13000
Registered Users
12
live webinars per month
24
Hour response time to all student questions
450
Resources, articles, lesson plans, and worksheets available to students and teachers
3270
Resumes created
900
Financial aid budgets created

The Problem

Students Rising Above understands the real-world value of education, addresses the many obstacles faced by first-generation college students, and sets goals that are achievable, empowering, and mesurable.

Less College Graduates

10% of youth from low-income families hold a bachelor's degree by age 25 vs. 77% from middle to higher-income families.

Low Attainment Rates

If current attainment rates don't improve, by 2025 there will be a shortage of 16 million cellege-educated adults in the US workforce.

Lower Income

Those with a Bachelor's degree earn 62% more in income than those with no college degree.

Higher Drop Out Rates

66% of low-income college students do not complete a Bachelor's degree.
100
Are low-to-moderate income
62
Live below the federal poverty line
95
Are first-generation college students
94
Are people of color
30
Are in foster care, guardianships, or on their own
21
Have experienced homelessness
100
Of SRA Rising Star students accepted to a four-year college
34
National ave. for low-income youth
85
Are in career-ladder roles or graduate school within 12 months of college graduation.
100
Receive some sort of financial aid
100
Have medical insurance
48
Complete college with no debt
52
Carry an average college debt of $7,500

SRA has sent more than 750 students to colleges throughout the U.S.. Students Rising Above Values character, drive, and potential, accepting candidates outside traditional GPA standarts.

Our Impact Section 7 Picture 1
33% of students have a 2.7 – 3.1 GPA
New Picture #2
33% of students have a 3.2 – 3.6 GPA
New Picture #3
33% of students have a 3.7+ GPA

Success Stories

Jasmeet Bhatia (Isabella)
SRA Hub Story
Occupation: Student (UC Berkeley)
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Selena Hernandez
Rising Stars Program Story
Occupation: Student (UC Santa Cruz)
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Zully Alonzo
SRA Hub Story
Occupation: Student (CSU East Bay)
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Joe Williams
Rising Stars Program Story
Occupation: Customer Support Engineer (AppsFlyer)
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Lorna Contreras-Townsend
Rising Stars Program Story
Occupation: Managing Director of Student Programs at SRA
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Eric Manzanares
Rising Stars Program Story
Occupation: Capital Market Associate at Orinda Asset Management (AppsFlyer)
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55000
Foreign Followers
60
Certified Teachers
2240
Students Enrolled
215
Complete Courses

Career development

742

Currently serving 475 students and 267 alumni

85%

of SRA students are in career-ladder jobs or graduate school within 12 months of college graduation

530+

Text: SRA has a full network of Employer Partners and Careers Mentors

200+

Personalized job interview prep sessions annually

10

On-site Career Insight Events annually

267

Student Summer Internships in 2017 including; Business, Nonprofit/Social Justice, Tech, Government/Law, Youth/Education, Healthcare, STEM