Muslim students have the most diverse set of friends in US colleges

Muslim freshmen reported to have the highest percentage of affiliation with friends of different religious and secular identities in many US colleges and universities, a new survey has found.

The survey which was conducted by the Interfaith Youth Core (IYC) and published on October 17 states that, 79% of Muslims are the most inclined to have a considerable number of religiously diverse friends as they are beginning their first term on campus.

A spokesperson from the IYC says that «students are more likely to end their first year with more friends if they have started college with a religiously diverse set of friends».

Alyssa Rockenbach, Professor of Higher Education at North Carolina State University and co-principal investigator on the survey said «gaining more friends across the world gives students more pluralistic mind-sets, making them well prepared to graduate college».

The main goal of this report was to find out what experiences are like for students and also what impact those friendships have.