The study was conducted in April and May of this year by TRU, a Chicago-based research company focused on researching the attitudes and habits of the millennial generation.
TRU surveyed 5,600 students, half of which were college-bound kids in high school, the other half were current students at 2- and 4-year institutions.
Deborah Maue, a TRU vice president, said the large sample size allowed researchers to see differences in the attitudes of racial groups.
Of the 2,800 high school students who were asked if they felt prepared for college, 36 percent of African Americans said they felt prepared, while only 30 percent of Hispanics, 28 percent of Caucasian students, and 27 percent of Asians said they felt the same.
