<p>Well said, and “Amen!,” Powercropper!</p>
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<p>If this is what you’re looking for, you’re not really looking for a higher education. A faith-based experience among people of a similar mind perhaps, but that’s not higher education nor will most of society outside the culture of your faith recognize it as such.</p>
<p>gadad,
If you are saying that no Christian/Catholic college or university that has its professors sign a statement of faith (or at Catholic schools, a mandatum or oath of fidelity) offers a “higher education,” your statement is broad and prejudiced.<br>
And you are mistaken. Let me give you just a couple examples: The University of Dallas and Thomas Aquinas College (CA)–conservative Catholic LACs both highly regarded and ranked by secular groups, sending a large percentage of their graduates on to secular (and religious) graduate and professional schools. UD was the youngest university ever to have a Phi Beta Kappa chapter.
Statements of faith often are most relevant to theology classes–that those teaching theology will not teach contrary to the faith in those classes.</p>
<p>Do you think that Christian/Catholic schools teach only religion and not other subjects?
A degree from an accredited Christian/Catholic college is recognized by employers and grad schools just as the same degree from a public university would be. </p>
<p>Would you recommend that a liberal atheist attend a Christian/Catholic school to broaden his/her horizons? Because being around only other liberal atheists is limiting and doesn’t allow one to consider other cultures or points of view? </p>
<p>This thread, in the Christian colleges forum, is for students/parents who are trying to identify the type of Christian college that best fits them. To each his own. If you don’t think faithful Christian colleges are part of higher education, I have to ask–What are you doing here?</p>
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<p>Some have an axe to grind. They are entitled to their opinions, but their opinion is generally not shared with many (esp on this segment of the forums).</p>
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<p>This is the key. When evaluating colleges (secular or Christian), look to see where recent grads have gone. </p>
<p>Just because a couple of posters on an online forum have their extreme opinions sure doesn’t mean that everyone in the working world shares them. They just wish it were so.</p>
<p>So far I have two in college, one in a small Protestant Christian LAC where profs must sign a statement of faith and one at a secular research U. The academic content at both schools has been good. While both sons are Christian (openly so), neither would have preferred their brother’s school. They each picked what they liked and are happy with their decisions. Both know students who have graduated and gotten into grad schools or had jobs (in their fields).</p>
<p>Calvin College in Grand Rapids Michigan is a Christian college that has classes with faith at it’s center. Here’s a link to the college’s vision/purpose: <a href=“https://www.calvin.edu/about/mission.html[/url]”>https://www.calvin.edu/about/mission.html</a></p>
<p>Yes while Villanova is a Catholic college, I wouldn’t say that the students have good morals. A lot of drinking and stuff goes on and it sounds like you’re not into that. A nice Christian college that I can recommend is Messiah College near Harrisburg, PA. Their facilities/food are on point. I stayed there for a week over the summer.</p>
<p>good luck with that</p>
<p>Saint Leo University in Florida looks amazing!</p>
<p>I saw Belmont earlier… May I suggest Lipscomb?</p>
<p>Christendom College, Thomas Aquinas College, and Ave Maria College make schools like Catholic University look liberal/ progressive by comparison. I’m not sure about Ave Maria, but Christendom and Thomas Aquinas have much more rigorous academics too.</p>
<p>These schools are not simply hardcore Christian though, they are hardcore Catholic, and so much so that a Protestant would probably feel uncomfortable at any of them. Depending on your denomination, these schools may or may not be right for you.</p>
<p>I’d like to point out that if by “conservative” you mean POLITICALLY conservative, you’ll have a hard time finding a good Christian college that fits your criteria. Christianity is not inherently conservative, in fact it is totally incompatible with many politically right- wing values. A truly Christian college won’t have that type of atmosphere.</p>
<p>Powercropper–I thought that was excellent advice for anyone looking at a Christian college. We (D and parents discussion results) fell in love with and decided on applying to all college avenues (public, private, Catholic, and Christian). For the publics, we looked into the Christian and Catholic clubs available (we are not Catholic but love them just as much!). We added the Christian college solely based on reviews here at CC. We toured Messiah and loved it, although some of our conservative Christian friends would not apply there because of their stance on evolution. We did our homework and decided this did not bother us at all because we like to be challenged and hear different viewpoints. On the other hand, looking at other Christian colleges, we found that the agreements that they signed were too restrictive, so we did not apply.</p>
<p>Providence College in R.I.</p>
<p>Messiah College</p>
<p>The University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota isn’t super Christian as whole but there are Catholic men’s/women’s floors to sign up for if you want and there are many campus ministry opportunities.</p>
<p>And then there is always Pensacola–about as Christian as you can get.
But its accreditation is not always recognized in the secular world.
One of my son’s team mates went to Pensacola–he was unable to get a teaching job in the Ohio public school system, but eventually got a job at a Christian school.</p>
<p>Cedarville has a good rep in that department.</p>
<p>However, don’t just group Christian and Catholic schools together. I would say Baptist and Catholic likely vary the most, and then Presbyterian and Lutheran are more like Catholic than Baptist, same with Episcopal.</p>
<p>I would say a visit to campus would be important.</p>
<p>Patrick Henry College is a super awesome, academically rigorous Christian college that gives some pretty decent aid and has amazing job and internship opportunities. I know a pretty large portion of the (albeit small) student body, and they all say it’s awesome. I’m considering it.</p>
<p>Biola University is also a very strong Christian college, especially their Torrey Honors Institute.</p>
<p>Also I guess there’s Bob Jones and Pensacola Christian, buuut I wouldn’t necessarily recommend them : P</p>
<p>Pepperdine in CA. And…it is GORGEOUS, spectacular setting over the ocean. Not a skate to get into, though; you will need the test scores and the grades.</p>
<p>Pepperdine has it all. Great education, great people, plus a great view 
The only down side is the tuition… But they are ranked in the top 10 worst party schools, is a dry campus, and opposite sex not allowed past 2am. It’s one of my dream schools! :)</p>