Cost Is the Biggest Barrier to Enrollment: Survey

Despite declining enrollment at many U.S. higher ed institutions, nearly three-fourths of all adults say a college degree is as important as (35 percent) or more important (39 percent) than it was 20 years ago, according to a new report from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation. Twenty-six percent said they thought it was less important.
“The State of Higher Education 2023” is the third consecutive study by the two organizations, which surveyed U.S. adults between 18 and 59.