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Sophie Nguyen<\/b> is a Senior Policy Manager with the Higher Education program at New America. Her work focuses on college completion and public opinion in higher education.<\/p>

Nguyen leads Varying Degrees<\/i>, New America\u2019s annual survey that looks into how Americans perceive important higher education issues regarding value, funding, and accountability. Nguyen also manages the HigherEd Public Opinion Hub, an online repository of higher education surveys, and co-authors Public Insight, New America's monthly newsletter that provides analysis on survey findings. Her work on public opinion has been featured in The New York Times<\/i>, NPR<\/i>, Inside Higher Ed,<\/i> Higher Ed Dive<\/i>, and other news outlets.<\/p>

Nguyen joined the program after graduating from Mount Holyoke College, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Economics. She later earned a master's degree in Higher Education Administration from the George Washington University School of Education and Human Development.<\/p>","":null,"drop_cap":false,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_taxonomies","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_taxonomies":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_person_latest","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_person_latest":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}}]},"yoast_head":"\nSophie Nguyen - New America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/people\/sophie-nguyen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sophie Nguyen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/people\/sophie-nguyen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"New America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewAmerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-17T20:27:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net\/images\/Sophie-Nguyen.resized.original.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NewAmerica\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/people\/sophie-nguyen\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/people\/sophie-nguyen\/\",\"name\":\"Sophie Nguyen - 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