This statistic shows the results of a survey among American adults in November 2011 on whether they would go back to school and further their education if it was free. 75 percent of all respondents said they would go back to school and further their education if they could do it for free.
Would you go back to school to further your education if you could do it for free? (2011)
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Vanity Fair. (January 10, 2012). Would you go back to school to further your education if you could do it for free? (2011) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 05, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/243179/share-of-americans-who-would-further-their-education-if-it-was-free/
Vanity Fair. "Would you go back to school to further your education if you could do it for free? (2011)." Chart. January 10, 2012. Statista. Accessed February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/243179/share-of-americans-who-would-further-their-education-if-it-was-free/
Vanity Fair. (2012). Would you go back to school to further your education if you could do it for free? (2011). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/243179/share-of-americans-who-would-further-their-education-if-it-was-free/
Vanity Fair. "Would You Go Back to School to Further Your Education If You Could Do It for Free? (2011)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Jan 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/243179/share-of-americans-who-would-further-their-education-if-it-was-free/
Vanity Fair, Would you go back to school to further your education if you could do it for free? (2011) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/243179/share-of-americans-who-would-further-their-education-if-it-was-free/ (last visited February 05, 2023)
Would you go back to school to further your education if you could do it for free? (2011) [Graph], Vanity Fair, January 10, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/243179/share-of-americans-who-would-further-their-education-if-it-was-free/