What didn’t you like about Michigan State? This might help narrow down schools that could be a good fit for you.
Most colleges will be very interested in this. They do have to balance their budgets somehow.
Make sure that a school maintains an active religious affiliation rather than just a passive one. For instance I’m an atheist Jew and I attended Emory University which is technically Methodist. However, outside of a few scholarships for children of Methodist pastors and its name, Emory was not a Christian university. The same is true for a number of schools which at one point were religious but have since drifted away from that. To find out how religious a school actually is, look at the mission statements of the universities in question. Brigham Young University - Idaho, an LDS institution, states that
By contrast, Emory states that its goal is to “create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity.”
There is no mention of religion in there, nor is there any reference to spirituality. The mission statement, while seemingly insignificant, can say quite a bit about how central religion is to the university’s goals.
Here are some suggestions:
-University of Arizona
-Colorado State University
-Seattle University (Jesuit school, welcoming to non Catholics)
-Trinity University (TX)
-Case Western Reserve University
-Bryn Mawr College
-University of Rochester
-University of Miami
-Iowa State University
-Santa Clara University (Jesuit school located in Silicon Valley)
-University of Southern California (occasionally give out strong merit scholarships)