How university students paid for their degree in the United States 2012

Published by Statista Research Department, May 10, 2012
This graph shows recent university graduates responses to a survey question about how they paid for their college costs. 56 percent of survey respondents said that they had a loan from another source, such as a student loan from the government.
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Release date

May 2012

Region

United States

Survey time period

March 21, 2012 to April 2, 2012

Number of respondents

444 respondents

Age group

8-19 years

Special properties

College graduates

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The survey includes college graduates from the class of 2006 through to the class of 2011.

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