Christian College Stats

College Search & Selection
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<p>On another thread, Creekland did some excellent research and compiled the following list. I thought it would be helpful to post it here so others can add to the list as need be. I have taken the liberty of editing Creekland's post slightly to eliminate the information pertaining to the other thread.</p>

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<p>From Creekland:</p>

<p>Based on academic challenge (as per SAT/ACT stats of students) in order from most challenging to least (some of them can swap a place or two pending which stats appeal to a student more):</p>

<p>Wheaton (CR 600/710, M 600/700, WR 590/700, ACT 27-31)
Grove City (CR 560/690, M 570/680, NA, ACT 25-30)
Calvin (CR 530/660, M 550/670, NA, ACT 23-28)
Hope (CR 530/650, M 530/650, NA, ACT 23-29)
Union U (CR 510/650, M 510/640, NA, ACT 21-29)
Cedarville (CR 540/650, M 530/640, WR 520/630, ACT 22-27)
Covenant (CR 520/650, M 510/620, WR 510/640, ACT 22-28)
Messiah (CR 510/620, M 510/640, WR 510/620, ACT 23-28)
Malone (CR 470/590, M 470/590, WR 460/580, ACT 20-25)
Liberty (CR 430/540, M 420/530, NA, ACT 18-23)</p>

<p>Granted theses scores are the mid 50% (25% higher than the high and 25% lower than the low), but, students that are at Liberty or Malone are unlikely to get in to Wheaton, so there is a wide variety between the top and low - and the 'challenge' of the courses is likely to vary accordingly..</p>

<p>From what I've seen/heard from alumni, students, and school publications or otherwise figured out from my research here's a list from most conservative (Christian beliefs) to least - NOT including Malone as I'd never heard of them before. Other opinions could shift these a little, but I've heard enough that I suspect the list is fair.</p>

<p>Most conservative (of this list only)</p>

<ul>
<li>Liberty, Cedarville, </li>
</ul>

<p>Politically conservative, slightly less so than above Christianity-wise</p>

<ul>
<li>Grove City, Union U</li>
</ul>

<p>Leaning conservative, but staff can vary</p>

<ul>
<li>Covenant</li>
</ul>

<p>Trending liberal from conservative roots</p>

<ul>
<li>Calvin, Wheaton</li>
</ul>

<p>More liberal</p>

<ul>
<li>Messiah</li>
</ul>

<p>Liberal</p>

<ul>
<li>Hope</li>
</ul>

<p>Perhaps someone with knowledge of Malone can stick them on the list... others might shift the list a little based on their opinions as well.</p>

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<p>I am going to add 2 to the list:</p>

<p>Wheaton (CR 600/710, M 600/700, WR 590/700, ACT 27-31)
Grove City (CR 560/690, M 570/680, NA, ACT 25-30)
Pepperdine (CR 550/670, M 560/680, WR 550/660, ACT 25-30)
Calvin (CR 530/660, M 550/670, NA, ACT 23-28)
Hope (CR 530/650, M 530/650, NA, ACT 23-29)
Union U (CR 510/650, M 510/640, NA, ACT 21-29)
Cedarville (CR 540/650, M 530/640, WR 520/630, ACT 22-27)
Taylor (CR 500/650, M 510/640, WR 490/620, ACT 24-31)
Covenant (CR 520/650, M 510/620, WR 510/640, ACT 22-28)
Messiah (CR 510/620, M 510/640, WR 510/620, ACT 23-28)
Malone (CR 470/590, M 470/590, WR 460/580, ACT 20-25)
Liberty (CR 430/540, M 420/530, NA, ACT 18-23)</p>

<p>Most conservative (of this list only)</p>

<ul>
<li>Liberty, Cedarville, </li>
</ul>

<p>Politically conservative, slightly less so than above Christianity-wise</p>

<ul>
<li>Grove City, Union U</li>
</ul>

<p>Leaning conservative, but staff can vary</p>

<ul>
<li>Covenant</li>
</ul>

<p>Trending liberal from conservative roots</p>

<ul>
<li>Calvin, Wheaton</li>
</ul>

<p>More liberal</p>

<ul>
<li>Messiah, Pepperdine</li>
</ul>

<p>Liberal</p>

<ul>
<li>Hope</li>
</ul>

<p>Unknown</p>

<ul>
<li>Malone</li>
<li>Taylor</li>
</ul>

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<p>adding to the list:</p>

<p>Wheaton (CR 600/710, M 600/700, WR 590/700, ACT 27-31)
Grove City (CR 560/690, M 570/680, NA, ACT 25-30)
Calvin (CR 530/660, M 550/670, NA, ACT 23-28)
Hope (CR 530/650, M 530/650, NA, ACT 23-29)
Union U (CR 510/650, M 510/640, NA, ACT 21-29)
Cedarville (CR 540/650, M 530/640, WR 520/630, ACT 22-27)
Covenant (CR 520/650, M 510/620, WR 510/640, ACT 22-28)
Messiah (CR 510/620, M 510/640, WR 510/620, ACT 23-28)
Malone (CR 470/590, M 470/590, WR 460/580, ACT 20-25)
Anderson (CR 410/560, M 460/560, WR 450/570, ACT 18-24)
Liberty (CR 430/540, M 420/530, NA, ACT 18-23)</p>

