low-income students
Economically disadvantaged learners
Students from families with limited financial resources, typically measured by eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch programs, Pell Grants, or household income below a certain threshold.
The term appears frequently in discussions of educational access and achievement gaps: Low-income students face barriers that their wealthier peers don't.
Sometimes euphemistic for poor students.
- scholarshipsFunds awarded for study
- need-based aidAssistance determined by income
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- tuition assistanceEmployer-funded learning support
- tuitionPayment for instruction
working-class · underprivileged · disadvantaged · first-generation · achievement gap · meal plan · FAFSA · opportunity · college access · debt · loans · struggle · hustle · dorms · textbooks · ramen · making ends meet · work-study
- underserved students
- college accessadmissions, college prep, college readiness, financial aid, outreach programs
- campus populationfreshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, undergraduates
- Financial AidPell Grant, scholarships, grants, federal grants, fellowships