[glesica]

Meh, maybe the people whose first-ever programming experience was CS 101 prefer OOP, at least at first, because it is all they may have ever seen [1]. But Haskell and Lisps, among others, are widely admired and used in academia. Even if it isn't taught directly, most reasonably engaged CS students come away with an appreciation for FP and its core concepts.

I think this preference has more to do with the individual's past experiences and future goals than it does with his/her level of formal CS education.

[1] Although even this varies greatly from school to school, the school where I got my MS used OCaml in the undergrad algorithms course for awhile. My undergrad algorithms course used C, so again no OOP.