Concern about the cost of higher education (April 2024)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Very concerned | 35% |
| Somewhat concerned | 29% |
| Not too concerned | 19% |
| Not at all concerned | 11% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 5% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very concerned | 40% | 23% | 31% |
| Somewhat concerned | 31% | 34% | 28% |
| Not too concerned | 17% | 18% | 21% |
| Not at all concerned | 6% | 18% | 15% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 5% | 8% | 5% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very concerned | 38% | 37% | 42% |
| Somewhat concerned | 28% | 28% | 33% |
| Not too concerned | 17% | 24% | 14% |
| Not at all concerned | 10% | 6% | 5% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 6% | 4% | 6% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very concerned | 32% | 35% | 30% |
| Somewhat concerned | 26% | 30% | 28% |
| Not too concerned | 22% | 18% | 22% |
| Not at all concerned | 14% | 12% | 17% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 6% | 5% | 4% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very concerned | 45% | 31% | 31% |
| Somewhat concerned | 29% | 32% | 28% |
| Not too concerned | 16% | 18% | 22% |
| Not at all concerned | 4% | 11% | 16% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 5% | 8% | 4% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very concerned | 36% | 46% | 52% |
| Somewhat concerned | 38% | 24% | 28% |
| Not too concerned | 22% | 18% | 10% |
| Not at all concerned | 3% | 5% | 5% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 1% | 8% | 5% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very concerned | 37% | 28% | 29% |
| Somewhat concerned | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Not too concerned | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| Not at all concerned | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 2% | 6% | 3% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very concerned | 29% | 42% | 43% |
| Somewhat concerned | 29% | 33% | 29% |
| Not too concerned | 22% | 17% | 14% |
| Not at all concerned | 15% | 3% | 9% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 5% | 5% | 5% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Very concerned | 36% | 34% |
| Somewhat concerned | 27% | 31% |
| Not too concerned | 19% | 19% |
| Not at all concerned | 14% | 10% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 5% | 6% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very concerned | 40% | 34% | 25% |
| Somewhat concerned | 29% | 28% | 32% |
| Not too concerned | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| Not at all concerned | 8% | 13% | 15% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 5% | 5% | 6% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very concerned | 45% | 36% | 32% | 31% |
| Somewhat concerned | 36% | 30% | 27% | 27% |
| Not too concerned | 11% | 22% | 19% | 23% |
| Not at all concerned | 7% | 10% | 14% | 12% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 1% | 3% | 8% | 7% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very concerned | 45% | 38% | 31% | 35% | 32% | 36% |
| Somewhat concerned | 24% | 25% | 24% | 34% | 30% | 38% |
| Not too concerned | 19% | 13% | 26% | 19% | 22% | 16% |
| Not at all concerned | 11% | 13% | 12% | 7% | 13% | 10% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 2% | 10% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 0% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very concerned | 42% | 29% | 31% | 30% |
| Somewhat concerned | 26% | 36% | 31% | 25% |
| Not too concerned | 19% | 20% | 16% | 21% |
| Not at all concerned | 10% | 9% | 16% | 15% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 4% | 6% | 6% | 9% |
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| Category | The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God. | Don't know. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very concerned | 39% | 31% | 33% | 40% |
| Somewhat concerned | 29% | 32% | 27% | 18% |
| Not too concerned | 18% | 20% | 20% | 19% |
| Not at all concerned | 9% | 13% | 13% | 8% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 4% | 5% | 6% | 14% |
