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<\/p>\nDesiree Gray, OSU Graduate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Data for this study included first-time or transfer students at Oregon State University from five cohorts spanning 2013-2018. Graduation, retention and stop-out rates were measured up to and including the winter quarter of 2020.<\/p>\n
Key findings<\/h3>\n\n- Online students who received more total financial aid had a higher probability of graduating and a lower probability of stopping out, with some variations by cohort.<\/li>\n
- Part-time vs full-time enrollment status was a significant predictor of the probability of stopping out in all five cohorts and a significant predictor of the probability of graduating in four of the five cohorts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In the 2013-14 and 2014-15 cohorts, full-time students were more likely to graduate or be retained at every level of aid compared to part-time students.<\/p>\n
Implications<\/h3>\n\n- These results underscore the need for investments in financial aid for online students.<\/li>\n
- While full-time students benefit from financial aid in any amount, the benefits of increased financial aid amounts may be more pronounced for part-time students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Publication<\/h2>\n
This study was published in the Journal for Financial Aid<\/em> in October 2025.<\/p>\nRead the full article<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About the project The Oregon State University Ecampus Research Unit designed a study to examine the relationships among financial aid, retention, stop-out and graduation rates for online students. Although previous research has established a positive relationship among these factors with on-campus students, these relationships have not been studied with online students. About the data Desiree … Online Student Retention: Financial Aid<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":3,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7868","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7BNXQ-22U","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7868\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
In the 2013-14 and 2014-15 cohorts, full-time students were more likely to graduate or be retained at every level of aid compared to part-time students.<\/p>\n
Implications<\/h3>\n\n- These results underscore the need for investments in financial aid for online students.<\/li>\n
- While full-time students benefit from financial aid in any amount, the benefits of increased financial aid amounts may be more pronounced for part-time students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Publication<\/h2>\n
This study was published in the Journal for Financial Aid<\/em> in October 2025.<\/p>\nRead the full article<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About the project The Oregon State University Ecampus Research Unit designed a study to examine the relationships among financial aid, retention, stop-out and graduation rates for online students. Although previous research has established a positive relationship among these factors with on-campus students, these relationships have not been studied with online students. About the data Desiree … Online Student Retention: Financial Aid<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":3,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7868","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7BNXQ-22U","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7868\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Publication<\/h2>\n
This study was published in the Journal for Financial Aid<\/em> in October 2025.<\/p>\n About the project The Oregon State University Ecampus Research Unit designed a study to examine the relationships among financial aid, retention, stop-out and graduation rates for online students. Although previous research has established a positive relationship among these factors with on-campus students, these relationships have not been studied with online students. About the data Desiree … Online Student Retention: Financial Aid<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":3,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7868","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7BNXQ-22U","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7868\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Read the full article<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"