollars)
Appendix Figure A-2	Upper limits for the first (lowest), second, and third family income quartiles for families of dependent 18- to 24-year olds: 1987 to 2020 (in constant 2020 dollars)
Appendix Figure A-3	Intentionally omitted due to content
Appendix Figure A-4	Intentionally omitted due to content
Appendix Figure A-5	Annual budgets/spending for Pell Grants and for Military Spending/Department of Defense: 1974 to 2020 (in 2020 billions of constant dollars)
Appendix Figure A-6	Average net price for first-time, full-time degree/certificate-seeking students awarded Title IV aid, by control and level of institution: 2019-20 (in constant 2020-21 dollars)
Appendix Figure A-7	High school graduation rates by family income quartile for dependent 18- to 24-year olds: 1970 to 2020
Appendix Figure A-8	Estimates of bachelor’s degree attainment by age 24 for dependent family members who began college by family income quartile: 1970 to 2020
Appendix Figure A-9	Historical characteristics of federal TRIO programs, Education Opportunity Centers (EOC): 1997-2021
Appendix Figure A-10	Historical characteristics of federal TRIO programs, McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program (McNair): 1989-2021
Appendix Figure A-11	Historical characteristics of federal TRIO programs, Student Support Services (SSS): 1997-2021
Appendix Figure A-12	Historical characteristics of federal TRIO programs, Talent Search (TS): 1997-2021
Appendix Figure A-13	Historical characteristics of federal TRIO programs, Upward Bound (UB): 1997-2021
Appendix Figure A-14	Historical characteristics of federal TRIO programs, Upward Bound Math-Science Program (UBMS): 1997-2021
Appendix Figure A-15	Historical characteristics of federal TRIO programs, Veterans Upward Bound (VUB): 2003-2021