By — Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/leave-college-earning-degree-newshour-wants-hear Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Did you leave college before earning your degree? The NewsHour wants to hear from you Education Jun 7, 2017 5:05 PM EDT More than 20 million students are enrolled in U.S. universities and community colleges nationwide, according to data from the National Center for Educational Statistics, but many won’t complete their degrees. Sometimes, people enrolled in college need to work, care for loved ones or yield to other obligations in life and don’t finish their coursework. The PBS NewsHour wants to better understand what compels people to set aside college and what higher education officials are doing to help. We want to hear from you. Loading… We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam is the Health Reporter and Coordinating Producer for Polling for the PBS NewsHour, where she has also worked as the Data Producer. Follow @LauraSanthanam @LauraSanthanam
More than 20 million students are enrolled in U.S. universities and community colleges nationwide, according to data from the National Center for Educational Statistics, but many won’t complete their degrees. Sometimes, people enrolled in college need to work, care for loved ones or yield to other obligations in life and don’t finish their coursework. The PBS NewsHour wants to better understand what compels people to set aside college and what higher education officials are doing to help. We want to hear from you. Loading… We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now