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Edufacts™
January 2007
More than 40 percent of undergraduates in Texas are 24 or older
College students have traditionally been young adults having their first experiences of life away from home. But that traditional view may not reflect the current situation, as many adults choose to go back to school to improve their earning prospects.
In Texas, 43 percent of undergraduates are age 24 or older, slightly more than in the U.S. as a whole. Undergraduates age 24 and older are split fairly evenly between the 24- to 29-year-old age group and the 30-and-older age group. In the U.S., older undergraduates are somewhat more common.
Many people are unaware that federal student aid programs do not discriminate based on age. Non-traditional students, therefore, are just as eligible for federal student aid as their peers.
For tips on how to establish high expectations for students as early as middle school, and for assistance in planning for higher education academically and financially, visit www.AIE.org. TG provides this Web site as a public service to help all families and students achieve their educational and career dreams.
Source: State of Student Aid and Higher Education in Texas 2006.
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TG is a public, nonprofit corporation that helps create access to higher education for millions of families and students through its role as an administrator of the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). As a public service, TG provides Edufacts, a publication containing current information about education issues, on a monthly basis. Edufacts is one of the many ways in which TG promotes awareness of education issues, advising the public on national and state trends in education and student aid, and serving as a premier source of information.
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