第一代大學生（First-generation college students）是指父母未獲得學士學位的美國大學生。 儘管研究表明，在美國，取得學士學位對社會經濟向上流動具有重要意義 ，但大量研究註解，這些學生在接管高檔教育、入學後取得學業成功和完成學位方面面對著重大的系統性障礙。 這些障礙中的很多是由系統性的種族、文化、社會和經濟不屈等造成的。

與怙恃完成學士學位的大學生相比，第一代大學生更有可能比同齡人年齡更大、有家屬、來自低收入家庭、以非全日制體式格局上大學、住在校外、承當更多的工作責任、具有傳統上處於晦氣地位的族裔和種族身份。 第一代大學生完成高檔教育的可能性低於他們的同儕 ，而那些成功結業的第一代學生常常要承當更多的債務來付出學位 ，而且他們一生堆集的財富也比父母完成學士學位的學生要少。

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