Financial Aid and Students’ College Decisions: Evidence from the District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant Program
Abstract
The District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG), instituted in 1999, allows D.C. residents to attend public colleges and universities throughout the country at considerably lower in-state tuition rates. We use the sharp decline in the price of public colleges and universities faced by D.C. residents to estimate the effects of price on college application and enrollment decisions. We find that DCTAG increased the likelihood that students applied to eligible institutions and markedly increased college enrollment rates among recent high school graduates. Enrollments increased primarily at less selective colleges and universities, with no decrease at more selective schools.
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Several studies find that enrollment increases when the net price faced by students is exogenously lowered.
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From College Costs, Financial Aid, and Student Decisions (2022) · cites this paper as Abraham and Clark, 2006
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- Authors
- Abraham, K. G., & Clark, M. A.
- Venue
- Journal of Human Resources
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Published
- 2006
- Volume
- XLI
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 578-610
- ISSN
- 0022-166X (ISSN-L)
- 1548-8004
- OpenAlex
- W4249949999
- Cited by
- 71
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 10.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Human Resources (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Social Sciences › Education › School Choice and Performance
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- Keywords
- tuition assistance, financial aid, college enrollment, college applications, in-state tuition, public universities, selective colleges, college choice
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