Janet W. Lee

The majority of Americans without degrees still believe in the value of higher education, according to the poll. But not all college degrees are created equal.

Our 10 finalists for the best college podcasts in the country include students from some familiar schools, and a few surprises.

For NPR's Student Podcast Challenge, Ameya Desai interviewed her grandfather, who was forced out of Uganda before moving to the U.S. The California fourth grader is one of our 2024 contest winners.

Students in an elementary school broadcasting club in California are among the youngest winners of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge.

Cian Lawlor's father was dispatched to the Palisades Fire just over a week ago and he's been working it ever since. The 11-year-old had some questions for his dad.

"It's wild. There's people out here that have just created a chain," said one woman who showed up to volunteer at a YMCA in Los Angeles' Koreatown neighborhood.

For its seventh year, our national podcasting competition will invite students from all around the country, in grades four through 12, to bring us their best audio stories.

Eden Alonso-Rivera of Grandville, Mich. is the high school winner of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. Her winning entry, "A Relationship Behind Bars," is about her father's incarceration.

The middle school winner of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge tells how her golden retriever, Lopez, changed her life.

In its sixth year, our contest handed over the mic to fourth graders for the very first time. We received nearly 2,000 entries from all around the country — and we've narrowed it down to 10 middle school and 10 high school finalists.