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Acceptance and attendance at first-choice college, by student generation status 2016

Acceptance and attendance rates of freshmen at first-choice colleges in the United States in 2016, by student generation

The data displays the acceptance and attendance rates of freshmen at first-choice colleges in the U.S. in 2016, by student generation. In 2016, about 74% of the first-generation students were accepted to their first-choice college; however, the attendance rate of first-choice college by first-generation students was 52.9% in the U.S.

Accepted to first-choice college 73.8 74.8
Attending first-choice-college 52.9 57.6