Attitudes towards college savings in the U.S. 2022

Published by
Fernando de Querol Cumbrera,
Jun 22, 2022
In 2022, around 62 percent of parents of eight to fourteen year old children in the United States were considering encouraging them to look at more affordable colleges. More than half of the surveyed parents declare thinking about their children's college education more often than usual, most of them also think that college is now more valuable than before. However, many of them have been considering other education alternatives that are less expensive.

Parents' attitudes towards college savings in the United States in 2022

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Release date

May 2022

Region

United States

Survey time period

January 7 to February 3, 2022

Number of respondents

2,138 respondents

Special properties

parents of children aged 8-14

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows:"When thinking about college in the past year, how much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?".

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