Free

College Tuition
Pulse Poll
August 2016
W I N N I N G K N OW L E D G E

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Close to two-thirds of all respondents support providing free

college tuition
undermine the value
of and commitment to higher education

Providing cost-free college will

among our young people

Free college tuition means many more

young people could get the education and skills

they need to compete for the high-tech jobs of the future

37

63

Party Divide

55

QTuition1. Which of the following is closer to your view about providing free public college tuition?

26

74

27

73

45

African-American respondents overwhelming support free

college tuition
Support for free college tuition decreases slightly among higher income respondents
undermine the value
of and commitment to higher education

Free college tuition means many more

Providing cost-free college will

young people could get the

education and skills they need to

among our young people

compete for the high-tech jobs of the future

63

67

58

56
73

85

37

33

42

44
27

15
All

Black

QTuition1. Which of the following is closer to your view about providing free public college tuition?

Hispanic

White

Asian

Under 25k

64

59

56

36

41

44

50-99,999

100k+

25-49,999

Almost three-fourths of respondents agree that community

college should be free, similar to K-12 education
We should make our community colleges tuition free, just like our K-12 education system,
since two years of college is the minimum people now need to be successful in todays
economy.

Disagree Agree

ALL

29

72

3 11
10

I D

Democrats are most likely to favor government funding of college tuition

Strongly
disagree

41

45

39

28

23
Somewhat disagree

42
28
Somewhat agree

21
Strongly agree

QTuition4. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: We should make our community colleges tuition free, just like our K-12 education system, since two years of college is the minimum people now need to be successful in
todays economy.