Negative societal attitudes toward ex-offenders serve as barriers to jobs and opportunities. Released offenders with limited opportunities revert to what they know best and end up re-incarcerated with failed reentry. The purpose of this study was to analyze attitudes of college students toward ex-offenders. A correlation quantitative research design was chosen and a convenience sampling was employed. Participants were current students, majoring in criminal justice or business with an academic rank of at least junior and were recruited via their university's email system. The Attitudes Toward Prisoner questionnaire was used along with eight variables. A simple linear and multiple regression analyses were performed. Both the simple linear and multiple regression analysis failed to show significance. The R[superscript 2] value was 7.5% which is significantly lower than the accepted range of 25% or higher. The R[superscript 2] value tells us that all the independent variable can only explain 7.5% of the variation in attitude scores. The "p-value" for the multiple regression was 0.822 thus the ANOVA analysis fails to reject the null hypothesis indicating that the variation in attitudes is random and not the result of the selected independent variables. The last statistical analysis was the hierarchical regression. While still not making the model significant, the change in both R[superscript 2] and the "p-value" indicates that, the variables "geographical classification location" and "college major" had an improving effect on the model's health. However, the independent variable "education level" had a negative effect on the health of the model. The findings in this study suggest that social influences, cultural norms, and personality characteristics may have influence participants' attitudes toward ex-offenders. Prior research studies have shown that most participants have negative attitudes toward ex-offenders while my study showed that there was a move toward more positive attitudes. One critical limitation in my study was low response rate, which, may have been a factor. Thus, similar studies need to be conducted on a larger scale. It is not known whether the attitudes from this sample reflect the cross section of college students. Examination of attitude development and acceptance would be beneficial to future research. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]