Most Americans See Good Value in Community College and Vocational Programs. Opinions Are Much More Split on Various Undergraduate Offerings
Amanda Jacobson Snyder
September 29, 2022
More than a third of U.S. adults who took on student loans to attend college believe that the decision to take on that debt was not worth it
-
About 2 in 3 U.S. adults said vocational education, community and two-year colleges offer good value in secondary education, while slightly more than half said the same when it came to getting a degree from an in-state, public university.
-
46% of adults said attending for-profit private colleges for undergrad would not be worth the cost, while about 2 in 5 said the same for out-of-state public universities and not-for-profit private institutions.
-
Among those with student loans, 56% said that taking on debt was worth it to get a college degree, while 38% said attending college wasn’t worth the financial burden.
