Lists and Rankings

Campus Pride: The LGBT-Friendly Index

This list is based on the Campus Pride Index for safe, inclusive colleges and universities for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) students. These...

Colleges Offering Community Service Scholarships

Are you at the hospital every Saturday in your candy striper uniform? Entering first-year students who are active in high school community service projects...

Colleges That Are Particularly Broad-Minded

It's not unusual to find a pink-haired rocker hanging out with a cheerleader at these schools. Students are affirmed for the way they look, dress, or behave.

Colleges That Build Moral Character

These colleges were cited by the John Templeton Foundation for their emphasis on character development as an integral part of the undergraduate experience.

Colleges Where the LGBTQ+ Students Are Comfortable

At these colleges, campus pride is more than just about football games.

Colleges With Students Committed to Teach for America

Teach for American is the national corps of college graduates who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools. Listed in order, these...

Colleges Working to Improve Race Relations

It's time to speak up! The Sustained Dialogue Campus Network, a project of the International Institute of Sustained Dialogue, seeks to improve race...

Colleges for Students Concerned With Current Events

Watch out for students at these schools...they're likely to have their noses buried in the latest edition of the New York Times and thus bump into...

Colleges for the Person Who Cares About the World

Are you the next big world changer? These colleges offer course work in such areas as peace studies, conflict resolution, poverty studies, global studies,...

Colleges for the Socially Liberal

Some may call you a left-wing nut, but you prefer to think of yourself as progressive and passionate. These are colleges where liberal students are happy.

Colleges with All Types of Student Diversity

They're true melting pots. These colleges are home to a variety of economic, racial, ethnic, and attitudinal backgrounds and dispositions.

Conservative Campuses

Although not necessarily religious, these are colleges where values and morals are prized. There is less partying and more sexual abstention, less diversity...

Conservative Colleges That Offer a "True Liberal Education"

A conservative liberal education--not necessarily an oxymoron. These colleges were selected by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute for inclusion in the...

Gay-Friendly Colleges

You won't be hard-pressed to find LGBT groups and events at these gay-friendly schools.

Making a Difference Colleges

At these schools, going to Belize to build homes is a normal Saturday afternoon. These are colleges included in Making A Difference Colleges by...

Most Conservative Colleges

Pierced lips and pink hair aren't going to work at these schools. These colleges were named the most conservative by the Young America's Foundation in recent years.