2026
March 26th
Young men doubt the worth of attending college
Young women now outpace young men in educational attainment. As of 2023, 45% of women ages 25 to 29 had a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to only 35% of men the same age. In our America's Demoralized Men report, we found that young men largely do not see the point of going to college. Approximately 77% of non-college educated men ages 18 to 29 say that that they can find interesting work without a degree and another 56% agree that colleges have become too woke or progressive, views even college-educated men largely share. These findings may explain why two thirds of young, non-college-educated men assert that college is “not worth the cost of money and time these days.”
