"How America Pays for College", introduced in 2008, is a Sallie Mae national study conducted by Ipsos that annually surveys undergraduate students and parents of undergraduates about how much they pay for college and the resources they use to fund the expense. Now in its tenth year, this study also asks families about their attitudes toward the value of a college education, what they are doing to make college more affordable, and the relationship between education-related choices and cost considerations. To evaluate trends in paying-for-college behaviors over time, this study examines all resources families use to pay for college. This includes conventional resources, such as savings, scholarships, grants, and student loans, as well as less frequently used resources, such as contributions from relatives and friends, credit cards, other sources of credit, and retirement funds. "How America Pays for College 2017" reflects the results of telephone interviews Ipsos conducted with: 800 parents of children ages 18-24 enrolled as undergraduate students, and 800 undergraduate students ages 18-24. The 2017 "How America Pays for College" report finds both stability and change, with family commitment to college as strong as ever, but some fluctuation in how they are paying.