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The brief focuses on student-parents, defined as learners raising children, and explains why investment is needed to overcome barriers. It outlines the national and state demographics for 2019-2020, highlights financial hardship and loan reliance, and compares first-generation status, grants, age distribution, and institution types. 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Achieving this target will require intentional investment in populations that have been historically underrepresented in higher education, including the nearly one in five undergraduate students who are raising children.  \nStudent-parents represent a significant and largely untapped segment of North Carolina’s workforce pipeline. An estimated 1.2 million North Carolinians under age 65 have some college experience but no degree, and a substantial portion are parents whose family responsibilities have made credential completion difficult to sustain. Persistent barriers such as the high cost of childcare, limited scheduling flexibility, and financial constraints contribute to stop-out rates among this population.  \nTargeted investment in student-parents yields benefits that extend beyond individual attainment. Research consistently shows that children of college-educated parents are more likely to enroll in and complete postsecondary education themselves. Increasing credential completion among studentparents can therefore strengthen workforce participation in the near term while advancing longterm economic mobility and educational attainment across generations.  \nWHO ARE STUDENT PARENTS?  \nStudent parents are individuals at postsecondary institutions who are raising children. This includes blended families, young parents, and individuals who have assumed caregiving responsibility for younger siblings. The following data reflect the 2019-2020 academic year from the National Center  for Education Statistics.  \nThe Data Landscape of Student Parents  \nIn the 2019-2020 academic year, about 18.2 percent of undergraduate students in the United States and about 17.8 percent in North Carolina were parents.  \nFigure 1: Demographics of Student Parents | 2020  \nNational North Carolina  \nTwo or more  \nNative Hawaiian/  \nother Pacific Islander  \nNative American or Alaska Native  \nAsian  \nHispanic  \nBlack  \nWhite  \nSource  \nNorth Carolina had significantly more Black student parents compared to national numbers (a difference of 12 percentage points) .  \nThe gender makeup of student parents in the state versus nationally was quite similar in 2020, with a slightly higher proportion of women in North Carolina (about 2 percentage points) .  \nIn the 2019-2020 academic year, 71.3 percent of student parents nationally made less than $50,000, compared to 21.4 percent who made between $50,000-$99,000 and 7.3 percent who made over  \n$100,000 . In North Carolina, about 72.1 percent of student parents made less than $50,000, and 22.3 percent made between $50,000-$99,000, with only 5.5 percent making over $100,000, about 2 percentage points less than national numbers.  \nIn 2020, about 57.3 percent of student parents nationally were first-generation college students compared to 53.2 percent in North Carolina, with either parents’ highest level of education being middle school/junior high or high school. About  \n55.5 percent of student parents nationally received some form of Pell grant, compared to about 53.9 percent in North Carolina.  \nIn 2020, the age makeup of student parents in North Carolina was similar to numbers nationally—where 8.2 percent were 15-23, 25.9 percent were 24-29, and 65.9 percent were 30 or older.  \n40.4 percent of student parents nationally were at 2-year public institutions, 25 percent were at 4-year public institutions, and 34.5 percent were at other institutions. North Carolina differs notably from national patterns, where 69.1 percent of student parents were at 2-year public institutions, and only 16 percent were at 4-year public institutions.  \nCHALLENGES FACING STUDENT PARENTS  \nStudents with dependents face unique obstacles compared to their non-parent peers. 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