Abortion and Gun Laws Matter in College Choice, a New Study Finds

State laws on abortion and guns may affect students’ choice of where to go to college, a new poll suggests.
Eighty-one percent of current and prospective students said campus gun policies could influence their college decisions, according to the Lumina Foundation-Gallup 2023 State of Higher Education survey. Seven in 10 students said state laws on reproductive health could be a factor in their enrollment decisions, with 38 percent calling access to such care highly important — an increase from the previous year.