The poverty line is actually a defined number. Students do appear as a statistical aberration in most of these counts since they have no income, but they tend

The poverty line is actually a defined number. Students do appear as a statistical aberration in most of these counts since they have no income, but they tend to have access to credit and fewer costs than those that are older than them (health care) or those with families. So yes, you're right, but i don't think it matters all that much. Studenthood is a transient state which is designed to eject students after a period of time (and you have to fight really hard to stay a student). Poverty and destitution are the opposite.