1、 FOR RELEASE MAY 23,2024 BY Richard Fry,Dana Braga and Kim Parker FOR MEDIA OR OTHER INQUIRIES:Kim Parker,Director,Social Trends Research Richard Fry,Senior Economist Julia OHanlon,Communications Manager 202.419.4372 www.pewresearch.org RECOMMENDED CITATION Pew Research Center,May 2024,“Is College W
2、orth It?”1 PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org About Pew Research Center Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan,nonadvocacy fact tank that informs the public about the issues,attitudes and trends shaping the world.It does not take policy positions.The Center conducts public opinion polling,demogra
3、phic research,computational social science research and other data-driven research.It studies politics and policy;news habits and media;the internet and technology;religion;race and ethnicity;international affairs;social,demographic and economic trends;science;research methodology and data science;a
4、nd immigration and migration.Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts,its primary funder.Pew Research Center 2024 2 PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand public views on the importance of a four-y
5、ear college degree.The study also explores key trends in the economic outcomes of young adults among those who have and have not completed a four-year college degree.The analysis in this report is based on three data sources.The labor force,earnings,hours,household income and poverty characteristics
6、 come from the U.S.Census Bureaus Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey.The findings on net worth are based on the Federal Reserves Survey of Consumer Finances.The data on public views on the value of a college degree was collected as part of a Center survey of 5,203