Share of college students who prefer select gun policies on campus U.S 2023, by party

According to a survey conducted in 2023, 84 percent of current and prospective college students in the United States said that they would be more likely to stay enrolled or decide to enroll at a college if the institution had tough restrictions on gun ownership that banned or made it hard for people to have guns on campus. In contrast, 16 percent indicated that they would be more likely to prefer a college that had few restrictions on gun ownership and allowed people to have guns on campus if they wanted to. The most support for less restrictive campus gun policies came from Republican students, at 29 percent. Only nine percent of Democrats and 15 percent of Independents were found to be in favor of attending a college which allows guns on campus with little restriction.