Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Americans see a college education as less important now than they once did, according to a new poll from Gallup released Thursday.
The decline has happened over the past 15 years, with about a third, 35%, see it as "very important"; 40% see it as "fairly important"; with 24% saying it's "not too important."
In 2019, just over half of U.S. adults, 53%, said it was very important, but that was already lower than the 70% found in 2013 and 75% in 2010. The number of those viewing college as not too important has more than doubled since 2019 and compares with just 4% in 2010.
All major subgroups of Americans expressed less support for higher education today than they did 12 years ago.
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