College students demand cryptocurrency courses while relying on social platforms for education: OKX study
According to an OKX study, 90% of American university students desire formal cryptocurrency education in their institutions, yet social platforms continue to serve as their primary learning resource.
Despite the overwhelming desire among American university students for academic institutions to incorporate cryptocurrency and blockchain technology into their curricula, social media platforms continue to serve as the predominant educational resource due to limited course availability, according to research commissioned by cryptocurrency exchange OKX.
Research conducted this month revealed that 90% of college students and 87% of parents expressed support for incorporating these subjects into higher education programs. Approximately 27% of students and 32% of parents indicated that such instruction should be required coursework.
The demand clearly exceeds the availability of formal academic offerings. A distinct 2025 analysis examining 533 American universities with accredited business programs discovered that roughly 28% provided blockchain-related courses.
Within the student population surveyed by OKX, 33% designated social media platforms or influencers as their primary source for cryptocurrency-related information, representing nearly five times the proportion who referenced schools, teachers or professors. Among parents surveyed, crypto platforms and apps emerged as the predominant information source, cited by 21%.
OKX conducted the survey with 500 students and 500 parents via Pollfish, a digital platform that delivers surveys to users of third-party mobile applications. Survey participants were not selected from OKX's existing customer base. OKX did not publicly disclose the survey's weighting methodology, margin of error or the cryptocurrency ownership rates among respondents.