Student Financial Wellness Survey 2024
Overview
The Trellis Strategies Student Financial Wellness Survey (SFWS) provides an overview of student wellbeing based on questions addressing student financial security, perceptions of college support and educational value, basic needs insecurity and mental health.
In fall 2024, invitations to complete the online survey were sent to 18,270 PCC students, with 1,121 students (6.1%) responding to some or all of the survey questions.
Respondents differed significantly from the surveyed population in race/ethnicity, gender (more female), enrollment (more full-time), and age (more 25+).
The Trellis Strategies summary infographic highlighted challenges reported by respondents including:
- 63% worried about having enough money to pay for school
- 37% had challenges with the new 2024-25 FASFA
- 49% experienced generalized anxiety disorder
- 58% reported being housing insecure and
- 51% were food insecure.
PCC faculty and staff can access the comprehensive report and infographic on the Institutional Effectiveness Spaces page (Surveys section).