Our national study looks at how families pay for higher education, how much they spent, and how they make their funding decisions.
Our primary research reveals how people make education happen
We create highly anticipated research reports which have been featured in a number of publications including CNNMoney, Forbes, U.S. News and World Report, and USA Today.
How America Pays for College 2021

Our research examines what college-bound students and parents know about financial aid, the FAFSA®, scholarships and student loans.
Explore high school families’ understanding of college financing

This research report expands our understanding of how high school students and their parents save and plan to pay for higher education.

This report explores how college students, college graduates, and young adults who left college without completing their program approach their personal finances.

Our report explores how parents with children younger than 18 are preparing financially for their child's education.

Our report looks at grad students’ actions and attitudes toward graduate school.