Who are traditionally underrepresented students?

Traditionally underrepresented students refers to students who typically do not go to college and have one or more of the following characteristics:

• First generation, meaning the student’s parents did not attend college
• Low-income family based on federal guidelines
• Middle fifty-percent of their graduating class
• Member of an ethnic or racial minority (African Americans/ Black, American Indian, Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial)

In specific instances, other groups of students may be considered underrepresented. For example, in a traditionally female discipline like nursing, males may be considered underrepresented.