Welcome to the Open Textbook Project
The Open Textbook Project is a growing repository of surveys, studies, and data on course material affordability, and its impact on student success in U.S. higher education.Our goal is to provide the most up-to-date, comprehensive source of information on the subject, as well as providing support and tools for states and organization that want to design their own research studies.
Majority of U.S. college students are worried about meeting their course material costs
Download report (PDF): https://www.bayviewanalytics.com/reports/2023_student_course_material_affordability.pdf.Report as a webpage: https://www.bayviewanalytics.com/reports/2023_student_course_material_affordability.html.
Press release: Majority of U.S. college students are worried about meeting their course material costs
In a recent national survey, 71% of undergraduate students in the U.S. reported being worried about meeting their course material costs for the current academic term; 30% said they were “moderately” or “extremely” worried about meeting these costs. Over half of the students who participated in the survey say that their course material costs per term are over $200.
National and Regional
- Bay View Analytics
- Cengage
- Library Journal
- Midwestern Higher Education Compact
- Open Textbook Alliance
- PIRG
State Level
Institutions
- Bentley University
- Gettysburg College
- Old Dominion University
- Randolph College
- SUNY Oneonta
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- William & Mary