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Washington’s College Bound Scholarship Program and its Effect on College Entry, Persistence, and Completion

Mark C. Long,
Dan Goldhaber,
Trevor Gratz

Indiana, Oklahoma, and Washington have programs designed to address college enrollment and completion gaps by offering a promise of state-based college financial aid to low-income middle school students in exchange for making a pledge to do well in high school, be a good citizen, not be convicted of a felony, and apply for financial aid to college. Using a triple-difference specification, we find that Washington’s College Bound Scholarship shifted enrollment from out-of-state to in-state colleges at which the scholarship could be used. While we find suggestive evidence that the program increased the likelihood of attending a postsecondary institution and attaining a bachelor’s degree within five years of high school, we discuss why the program might be more successful if it did not require students to sign a pledge.

Keywords
Pledge Program, College Financial Aid
Education level
Post-secondary education
Topics
Pathways to and Through Postsecondary
Tags
College readiness,
Higher education,
Student supports
Download 09/2019
Document Object Identifier (DOI)
10.26300/4wjt-bb42
EdWorkingPaper suggested citation:
Long, Mark, Dan Goldhaber, and Trevor Gratz. (). Washington’s College Bound Scholarship Program and its Effect on College Entry, Persistence, and Completion. (EdWorkingPaper: -127). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/4wjt-bb42

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