Most Colleges Are Unaffordable For Low-Income Students

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Students should, at a minimum, be able to attend two-year colleges without taking out significant amounts in student loans, and ideally, four-year public schools should be just as affordable.
59% : Higher education is one of the best routes out of poverty for students from low-income households, but far too few colleges are affordable for the students who benefit the most from a college education.
53% : Ideally, public colleges should be affordable without students needing to take on significant student loan debt.
45% : A system where public higher education is only affordable for the wealthy is both unsustainable and bad for a society that is economically dependent on people gaining skills from higher education.

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