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Bachelor's degree – Still thinking about your own education, did you take out any student loans for each of the following educational programs (including any repaid loans for education you did not complete)?
Student loans for bachelor's degree · Asked in 5 waves, 2020–2024 · 18,873 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of SL8_c first asked in 2020: wording or answer options differ from shed:SL8_c.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Groups with an effective sample under 50 in a wave are left out of that wave.
| Group | No | Yes | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 35% | 65% | 3912 | ±2 | |
| Rural | 42% | 58% | 427 | ±5 |
SHED 2024 · 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.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2024 62 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2024-10-18 to 2024-10-31 | web | 12,295 | 3,912 |
| SHED 2023 50 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2023-10-20 to 2023-11-05 | web | 11,400 | 3,671 |
| SHED 2022 42 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 3,775 |
| SHED 2021 33 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 3,815 |
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 3,700 |