# Americans think political bias affects online and in-person college equally

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## Reading

In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted Dec. 3-8, 2025, 43% say fully online higher education is about as susceptible to political bias as traditional, in-person universities.

The balance of opinion tips toward online programs being more vulnerable: 23% think they are more susceptible to political bias, including 8% who say much more, while 18% think they are less susceptible, including 5% who say much less. An additional 16% are not sure.

## Topline

In your view, how susceptible is fully online, higher education to political bias compared to traditional, in-person universities?

Americans think political bias affects online and in-person college equally.

- About the same level of susceptibility: 43.2%
- I'm not sure: 16.4%
- Online somewhat more susceptible to political bias: 14.4%
- Online somewhat less susceptible to political bias: 12.8%
- Online much more susceptible to political bias: 8.4%
- Online much less susceptible to political bias: 4.8%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2025-12-03 → 2025-12-08
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.2%
- Module: soc_pol
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#perceptions-of-political-bias-in-online-vs.-traditional-higher-education](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#perceptions-of-political-bias-in-online-vs.-traditional-higher-education)

## Citation

Verasight Human/LLM Comparison Survey #2025-172, fielded December 3-8, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.2%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#perceptions-of-political-bias-in-online-vs.-traditional-higher-education](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#perceptions-of-political-bias-in-online-vs.-traditional-higher-education)