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BridgingtheGap:

InsightsonCostand

Value

ofaCollegeDegree

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TableofContents

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4DetailedFindings

16Implications

17Methodology

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BridgingtheGap:InsightsonCostandValueofaCollegeDegree

ExecutiveSummary

Since2020,LuminaFoundationandGalluphavepartneredtoconductthe

LuminaFoundation-GallupStateofHigherEducationstudy,aresearcheffort

designedtoquantifytheexperiencesandattitudesofU.S.adultswhodo

nothaveacollegedegree.Thefindingsshedlight