This graph shows recent university graduates responses to a survey question about how they paid for their college costs. 56 percent of survey respondents said that they had a loan from another source, such as a student loan from the government.
How did you finance your college costs?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Loan form other source, such as a student loan from the government
56%
Scholarship from the college or other source
55%
Parents/relatives paid
47%
Personal work or savings
41%
Loan from your parents or other relatives that you will pay back
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John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. (May 10, 2012). How did you finance your college costs? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/235221/university-students-payment-method-in-the-us/
John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. "How did you finance your college costs?." Chart. May 10, 2012. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/235221/university-students-payment-method-in-the-us/
John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. (2012). How did you finance your college costs?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/235221/university-students-payment-method-in-the-us/
John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. "How Did You Finance Your College Costs?." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 May 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/235221/university-students-payment-method-in-the-us/
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How did you finance your college costs? [Graph], John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, May 10, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/235221/university-students-payment-method-in-the-us/
