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Overall, how would you say the lifetime financial benefits of your [current/ most recent] educational program compare to its financial costs?
Lifetime financial benefits versus costs of education program · Asked in 5 waves, 2014–2018 · 11,046 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.
| Group | Financial benefits are much larger | Financial benefits are somewhat larger | About the same financial benefits and financial costs | Financial costs are somewhat larger | Financial costs are much larger | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
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.
| 19% |
| 15% |
| 38% |
| 11% |
| 17% |
| 3110 |
| ±2 |
| White | 19% | 16% | 40% | 9% | 16% | 2001 | ±3 |
| Black | 18% | 13% | 37% | 11% | 20% | 430 | ±5 |
| Hispanic | 21% | 13% | 31% | 16% | 20% | 484 | ±6 |
| Asian † | 17% | 19% | 52% | 8% | 4% | 55 | ±16 |
| Other | 19% | 11% | 34% | 8% | 28% | 140 | ±11 |
SHED 2018 · 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.