It is well established science that differences between the generations are largely overstated.
This is hand waving. It’s useless for countering science to the contrary which pinpoints a specific difference. Science does not work like you think it does. Abstract social science does not defeat actual survey results.
What differences remain tend to be driven by environmental factors
Yes, and? This is just assigning blame. It’s fair enough to blame the adults for cultivating the money-centrism in the young. It’s interesting, yet still irrelevant to the thesis.
You, on the other hand, seem to be lumping whole generations together and ascribing the differences to some kind of moral decay. Which, oh my god, is the most “get off my lawn” take ever. Seriously, you are acting the cliche.
The science speaks for itself. This emotional plea against survey results is just a show of desperation. It’s not compelling.
tf are you talking about? Yes, students in university are more concerned about their economic future these days…? This seems like a straightforward fact.
You’ve lost track of your own claim, which was to say that the cost of university is /why/ the survey results are what they are. Now you are talking about economic future, which is more what the survey was getting at -- the prioritisation of money post-grad and thereafter.