Because homeschooled students often enter higher education appearing to be traditionally-educated high school students, due to differing state regulations and the accreditation status of different homeschool programs, and because related records are not kept, it is difficult to know how many enter postsecondary education every year. Current estimates of the number of homeschoolers in the United States range from about 900 thousand to 1.7 million. Because this is a large portion of the population an ever-increasing number of colleges and universities are integrating admission guidelines for homeschool students. With these guidelines come homeschool federal aid regulations for every college and university that receives Title IV funds and the related consequences homeschooled students face.