Results for the Lumina-Gallup study are based on web surveys conducted from Oct. 9-Nov.16, 2023, with samples of 6,015 students who are currently enrolled in a postsecondary education program (certificate, associate or bachelor’s degree), 5,012 adults who were previously enrolled in a postsecondary education program but had not completed an associate or bachelor’s degree, and 2,943 adults who had never enrolled in a postsecondary education program.
All respondents were between the ages of 18 and 59 and had a high school diploma or equivalent but not an associate or bachelor’s degree.
For analysis conducted in the report, the population of respondents was limited to the 6,934 who are currently enrolled in an associate or bachelor’s degree program or who have considered pursuing either an associate or bachelor’s degree within the past two years. Of these respondents, 2,532 are enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program, 1,636 are enrolled in an associate degree program, 1,456 have considered a bachelor’s degree program, and 1,968 have considered an associate degree program; respondents may be included in multiple categories.
Respondents were interviewed via Dynata’s non-probability web-based panel.
