RESEARCH
Featured Studies and Reports
NCHER, its members, and other industry organizations conduct and promote responsible research across the financial higher education landscape. Data that impacts contacting student loan borrowers, college access and success, financial aid, college completion, private student loans, and financial literacy are examples of a fraction of the research that is currently available.
UNDERSTANDING AND PROMOTING STUDENT FINANCIAL WELLNESS
The report released by Trellis Company and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board found that nearly 60 percent of students struggle to find $500 in cash or credit for an emergency expense. It also found that 96% of higher education institutions that responded to the survey, provide financial wellness services to students.
COVID-19 TRANSFER, MOBILITY, AND PROGRESS
Transfer enrollment fell 10 percent overall this spring, the largest year-over-year decline observed during the pandemic. Non-transfer enrollment also declined but not as steeply (-6.5%).
COLLEGE BOARD TRENDS REPORT
MEASUREONE REPORT
MeasureOne’s Private Student Lending Industry Report is the standalone resource for data on the private student loan market.
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COMPLETING COLLEGE
This fifth annual report, released in 2016 by the NSC Research Center on national college completion rates offers a look at the six-year outcomes for students who began postsecondary education in fall 2010.
NCHER STUDY
A 2016 study on improving communication with student loan borrowers finds that mobile devices are the most effective tool to reach struggling borrowers.