While the proportion of students from lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds enrolled in higher education continues to increase, rates of upward SES mobility among people from the lower end of the socioeconomic distribution remain extremely low and socioeconomic inequality in the United States continues to rise. The current manuscript examines how SES-based intergroup processes within the context of higher education may contribute to both stagnant socioeconomic mobility and ever-expanding socioeconomic inequality despite ostensive growing demographic diversity within higher education. Specifically, the present dissertation investigates the extent to which college students engage in education-related resource hoarding, particularly when they are concerned about experiencing downward socioeconomic mobility. Four studies examined the relationship between SES, concerns about downward socioeconomic mobility, and education-related resource hoarding among college students. I hypothesized that college students with higher SES would be more likely to engage in education-related resource hoarding than their lower SES counterparts, and that students with higher SES would be even more likely to engage in education-related resource hoarding when they were concerned about experiencing downward socioeconomic mobility than students with higher SES who were not concerned about downward mobility. Collectively, these four studies provide some evidence of education-related resource hoarding among students from both higher and lower SES groups. Education-related resource hoarding practiced by students within educational contexts can significantly limit the opportunities of other students, create additional obstacles for students to overcome within educational spaces, and ultimately contribute to extant societal inequality. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]