League for Innovation in the Community College January 2019 | Page 30

NOT EVERYONE GRADUATES
47%
of community college
students drop out 1
Female community college
students have a higher
completion rate (41.5%)
than their male counterparts
(35.7%) 2
CHALL
THEY HAVE FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES
17%
are single
parents 7
have children
6
5
30%
COMMUNITY COLLE
In 2002, 52% of two-year
public institutions had on-
campus childcare; in 2013,
only 46% did 8
53%
of all college student-
parents leave college
with no degree 9
THEY FACE OTHER FINANCIAL WORRIES
One in three community
college students has a family
income of less than $20,000 15
30
1/5 th
of community college students
say they would not be able
to financially deal with an
emergency; close to half say
they had run out of money in the
past year, forcing them to rely on
family, friends, charity, or loans 16
League for Innovation in the Community College Innovatus
Half of all community
college students struggle
with food and/or housing
insecurity; 20% are hungry and
13% are homeless 17