<p>@ccco2018 While I understand where you are coming from, but I think politics is a relevant factor in college life. Yes, we should stay away from full blown exclusively political debate. No, we should not ignore it. I think this thread and its replies have been very productive even though I am very liberal in most ways. This isn’t a political debate at all, this is attempting to help students of a certain type find a certain type of school, and that goal is being addressed very well.</p>
<p>Non-religious social conservatism does not seem to be as common as religious-based social conservatism, so that the more heavily religious schools may not be as good fits for such a student. Also, the more heavily religious schools may be poor fits for a student of a different religion or denomination.</p>
<p>Are you looking for colleges where your views (or something close to them) are institutionalized in courses, policy positions, or faculty contracts? If so, then focus on conservative Christian colleges that proscribe instruction and student activities contrary to institutional positions on issues such as evolution, abortion, and gay marriage. None of these colleges would be among the US News top 50 national universities or top 30 LACs. Very few would fall even in the top 100. Probably the highest-ranked school that even comes close would be Wheaton College (Illinois). You’d have many lower-ranked options.</p>
<p>Or, are you looking for secular colleges where conservative viewpoints are held by the majority of students and faculty members? Social and economic conservatives would be a significant, often vocal minority (but seldom a majority) at many US News top ~50 schools. If you only want a school where well-argued, staunchly conservative views can get a fair hearing (not be summarily dismissed or shouted down in the classroom) then focus on the ISI/CollegeGuide “green light” schools. Even at some of those (like Haverford), most students and professors would be quite liberal.</p>
<p>If your views about global warming are a matter of faith and not evidence, then do not major in a science field. </p>
<p>To answer everyone’s questions, schools for all types of Conservatives are valid, as this is not for me (I am a senior who already knows where I am going). I think that this thread should focus on schools in which the majority of students with political opinions are Conservative (I.e. not including apolitical students who vote for Obama because they think it is cool). For instance, at Vandy, while the students are fairly evenly split, the College Republicans Club is substantially larger than the College Democrats Club. </p>
<p><a href=“College Rankings :: Political Affiliation of the Students”>http://www.myplan.com/education/colleges/college_rankings_14.php</a></p>
<p>At none of the USNWR top 50 national research universities or top 30 national LACs (other than the military service academies) did fewer than 30% of surveyed students characterize the school (or themselves*) as “most liberal”. T50 universities and T30 LACs where only 30%-50% of surveyed students characterized the school (or themselves) as “most liberal” include:</p>
<p>University of Notre Dame
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
College of the Holy Cross
Lehigh
Boston College
Georgetown</p>
<p>That’s about it. Apparently, at all the other T50/T30 schools, 50% or more of students characterized themselves (or their schools) as “most liberal”. Note that 4 of the above are Roman Catholic. Of the remaining 3, only 1 is located North of the Mason-Dixon line. </p>
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<li>It’s not too clear what question was asked or exactly what the response means (whether each response is characterizing the participant’s personal views, or trying to characterize the views of most students). Apparently the percentages refer to those who characterized themselves (or their schools) as “most liberal”.</li>
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<p>Apathy for politics =/ to not being involved in the college Democrats or Republicans </p>
<p>Do all kids with strongly held political views join College Republicans/Democrats? I know I didn’t. </p>
<p>Not sure if anyone mentioned Hillsdale College but it seems like the perfect school for bright conservative/libertarian students. AND it teaches actual science.</p>
<p>I think that a fair number of students who would identify themselves as left-liberals would not join a campus Democratic organization, since they would probably consider themselves more progressive than the party’s mainstream. </p>
<p>@tk21769 </p>
<p>That poll was asking students whether they are conservative or liberal. Any score under 50 demonstrates more conservatives than liberals and vice versa. On the most conservative schools list, they have the same polling data.</p>
<p>That survey is unreliable. It is based on the votes of students who have registered with the website, not a random sample. For example, the vanderbilt score is based on the votes of just 14 students, so pretty meaningless.</p>
<p>As a Catholic, I would say the “Catholic” colleges above are decidedly NOT conservative or really Catholic in anything but name. They consistently oppose the official Church position on many doctrinal issues.</p>
<p>Franciscan of Stuebenville, OH would be a better choice for a Catholic conservative.</p>
<p>The science thing is funny to me. Global temperatures are affected primarily by solar radiation and cyclical changes. Even ‘scientists’ use their own political views to skew the results to meet their own agenda. The biggest greenhouse gas? Water vapor. Plenty of valid reasons to reduce pollution, but the whole climate debate is more about politics than it is about science.</p>
<p>The root issue on this thread is that it is tough to define what is being sought. Very few solidly conservative schools. Probably best to go with something like TAMU.</p>
<p>Consolation, I do hope you were joking about "Are we talking about gun-toting, homeschooling, fundamentalists who believe that women should be subservient and gays are evil and sick? ". Both my children are homeschooled and don’t believe anything of the kind. You are obviously extremely uneducated. The homeschooling movement began as a “flower child” hippy movement in the 60s and although today it includes many conservative Christians, most homeschoolers – a huge percentage – homeschool because we believe in the rights of ALL people to choose for themselves, to think for themselves, and act responsibly for themselves. There are secular homeschoolers, Christian and Muslim and Jewish homeschoolers, and many who fall into several different categories. As for me and MY family, don’t you dare stick labels on us and especially don’t stick multiple labels which have nothing to do with each other on us!!! Or anyone else. You are very narrow-minded.</p>
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<p>The point was not that the Catholic colleges listed above are especially conservative on an absolute scale. The point was only that, of the USNWR top 50 national research universities or top 30 national LACs, those were among the schools where the fewest polled students characterized the college (or themselves) as “most liberal”. </p>
<p>Franciscan of Stuebenville is not a US News top 50 national university or top 30 national LAC (which is what the OP asked about).</p>
<p>@tk21769 </p>
<p>In that poll, students labeled the college or themselves conservative or liberal, not most anything. The most label comes from the site grouping the highest and lowest percentages of people answering liberal, so anything below 50% means that most said Conservative.</p>
<p>If the op is still looking, Ave Maria in Florida is Tier 2 ultra conservative Catholic School.</p>