<p>Most conservative (of this list only)</p>

<ul>
<li>Liberty, Cedarville, </li>
</ul>

<p>Politically conservative, slightly less so than above Christianity-wise</p>

<ul>
<li>Grove City, Union U</li>
</ul>

<p>Leaning conservative, but staff can vary</p>

<ul>
<li>Covenant</li>
</ul>

<p>Trending liberal from conservative roots</p>

<ul>
<li>Calvin, Wheaton</li>
</ul>

<p>More liberal</p>

<ul>
<li>Messiah, Pepperdine</li>
</ul>

<p>Liberal</p>

<ul>
<li>Hope</li>
</ul>

<p>Unknown</p>

<ul>
<li>Malone</li>
<li>Taylor</li>
<li>Anderson</li>
</ul>

<p>Also, correct me if I am wrong, but I think Taylor would either be Most Conservative or Politically Conservative?</p>

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<p>I don’t know, but I would doubt it as I know a parent who’s daughter goes there. The family is neither very conservative politically nor Christian-wise as best I can tell through conversations. They feel Taylor is a great fit and absolutely love the school, so my guess is it’s in the moderate range.</p>

<p>This is written without actually talking to the daughter about what is taught, so who knows? It’s just a guess. Taylor is not a college I’ve researched personally. I’d probably recommend it based on their love for the school.</p>

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<p>I’d place Taylor as similar to Wheaton, Calvin. Very mission minded. The pres there for years was also the head honcho at YWAM …they had a sort of COO type arrangement where the next-in-charge was most often the man-in-charge for campus matters.</p>

<p>It is a neat, attractive campus. Upland is literally in the middle of cornfields w/ a miniscule little town. Think “upland bird hunting” and you’ll envision this place, and not too far from Anderson. Unless one goes to their Ft. Wayne campus, which is a former Bible college that TU purchased back in the mid-90’s. Urban missions, nursing, etc. are located there.</p>

<p>What about …
Biola
Azuza Pacific
Westmont</p>

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<p>Biola is rather conservative.</p>

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<p>I think if folks are going to bring a comprehensive list back to life, this might be the better one to do it on. I also updated the official test stats since many of those had changed slightly. I’ll add those from that final list to these - though can’t always put them on the Christian liberal/moderate/conservative aspect of it.</p>

<p>Based on academic challenge (as per SAT/ACT stats of students) in order from most challenging to least (some of them can swap a place or two pending which stats appeal to a student more):</p>

<p>Wheaton (CR 600/710, M 600/700, WR 590/700, ACT 27-31)
Grove City (CR 560/690, M 570/680, NA, ACT 25-30)
Calvin (CR 520/670, M 550/660, NA, ACT 23-29)
Hope (CR 520/660, M 540/670, NA, ACT 23-29)
Covenant (CR 540/660, M 510/620, WR 520/660, ACT 22-28)
Cedarville (CR 530/650, M 530/640, WR 520/630, ACT 23-29)
Gordon College (CR 520/650, M 500/640, WR 560/640, ACT 24-28)
Baylor University (CR 530/640, M 550/650, WR 510/620, ACT 23-29)
Houghton College (CR 520/650, M 510/620, WR 500/640, ACT 23-29)
Le Tourneau University (CR 520/650, M 540/650, WR 490/620, ACT 22-29)
Union U (CR 510/650, M 510/640, NA, ACT 21-29)
Taylor University (CR 500/650, M 510/640, WR 490/620, ACT 24-31)
Messiah (CR 510/620, M 510/640, WR 510/620, ACT 23-28)
Biola University (CR 500/620, M 490/620, WR 500/610, ACT 21 - 26)
Indiana Wesleyan University (CR 480/600, M 480/600, WR N/A, ACT 21-27)
Azusa Pacific University (CR 490/590, M 480/600, WR N/A, ACT 21-27)
Lee University (CR 480/610, M 460/600, WR N/A, ACT 20-27)
Belhaven University (CR 490/610, M 460/570, WR N/A, ACT 19 - 24)
Trinity International University (CR 450/610, M 440/600, WR N/A, ACT 19-26)
Eastern University (CR 480/600, M 480/590, WR 480/590, ACT 19-23)
Malone (CR 470/590, M 460/590, WR N/A, ACT 19-26)
Anderson University (CR 460/570, M 460/580, WR N/A, ACT 20-25)
Georgetown College (CR 430/570, M 480/560, WR N/A, ACT 21-26)
Liberty (CR 430/570, M 430/550, WR NA, ACT 18-24)</p>

<p>I’m sure I’ve missed some - feel free to add here. Actually, I might even cut and paste this into a new, updated thread.</p>