<p>In the "All-In-One College Guide", Marty Nemko defines liberal and conservative colleges. He then recommends that moderate schools may be best for students who don't lean toward either extreme, from a values standpoint. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, "moderate" is not a search field on any engine, so can anyone recommend some "moderate" colleges that come to mind and explain why?</p>
<p>In what range (i.e. Ivies or all the top 100?)</p>
<p>This is academia, most institutions are liberal or moderate tilting to the left. I would say Dartmouth, Davidson, Northwestern, Notre Dame are some of the moderate schools.</p>
<p>Duke, Dartmouth, Princeton, ND, USC, Rice, Vandy. LAC'S-Davidson, Holy Cross, Colgate, Bowdoin.</p>
<p>I don't think it's so prevalent at bigger schools that it would really matter if a school is slightly liberal or slightly conservative, but that it would matter more for small schools or those that lean really far in one direction.</p>
<p>I'm mostly interested in national universities and colleges, not necessarily "the top". I suppose that being "national," in and of itself, implies "moderate". Likewise, the "public" classification.</p>