Debate Topics for College Students

Are you an instructor or professor looking for debate topics for college students? Check out the list below.
- Social media sites are used for stalking instead of communicating.
- Torture is never justified, no matter the situation.
- How can peer pressure affect an innocent soul?
- Violent games should be illegal for teenagers.
- The modern college education system is not better than the traditional one.
- Beauty pageants are the way to objectify women.
- Cigarettes should be allowed in public places.
- Homework should not be banned.
- Models are creating unrealistic standards of beauty.
- Fast-food chains are the cause of the rise in the obesity rate.
- We are living in a dystopian world.
- Is the Paris Agreement pertinent today?
- How can a college degree assist you in getting an excellent job?
- Why should religion be avoided in discussions?
- Why history an essential subject area?
- Why is it essential for the learners to play sports regularly?
- Boarding school is detrimental to the mental health of the learners.
- Abortion should be available to all women.
- Barbie is not a great model for young girls.
- Burning the flag should be illegal.
- Can censorship ever be justified?
- Censorship is sometimes warranted on the internet.
- Companies should not be required to hire 50% male and 50% female employees.
- Drug addicts should be helped rather than punished.
- Drug use should not be treated as a mental health issue.
- Euthanasia should be legal.
- Feminism should focus more on men’s rights.
- Gay marriage should be legalized.
- Gay people should not be allowed to adopt children.
- Has the #MeToo movement gone too far?
- Healthcare should be universal.
- Is feminism irrelevant in the 21st century?
- Is graffiti art just as worthy of regard as classical paintings?
- Is privacy important?
- Marijuana should be legalized.
- Peer pressure is a good thing.
- Police should not be allowed to use excessive force.
- Religion does more harm than good.
- Sex work should be legal.
- Should genetic engineering be legal?
- Should human cloning be legalized?
- Should insurance cover cosmetic procedures?
- Smoking should be banned.
- Social media does more harm than good.
- The death penalty should be abolished.
- The government should provide free birth control.
- The harms of patriotism outweigh the benefits.
- The minimum wage should be lowered (or raised).
- We’re living in a dystopian society.