Views on college affordability and later college enrollment and employment

Students who thought that their family could afford to send them to college were more likely to be enrolled in college by 3 years after high school. This Data Point uses data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), a national study of more than 23,000 ninth-graders in 2009. Students answered surveys between 2009 and 2016. This Data Point looks at the connection between views of college affordability in high school and college enrollment and employment 3 years after high school. Three years after high school, students who thought that their families could afford to send them to college... Were enrolled in college at a higher rate. Were employed only and not enrolled in college at a lower rate. Were less often neither employed nor enrolled in college.