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Overall, how would you say the lifetime financial benefits of your (Associate Degree/ Bachelor's Degree) compares to its costs?
Lifetime financial benefits of degree versus its costs · Asked in 4 waves, 2019–2023 · 26,899 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of ED10 first asked in 2019: wording or answer options differ from shed:ED10.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Financial benefits are much larger | Financial benefits are somewhat larger | About the same | Financial costs are somewhat larger | Financial costs are much larger | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2023 199 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2023-10-20 to 2023-11-05 | web | 11,400 | 8,341 |
| SHED 2022 41 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 6,052 |
| SHED 2021 47 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 6,305 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 6,201 |
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.
| 32% |
| 20% |
| 28% |
| 9% |
| 11% |
| 8341 |
| ±1 |
| Northeast | 32% | 19% | 30% | 9% | 10% | 1503 | ±3 |
| Midwest | 29% | 21% | 29% | 9% | 12% | 1809 | ±2 |
| South | 32% | 19% | 28% | 9% | 11% | 2997 | ±2 |
| West | 33% | 23% | 25% | 9% | 10% | 2032 | ±2 |
SHED 2023 · US adults 18+. 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.