In what year did you receive the (COLLEGE NAME) degree? A. Sector of Institution?
Type of college attended · Asked in 3 waves, 2012–2016 · 2,349 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 931 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 790 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 628 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Administrative unit | Public, 4-year or above | Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above | Private for-profit, 4-year or above | Public, 2-year | Private not-for-profit, 2-year or less | Private for-profit, 2-year | Private for-profit, less than 2-year | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | – | 58% | 29% | 1% | 11% | – | 0% | – | 931 | ±4 | |
| Urban | – | 61% | 27% | 2% | 10% | – | 0% | – | 330 | ±6 | |
| Suburban | – | 57% | 32% | 1% | 10% | – | 0% | – | 504 | ±5 | |
| Rural | – | 57% | 21% | – | 23% | – | – | – | 97 | ±12 |
General Social Survey 2016 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.