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# [[Grove City College]] - 600 students per grade, the best conservative college in science-related fields or business | # [[Grove City College]] - 600 students per grade, the best conservative college in science-related fields or business | ||
| − | # [[Liberty University]] - 3000 students per grade, "the largest and fastest growing Christian Evangelical university in the world | + | # [[Liberty University]] - 3000 students per grade, "the largest and fastest growing Christian Evangelical university in the world" |
# [[Patrick Henry College]] - 80 students per grade, good political connections for internships | # [[Patrick Henry College]] - 80 students per grade, good political connections for internships | ||
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# [[Thomas Aquinas College]] | # [[Thomas Aquinas College]] | ||
# [[Christendom College]] - 100 students per grade, the entire school participates in the annual [[March for Life]] | # [[Christendom College]] - 100 students per grade, the entire school participates in the annual [[March for Life]] | ||
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# [[Bob Jones University]] - Republican presidential candidates speak here to win support in [[South Carolina]] | # [[Bob Jones University]] - Republican presidential candidates speak here to win support in [[South Carolina]] | ||
# [[Hillsdale College]]<ref>One caveat: Hillsdale teaches the [[theory of evolution]] as though it were true.</ref> | # [[Hillsdale College]]<ref>One caveat: Hillsdale teaches the [[theory of evolution]] as though it were true.</ref> | ||
| − | # [[Newberry College]] - welcomes [[homeschoolers]] on its website and | + | # [[Newberry College]] - welcomes [[homeschoolers]] on its website and is located in conservative South Carolina |
| + | # [[Brigham Young University]] - massive and well-funded institution in Utah | ||
The Princeton Review also lists these colleges as [[conservative]],<ref>http://encarta.msn.com/college_article_ConservativeColleges/Top_10_Politically_Conservative_Colleges.html</ref> but there are reasons to doubt that claim: | The Princeton Review also lists these colleges as [[conservative]],<ref>http://encarta.msn.com/college_article_ConservativeColleges/Top_10_Politically_Conservative_Colleges.html</ref> but there are reasons to doubt that claim: | ||
Revision as of 18:17, April 3, 2010
There is a small number of conservative colleges in the United States. Many feature lower tuition, non-tenured faculty, emphasis on merit, and conservative student bodies. Examples include:
- Grove City College - 600 students per grade, the best conservative college in science-related fields or business
- Liberty University - 3000 students per grade, "the largest and fastest growing Christian Evangelical university in the world"
- Patrick Henry College - 80 students per grade, good political connections for internships
- Thomas Aquinas College
- Christendom College - 100 students per grade, the entire school participates in the annual March for Life
- Franciscan University at Steubenville - largest conservative Catholic college
- Benedictine College
- King's College in New York City - located in the Empire State Building
- United States Coast Guard Academy - more Christian than most Christian colleges
- University of Dallas
- Ave Maria University - increased to 300 students per grade
- Bob Jones University - Republican presidential candidates speak here to win support in South Carolina
- Hillsdale College[1]
- Newberry College - welcomes homeschoolers on its website and is located in conservative South Carolina
- Brigham Young University - massive and well-funded institution in Utah
The Princeton Review also lists these colleges as conservative,[2] but there are reasons to doubt that claim:
- Hampden-Sydney College (Hampden-Sydney, Virginia)
- College of the Ozarks (Point Lookout, Missouri)
- Wheaton College (Wheaton, Illinois)
- Claremont McKenna College (Claremont, California)
References
- ↑ One caveat: Hillsdale teaches the theory of evolution as though it were true.
- ↑ http://encarta.msn.com/college_article_ConservativeColleges/Top_10_Politically_Conservative_Colleges.html