SCHOL Co., Ltd., which operates one of the largest scholarship sites in Japan, "Gaxis," conducted a fact-finding survey on scholarships for 1,941 university students and their parents nationwide.

 According to the survey, 40.0% of all college students and their parents nationwide have received (have) received scholarships.23.4% of the respondents considered or were interested in scholarships but did not receive them, and 36.6% were not interested in or did not know about scholarships at all.

 The impressions of scholarships for those who are considering or interested but have not received the scholarship are "I am scared because I am in debt" 41.0%, "The system is complicated and difficult to understand" 33.8%, "I am happy to be able to reduce the burden on the household budget. This was followed by 21.7%.Imagine a bright future with scholarships and think positively, but also have strong negative impressions such as "debt / suspicious" and "difficult", which hinders actual use.

 The status of receiving benefits for each academic ability is 48.5% for low academic ability and 45.7% for middle school ability, which is about half.It was 31.6% in the high academic ability group.The most common scholarship recipients were those with a high school deviation of less than 40, accounting for more than half, 52.5%.

 When asked about the need for scholarships from beneficiaries, "essential" was the most common at 43.9%, followed by "preferably necessary" at 38.1%. 80.6% of the respondents who answered "essential" said that it was "essential for going on to higher education", and those who answered "preferably necessary" said that it was "not indispensable, but if there was one, the household budget would be The purpose of use is 56.6%.By academic ability, the majority of the respondents who answered "essential for going on to higher education" were 54.7% in the low academic ability group and 44.1% in the junior high school ability group. ..For high-skilled students, "necessary if possible" was the most common at 43.9%.

 On the other hand, about 14.4 in 3.4 beneficiaries are students and parents who do not need scholarships, with 5% saying that they do not need it very much and 10.9% saying that they do not need it at all. board.Recipients with low scholarship needs are used for "because they want to concentrate on club activities" 8.8%, "because they want to concentrate on research and academics" 8.8%, "because they don't have time to work part-time" 5.5%, and "go abroad". There are many students who use it for purposes other than school expenses, such as XNUMX%, and it seems that they are actively using scholarships to spend their student life meaningfully.

Reference: [Gaxy] We have released the fact-finding survey 2022 for scholarships.
The second survey of scholarships 2022 has been released.

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