[Eril-l] Primary Research Group Inc. has published the Survey of American College Students, 2022: Use of 3D Printers, ISBN: 979-8-88517-015-4

[Jose Mavarez]

Primary Research Group Inc. has published the Survey of American College
Students, 2022: Use of 3D Printers, ISBN: 979-8-88517-015-4

This study looks closely at how many and which students are using 3D
printers at their colleges, or other locales, and how much they are using
them.  The report also presents their opinions on the value to them of 3D
printers and their level of awareness of their availability in their
academic libraries.  The report helps college and university officials to
estimate the current and likely future level of demand for 3D printing, and
the source of the likely demand. It is also a highly useful aid in planning
marketing or information literacy aids aimed at current or prospective
users of 3D printers in colleges or universities. Data in the repost is
based on a representative sample of 1076 college students from 4-Year
colleges in the USA.

Just a few of the report’s many findings are that:

• 46% of students majoring in engineering/mathematics/computer science had
ever used a 3D printer, the highest of any major or range of academic
fields in the sample.

• Older students aged 26 to 35 were much more likely than others to find a
3D printer valuable or very valuable.

• Students raised abroad used 3D printers three times as much as students
raised in the United States.

• More than 64% of students from the lowest income strata were unaware if
their academic libraries offered a 3D printer.

Data in the 83-page report is broken out by more than 20 personal and
institutional variables, so, for example, readers can get specific data on
3D printer use by  first year students vs. juniors or seniors, or for
students in level 1 research universities vs. doctoral institutions, or for
male vs. female or vs. transgender students, or for business/economics
majors vs fine arts majors, etc., etc.
Breakouts include age, year of school standing, major or intended major,
religion, gender, sexual orientation, income level, SAT/ACT scores, college
grades, regional origins, race/ethnicity, level of school tuition, size of
school of institution attended and many other variables. This is a critical
resource for policy makers in government and in universities and colleges
as well as a unique data source for social scientists and other studying
higher education and information technology.

For a table of contents, list of participating institutions, the
questionnaire and an excerpt – view our website at:

 https://www.primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=687
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