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Friday, April 20, 2012

Survey: Millennials' Religious Unaffiliation Similar at Faith-Based and Public Colleges


Millennials enrolled in religious colleges are just as likely to leave the religious affiliation of their childhood as students enrolled at public universities, a new survey found.

"Among Millennials who have attended or are attending a religiously-affiliated college or university, only 5 percent were raised unaffiliated and 16 percent currently describe themselves as unaffiliated," said Dr. Robert P. Jones, CEO of Public Religion Research Institute, to The Christian Post about his survey, which was presented at Georgetown University on Thursday.

"This suggests that they are about as likely to switch to become unaffiliated as Millennials overall." Read more

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