Study on Collegiate Financial Wellness

The Study on Collegiate Financial Wellness (SCFW), previously titled the National Student Financial Wellness Study, is a multi-institutional survey of college students that examines the financial attitudes, practices and knowledge of students from all types of institutions of higher education across the United States via an online survey. Topics covered by the survey include: financial education, financial management behaviors, financial self-efficacy, financial stress and optimism, sources to pay for college, student loans and consumer debt. Three multi-institutional administrations were conducted in 2014, 2017 and 2020 with over 75,000 total participants.

2020 Research Reports and Briefs

• 2020 Key Findings
• 2020 Descriptive Data Report

2017 Research Reports and Briefs

• 2017 Key Findings
• 2017 Descriptive Data Report
• Financial Wellness of Students of Color
• Financial Wellness of Students With Children
• Financial Wellness of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Students
• Third-Year Students' Financial Habits
• Financial Experiences of First-Generation Students

2014 Research Reports and Briefs

• 2014 Key Findings
• 2014 Descriptive Data
• Factor Analysis of Key Scales
• Student Loans
• Entrance Counseling 
• Financial Knowledge
• Community College Student Borrowing Decisions
• Student Loan Borrowing Decisions at Four-Year Institutions
• The Use of Incentives
• Survey Response Rates