# Just over half support canceling some student debt

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> Indexed question in Money & Finance.

## Reading

Just over half of Americans (51%) support canceling some or all federal student loan debt, including 22% who strongly agree, according to a Verasight survey conducted Jan. 18 to 24, 2024.

About three-in-ten (31%) disagree, including 18% who strongly disagree, and 18% neither agree nor disagree.

## Topline

The federal government should cancel some or all federal student loan debt.

Just over half support canceling some student debt.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Strongly agree: 21.9%
- Strongly disagree: 18.3%
- Neither agree nor disagree: 17.9%
- Somewhat agree: 14.7%
- Agree: 14.7%
- Somewhat disagree: 6.6%
- Disagree: 5.9%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2024-01-18 → 2024-01-24
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.5%
- Module: Verasight Interdisciplinary Omnibus Survey #2024-006
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://www.verasight.io/post/verasights-supports-academic-and-nonprofit-researchers](https://www.verasight.io/post/verasights-supports-academic-and-nonprofit-researchers)

## Citation

Verasight Interdisciplinary Omnibus Survey #2024-006, fielded January 18-24, 2024, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.5%.

Canonical question URL: [https://www.verasight.io/post/verasights-supports-academic-and-nonprofit-researchers](https://www.verasight.io/post/verasights-supports-academic-and-nonprofit-researchers)