This statistic shows the opinion of students as to whether their pre-college beliefs were confirmed by their experiences in school in the United States as of 2017. In 2017, 31 percent of respondents stated that their belief that college would help them do well financially was strongly confirmed by their experience.
To what degree did your college/university experience confirm the beliefs you had prior to starting?
Current freshmen-second year seniors (1st-5th year) or currently enrolled in a Masters or Doctorate program
Supplementary notes
Original question: To what degree did your college/university experience confirm the beliefs you had prior to starting? Before I started college/university, I believed it would…
Respondent sample size:
Receiving good education = 3,052;
Providing resources for success = 3,019;
Allowing to explore different education opportunities = 1,381;
Increasing employment opportunities = 3,558;
Allowing to explore different employment opportunities = 1,798;
Helping to do well financially = 1,997
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McGraw-Hill. (May 1, 2017). To what degree did your college/university experience confirm the beliefs you had prior to starting? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/731174/pre-college-beliefs-of-students-that-were-confirmed-through-college-experience-us/
McGraw-Hill. "To what degree did your college/university experience confirm the beliefs you had prior to starting?." Chart. May 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/731174/pre-college-beliefs-of-students-that-were-confirmed-through-college-experience-us/
McGraw-Hill. (2017). To what degree did your college/university experience confirm the beliefs you had prior to starting?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/731174/pre-college-beliefs-of-students-that-were-confirmed-through-college-experience-us/
McGraw-Hill. "To What Degree Did Your College/University Experience Confirm The Beliefs You Had Prior to Starting?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/731174/pre-college-beliefs-of-students-that-were-confirmed-through-college-experience-us/
McGraw-Hill, To what degree did your college/university experience confirm the beliefs you had prior to starting? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/731174/pre-college-beliefs-of-students-that-were-confirmed-through-college-experience-us/ (last visited December 26, 2024)
To what degree did your college/university experience confirm the beliefs you had prior to starting? [Graph], McGraw-Hill, May 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/731174/pre-college-beliefs-of-students-that-were-confirmed-through-college-experience-us/
