This statistic shows the opinion of postsecondary students in the United States on whether they would have attended community college after high school if it had been free in 2017. In 2017, 46 percent of respondents said that if community college had been free it would not have changed their decisions about where to attend school after high school.
Students' decisions on higher education if two years of free community college were offered in the United States in 2017
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McGraw-Hill. (May 1, 2017). Students' decisions on higher education if two years of free community college were offered in the United States in 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/731243/us-students-opinion-on-two-years-of-free-community-college/
McGraw-Hill. "Students' decisions on higher education if two years of free community college were offered in the United States in 2017." Chart. May 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/731243/us-students-opinion-on-two-years-of-free-community-college/
McGraw-Hill. (2017). Students' decisions on higher education if two years of free community college were offered in the United States in 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/731243/us-students-opinion-on-two-years-of-free-community-college/
McGraw-Hill. "Students' Decisions on Higher Education If Two Years of Free Community College Were Offered in The United States in 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/731243/us-students-opinion-on-two-years-of-free-community-college/
McGraw-Hill, Students' decisions on higher education if two years of free community college were offered in the United States in 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/731243/us-students-opinion-on-two-years-of-free-community-college/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Students' decisions on higher education if two years of free community college were offered in the United States in 2017 [Graph], McGraw-Hill, May 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/731243/us-students-opinion-on-two-years-of-free-community-college/