The Continued Impact of COVID-19 on Community College Students
Survey
Oct. 2021
Sample Size:
120,833
Demographics:
undergraduate students
Topics:
Covid-19
Learning
Student Support
Top Findings:
- Over one-third (34%) of spring 2021 respondents described their personal financial situation as worse than it was before the pandemic. Similarly, 30% (n=1,433) of fall 2020 respondents said this. Full-time students were more likely than part-time students to describe their financial situation as worse than before the pandemic (37% [n= 24,538] vs. 32% [n=12,779]), and nontraditional-age students (25+) were more likely than traditional-age students to report their situation as worse (36% [n=18,942] vs. 31% [n=16,803]).
- As with students who were surveyed in fall 2020, spring 2021 survey respondents who attended classes in person (N=6,722 from 20 colleges) reported varying levels of comfort with being on campus. Overall, 59% of these respondents agreed that they tried to avoid situations on campus in which they were unable to stay six feet away from others.
- When fall 2020 respondents were asked if their college had support services to help them cope with stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic, 57% said that they didn’t know. Forty-nine percent of spring 2021 respondents said I do not know, suggesting that more students have become aware of services their colleges are offering in this area.