College Students Today Are Less Religious Than Ever Before

This graph will put a smile on your face.

The numbers, from a study called “The American Freshman,” show that college freshmen are abandoning their faith labels in record number, with self-professed “Nones” comprising more than 27% of students, the highest percentage in 40 years.

In 1971, 17.3% of men and 13.5% of women did not affiliate with any religion. By 2014, those figures had moved to 30% of men and 25.4% of women selecting “none” as their religious preference. These gender differences a...