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Attitudes to college - students' opinions on higher education in the United States, 2008-2015

Students' attitudes toward college in the United States, opinions rated strongly agree, year-on-year between 2008 and 2015

The data displays students' attitudes toward college in the U.S., between 2008 and 2015. Depicted is the percentage of students' who strongly agreed with the statements shown. In 2010, around 84% of students' surveyed stated that they strongly agreed with the statement that college is an 'investment in the future'.

2008 59 67 84
2009 50 53 78
2010 56 61 84 74 32
2011 60 61 90 74 30
2012 61 62 89 73 29
2013 62 58 86 74 28
2014 59 58 88 68 28
2015 59 56 88 72 27