Recent research suggests that the combination of high and rising college prices, stagnant family incomes, and increased enrollment of lower-income students leaves many college [...]

Trellis’ Student Financial Wellness Survey (SFWS) is a comprehensive campus survey of the financial issues that can threaten students’ academic success. The SFWS measures [...]

Trellis Company launched the Student Financial Wellness Survey (SFWS) in 2018 to provide a service to institutions of higher education that wanted a deeper [...]

The State of Student Aid and Higher Education in Texas (SOSA) annual report serves as a reference for colleges, universities, and policymakers, and provides a comparison [...]

There is growing recognition that the interplay of student collegiate finances and academic performance influences key student outcomes like retention and graduation. Students experiencing [...]

Trellis’ Student Financial Wellness Survey (SFWS) seeks to document the financial well-being of post-secondary students and provide institutions with a detailed profile of the [...]

In January 2017, Trellis launched a nine-month study aimed at better understanding the non-academic challenges that postsecondary students face and the ways they try [...]

This report (the first in a series of five) explores congressional efforts to mitigate that risk and encourage informed borrowing by enacting statutes related [...]

Contrary to popular wisdom on college savings, national data show that bachelor's recipients who transferred from community colleges tend to borrow as much, if [...]

This report examines the state of financial aid, higher education completion, and financial literacy in Texas, as well as the current job market and [...]