Transgender Polling Archive
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College Pulse

2025 College Free Speech Rankings · Jan 25, 2024 – Jun 17, 2024 · US national (257 colleges and universities)

Methodology

Pollster
College Pulse commercial
Sponsor
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)
Commissioned by
FIRE
Fielded
Jan 25, 2024 – Jun 17, 2024
Population
undergraduates enrolled in four-year degree programs
Sample size
58,807
Sample frame
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Panel
College Pulse American College Student Panel
Mode
online via the College Pulse mobile app and web portal
Margin of error
not disclosed
Geography
US national (257 colleges and universities)
Base notes
students at 257 colleges and universities

Sources

Verification note. Percentage and methodology read from FIRE's 2025 rankings report page. NOTE: that page describes the trend as 41% in this wave, down from 44% and 42% in the two prior waves, which does not exactly match the 42% printed on the 2024 rankings page - FIRE labels waves by rankings year rather than field year, so the trend labels should be reconciled against FIRE's own appendix before use.

Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.

Questions asked (1)

Political saliencemultiple responsein a trend series
transgender rights named as a topic that is difficult to discuss openly on campus

Some students say it can be difficult to have conversations about certain issues on campus. Which of the following issues, if any, would you say are difficult to have an open and honest conversation about on your campus? (select all that apply)

Transgender rights is difficult to discuss openly on my campus
41%

neutral — checklist item; takes no position on trans rights

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