Young adults think a college education is more important than ever — and less affordable, according to a poll by The Institute For College Access and Success, Demos and Young Invincibles. Students are graduating with too much debt, the 18- to 34-year-olds said. They opposed proposals to reduce federal financial aid.
More than three in four (76%) young adults say that college has become harder to afford in the past five years, and nearly as many (73%) say that graduates have more student debt than they can manage. When asked about the importance of college and other education and training after high school, about eight in 10 say it is more important than a generation ago.
. . . Opposition to cutting access to Pell Grants, as has been proposed by some in Congress, is strong and crosses party lines. The same holds true for charging students interest on federal loans while they are still in school.
In a companion poll released by Demos and Young Invincibles, 84 percent say making college and other education and training after high school more affordable should be priorities for Congress.
Two-thirds of the Class of 2010 graduated with student loans, and their average debt was $25,250, according to a new report by TICAS’ Project on Student Debt.
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