Americans are increasingly placing less importance on college, with the number viewing it as "very important" dropping to a new low, according to a new poll.

Only 35 percent rate a college education as "very important," according to the results of a survey from Gallup released earlier in September. Forty percent said they think college is "fairly important" while 24 percent said it is "not too important."

That number of Americans who view college as "very important" has dropped dramatically since 2010, when 75 percent said they thought it was. When Gallup last asked Americans to rate the importance of college in 2019, about half (53 percent) said it was very important.

The declining perception of the importance of college has been reflected in enrollment figures, with many choosing to

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