Admissions expert says Roe v. Wade impacts college choice
Leelila Strogov, CEO of AtomicMind, was surprised when that list of dream schools got shorter after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, making abortions unconstitutional in some states.
Some students and parents are now crossing colleges in conservative states off their list.
“I was curious to see, is this just our student pool, or is this a bigger phenomenon?” Strogov wondered.
AtomicMind used a third-party survey to ask over 250 students between the ages of 17 and 29.
The survey found that overall, nearly half the respondents (45.8%) said the Roe v. Wade overturn will impact their decision on where to attend college. Even more surprising, men were about 7% more likely to consider the ruling in their decision-making than women did — 47.3% to 40.8%.
“I think it is because they may feel a little bit more out of control if something were to happen,” Strogov said.