A recent survey reinforces the fact that the political climate of a state can impact whether prospective students decide to enroll at colleges there.

Federal funding and enrollment have been upended. But college leaders can take steps to ready their institutions for a changing landscape, consultants say.

Students from underprivileged backgrounds report more stress around the college search and admissions process than their higher-income peers, according to a new report from higher ed consulting firm Art & Science Group. 

These campuses are also more likely than other kinds of institutions to enroll students from lower-income families and who are the first in their families to go to college, the Baltimore-based Art & Science Group consulting firm found.

The highest percentage of soon-to-be college students are opting out of attending Texas colleges and universities due to the Lone Star state’s politics, according to a new study.

College applicants are ruling out universities based on the politics of the state they reside in, and LGBTQ+ students are being particularly vigilant. Over a quarter of applicants (28 percent) said that they "exclude schools solely based on political considerations in the state where the institution is located," according to a recent survey from the Art & Science Group.

David Strauss speaks to The Daily Texan about the recent studentPOLL study, outlining the effect state politics have on college-bound students when deciding where to attend school. 

According to a poll from the Art & Science Group, 28% of prospective students ruled out attending colleges because of politics, with 75% of liberals ruling out schools because of state policies on abortion and LGBTQ+ rights. 66% of conservatives did the same for schools in states they deemed too liberal. Texas was the most commonly excluded state.

Just more than a quarter — 28 percent — of students ruled out a school because of the politics, policies or legal situation in the college or university’s state, according to a new poll from the Art & Science Group.