Gen Z teens on whether college is a smart investment U.S. 2023, by demographic
According to a survey conducted in 2023, 56 percent of Gen Z teenagers in the United States agreed that college was a smart investment in the future while 43 percent believed that college was more of a gamble that may not pay off in the end. Gen Z teens who identified as Democrats were the most likely demographic group to agree that college was a smart investment and Gen Z teens who were White were the most likely to think that college was more of a gamble.