<p>I'm from Maryland and I'm interested in some universities that have a mainly liberal population</p>
<p>I have googled it but it just gives me lists of small, liberal arts colleges or other very small private universities i'm not intersted in.</p>
<p>for instance, UMD is a great example for a school where most of the students are liberal. Clemson would NOT be a good example.</p>
<p>please list any others! thank you.</p>
<p>Most of them</p>
<p>Just look north of the Mason-Dixon line, and on the west coast. You will find plenty.</p>
<p>Try googling: most politically liberal colleges</p>
<p>Why are you afraid of being exposed to conservative viewpoints?</p>
<p>Where do you get that the poster is “afraid” of conservative viewpoints? Preferring to be in a more liberal atmosphere is not the same as having “fear” of a conservative atmosphere.</p>
<p>Many students seek out a college that is diverse, as long as most people think the same way that they do. </p>
<p>Yes, we couldn’t have anyone threaten impressionable young minds. Why, they might vote for a Republican some day, and the next thing you know, they’d be marrying one. Oh, the shame, the shame! What will the neighbors and relatives think?</p>
<p>90% of unis in America are politically liberal. Universities that are often called “conservative” are actually fairly moderate.</p>
<p>If it is something you are concerned about, most college-aged people are liberal-minded on social issues, but there is of course more a disparity on economic issues.</p>
<p>West coast will be expensive, but the colleges are a nice mix. Northeast will also have a nice mix. </p>
<p>The OP isn’t asking for political advice, he’s asking to have schools that have some liberal viewpoints. </p>
<p>As for the west coast, OP: all of the UC’s and the CSU’s, some of those private California colleges like USC, Stanford and Caltech. Reed in Oregon, Washington Schools, UNLV, Hawaii at Manoa. </p>
<p>Look into Antioch College and Oberlin College, both in Ohio.</p>
<p>There are so many liberal leaning colleges to choose from, that I would suggest you look at colleges that match you on other criteria: academics, cost, probability of admission, location. Once you do that, you can see how they are politically. Chances are that many of them will be diverse enough to have a group of students that feel similarly to you. </p>
<p>I don’t see Caltech as leaning liberal, I see them as too busy to pay much attention to politics. Pitzer is liberal, and Scripps (if you are female). Both are small, but are part of the Claremont Consortium with puts them on adjoining campuses with about 5,000 students where they can take classes across the consortium and many activities & services are shared among the 5 colleges.</p>
<p>@intparent: Your exclusion of ALL southern universities is (IMHO) as unfortunate as it is inaccurate. I can guarantee that Duke, for example, is essentially as liberal as any of its peers (Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Northwestern, Hopkins, etc.). I do not suggest that, in aggregate, southern institutions are as liberal as those in the northeast, but some truly are.</p>
<p>Despite its state’s conservative government, UNC-Chapel Hill is pretty liberal. That’s why the GOP is doing everything it can to disenfranchise students there.</p>
<p>@woogzmama I am not familiar with the events at UNC-CH with regard to the GOP. Would you please share about the efforts to disenfranchise?</p>
<p>Edit. Princeton Review’s list of the top 20 Most Liberal Colleges are basically all Liberal Arts Colleges.</p>
<p>Since most colleges are liberal. I’d look more into the atmosphere. We’ve visited two campuses that have the same academic profile for admissions. One was really uptight and reminded us how they have high standards. And the other one didn’t mention their academic standards at all. They were soooo relaxing. He even had to take his shoes off for his sample lesson. It was a wonderful atmosphere. My son loved it there and will be applying. And both colleges are quite liberal.</p>
<p>Why would you want to go to an all Liberal college?</p>
<p>Because it’s so much easier to hate stereotypes and strawmen than real people who can present real arguments defending their position. This applies to both left and right.</p>