Questions - Student Loan Repayment and College Ratings - June 22-23, 2014
50% Favor a Government College Rating System
33% Say Government Should Forgive Student Loans After A Certain Period of Time
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National Survey of
1,000 American Adults
Conducted June 23-24, 2014
By Rasmussen Reports
1*
How closely have you followed recent news reports about the government student
loan program?
2*
Do you or someone in your family have a government student loan?
3*
How likely is it that you or someone in your immediate family will apply for a
student loan in the next five years?
4*
The federal government is expanding the number of people who are eligible for a
program that caps student loan repayments at 10% of an individual’s annual
income. For those who work for the government and some non-profit
organizations, the government will forgive any student loan that remains unpaid
after 10 years. For others, remaining unpaid loans will be written off after 20
years. Is it a good idea for the government to automatically forgive these
unpaid student loans?
5*
Should the federal government forgive all student
loans?
6*
Is it too easy to get a student loan, too hard to get
a student loan, or about right?
7*
What would do more to help college students—lower
tuition costs or easier access to student loans?
8*
A proposal has been made to have the federal government rate colleges on things
such as how many of their students graduate, how much debt their students
accumulate and how much money their graduates subsequently earn. Do you favor
or oppose a government college rating system like this?
9*
Do you trust the government to fairly rate colleges in this manner?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence