Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Explore the Data
- Introduction
- Americans believe well-paying jobs require education after high school.
- Americans believe education after high school creates opportunities.
- Americans want change in higher education.
- Americans believe public colleges and universities are worth the cost but feel more mixed about private and for-profit colleges and universities.
- Regardless of demographic, Americans like their local colleges and universities.
- Americans support workforce-based programs such as apprenticeships.
- Americans believe higher education is a public benefit and that the government should do more to make it affordable.
- Perception versus reality
- North Carolina
- Institutional Profile: Elon University
- Apprenticeship Program Profile: Siemens Charlotte
Explore the Data
Varying Degrees: New America’s Annual Survey on Higher Education surveys 1,600 Americans ages 18 and older to better understand their perceptions of and knowledge about higher education and economic mobility. The survey shows unifying themes as well as differences across age, gender, generation, region, and socioeconomic status when it comes to the value of a college education, who is responsible for student success, the ideal role of government, and the goal of higher education.