Confidence about covering college costs in the U.S. 2024

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Fernando de Querol Cumbrera,
Nov 25, 2024

In 2024, most undergraduate students and their parents felt completely or somewhat confident about meeting the costs of their or their children’s college educations in the United States. Just seven percent of the respondents were somewhat unconfident or not confident at all that they would manage to meet those education costs.

Parents' and students' confidence about meeting college education costs in the United States in 2023

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Release date

August 2024

Region

United States

Survey time period

April 8 to May 14, 2024

Number of respondents

1,559 respondents

Special properties

Students and parents involved in the decision about how to pay for college (undergraduate studies)

Method of interview

Online survey

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