Sallie Mae and Gallup released a new annual survey on how families in the US pay for college. It yields a great deal of information.  One of the problems in analyzing this data, however, is the huge variety of colleges student attend, the financial circumstances of those families, and the enormous varance in the price of tuition at colleges.
Inside Higher Ed has a very concise summary of the report in its article today. You can read the entire report here.