In 2016, low-income students who attended a 4-year college in New Hampshire would have had to work 41.4 hours a week at a minimum wage job in order to pay for college. This is in comparison to Washington state low-income students, who would only have had to work 11.6 hours per week.
Number of weekly work hours needed to pay for 4-year college in the United States in 2016, by state
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Demos. (February 22, 2018). Number of weekly work hours needed to pay for 4-year college in the United States in 2016, by state [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1055442/number-hours-needed-work-week-pay-tuition-4-year-college-us/
Demos. "Number of weekly work hours needed to pay for 4-year college in the United States in 2016, by state ." Chart. February 22, 2018. Statista. Accessed October 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1055442/number-hours-needed-work-week-pay-tuition-4-year-college-us/
Demos. (2018). Number of weekly work hours needed to pay for 4-year college in the United States in 2016, by state . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1055442/number-hours-needed-work-week-pay-tuition-4-year-college-us/
Demos. "Number of Weekly Work Hours Needed to Pay for 4-year College in The United States in 2016, by State ." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Feb 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1055442/number-hours-needed-work-week-pay-tuition-4-year-college-us/
Demos, Number of weekly work hours needed to pay for 4-year college in the United States in 2016, by state Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1055442/number-hours-needed-work-week-pay-tuition-4-year-college-us/ (last visited October 02, 2023)
Number of weekly work hours needed to pay for 4-year college in the United States in 2016, by state [Graph], Demos, February 22, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1055442/number-hours-needed-work-week-pay-tuition-4-year-college-us/