Timely Topics

How Does Income Affect Where Students Go to College?


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Even if they have good grades and excellent standardized test scores, are low-income students more or less likely to accept an offer letter from a highly selective college? While the question is simple, the answer is complex and at times surprising. "What we see is that they instead end up enrolling in a less-selective college despite being accepted into a top college," says St. Louis Fed Economist Ricardo Marto says. In this episode, Marto previews his forthcoming research into how income can affect where students apply and ultimately which offer letters they accept.

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