2025 Survey of College and University Presidents
Learn about presidents’ takes on topics such as financial confidence, the 2024 election’s impact on higher ed & more.

Inside Higher Ed’s 2025 Survey of College and University Presidents was conducted by Hanover Research. The survey asked presidents from 298 public and private, largely nonprofit two- and four-year institutions timely questions on the following issues:

  • General financial and economic confidence, plus mergers and acquisitions
  • Politics, policy and the 2024 election’s impact on higher education
  • Public perceptions of higher ed and the value of a degree
  • Campus speech
  • Race on campus
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Environmental sustainability goals
  • Campus health and wellness, including student mental health
  • Management, governance and the hardest part about being a president