2012/2017 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:12/17)
BPS tracks students' paths through postsecondary education institutions located in the 50 states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, and helps answer questions of policy interest. The cohorts for each BPS study are drawn from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS). Students are surveyed beginning in their first year of postsecondary education and followed up at the end of their third and sixth years after entry into postsecondary education. BPS: 12/17 followed a cohort of 2011-2012 first-time beginning students in their first, third, and sixth year since entering college. Of the total sample, around 22,000 completed a full, abbreviated, or partial survey.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
22,530 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
First-time beginning postsecondary students in the United States of America.
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2011
Primary Institutions
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Department of Education
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – phone
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- None
- None
- Education data
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
