Inside Higher Ed posts a chart reflecting polling results concerning choice of colleges reflecting political leanings. It turns out such choice is a "thing."
A new study from the Art & Science Group, being released today, found that nearly one in four high school seniors “ruled out institutions solely due to the politics, policies, or legal situation in the state” where the college was located. Further, the study found that “this behavior was statistically true across liberals, moderates and conservatives.”
Liberals were more likely than conservatives to rule out a college because of its location, but only by a small margin (31 percent to 28 percent).
Other groups that were more likely to eliminate a college because of its location: LGBTQ students (32 percent versus 21 percent for straight students) and non-first-generation students (26 percent versus 19 percent for first-generation students).
The big sort continues, collegiate division. Caveat, "Most college students attend a college in their home state, and this has been the case for decades."
Awareness of WY is limited. If people actually knew about WY, it would be blue as well. By some measures WY is the most conservative state in the nation.
