High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) Postsecondary Education Administrative Records Collection Restricted-use Data File

This data file provides new information from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) Postsecondary Education Administrative Records collection (PEAR). HSLS:09 follows a nationally representative sample of students who were ninth-graders in fall 2009 from high school into postsecondary education and the workforce. The PEAR data collection was conducted in 2021, approximately 8 years after high school graduation for most of the cohort. These data provide information on whether fall 2009 ninth-graders enrolled in postsecondary education by June 2021, and allow researchers to examine enrollment characteristics, degree completion, and financial aid awards for the subset of fall 2009 ninth-graders who enrolled in postsecondary education.