Report · Money and Finance

Many Americans know someone who applied for student loan cancellation, or suspect they do

Reading

A slim majority of Americans (54%) know or suspect that someone in their life applied to have student debt cancelled, including 19% who say they know for sure, according to a Verasight survey conducted Jan. 18-24, 2024.

The rest of that group put it at somewhat likely (20%) or very likely (15%). On the other side, 19% are sure no one they know applied, and another 27% see it as unlikely.

Topline

response scale

Topline scale

Many Americans know someone who applied for student loan cancellation, or suspect they do.

Regardless of whether or not you applied to have your own student loan debt cancelled, how likely do you think it is that someone you know personally, such as a friend or family member, applied to have their debt cancelled?

  • It’s somewhat likely someone I know applied 19.6%
  • I know for sure no one I know applied 19.0%
  • I know for sure someone I know applied 18.7%
  • It’s very unlikely anyone I know applied 16.0%
  • It’s very likely someone I know applied 15.4%
  • It’s somewhat unlikely someone I know applied 11.4%

2024 · base n 1,000 · +/- 3.5%

Verasight Interdisciplinary Omnibus Survey #2024-006

Source report pending

Methodology

Source report pending
Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2024-01-18 → 2024-01-24
Base (unweighted)
1,000
Margin of error
+/- 3.5%
Module
Verasight Interdisciplinary Omnibus Survey #2024-006

Source

  • 01
    Source report pending

Citation

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

Source report pending

Verasight survey methodology

How Verasight conducts surveys.

This page describes the Verasight general survey contract, separate from how the Data Library packages it. When a wave report is published, its field dates, sample sizes, and module breakdown are listed in that report.

Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
Population
US adults age 18+.
Sample design
Surveys are run as omnibus or single-topic waves. Omnibus waves are split into modules with their own respondent set, typically around one thousand respondents per module.
Field window
Each wave specifies its own field dates. Most omnibus waves field across roughly two weeks.
Weighting
Per-module weighting to CPS targets including age, race and ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, and metropolitan status.
Partisanship benchmark
Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
Vote benchmark
2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
Margin of error
Typically about plus or minus 3.4 to 3.6 percent per module at standard module sizes. Question-level MoE is recomputed when a base shrinks materially below the module baseline.
Reporting
The canonical report hub is reports.verasight.io. Verified legacy reports remain on their original hosts, and unpublished reports are marked pending.
Transparency
Verasight is a member of the American Association for Public Opinion Research Transparency Initiative.

The canonical report hub is reports.verasight.io; older reports may remain on verified legacy hosts.