Bay View Analytics National Course Material Affordability Research
Majority of U.S. college students are worried about meeting their course material costs
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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
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Institutions
- Bentley University
- Gettysburg College
- Old Dominion University
- Randolph College
- SUNY Oneonta
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- William & Mary