Princeton Review ranks most and least religious schools

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(CNN) – Bennington College students recently learned that their Vermont school had received an honor that some might consider dubious: They attend the least religious college in America, according to an annual educational survey.

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Princeton Review interviewed 122,000 students at 376 top colleges to rate their schools and describe their campus experiences. Some of the categories included: Top colleges for “Most Conservative/Most Liberal Students,” “Best Professors,” and “Great Financial Aid.”

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The 5 colleges with "most religious students” were: Brigham Young University, which is Mormon, in Utah; Hillsdale College in Michigan; Thomas Aquinas College, a Catholic school in California; Wheaton College, an evangelical school in Illinois; and Grove City College, an evangelical school in Pennsylvania.

The 5 colleges with “least religious students” were: Bennington College; Reed College in Oregon; Bard College in New York; Vassar College and Sarah Lawrence College, both in New York.

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/19/princeton-review-ranks-most-and-least-religious-schools/

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1. Interesting that two with the 'least religious students'

are former "women's colleges", though it makes logical sense.

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3. +1

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2. I don't think Reed College counts.

The students there are too busy referring to their ethnicity as "post-racial" and dying from heroin overdoses to know if they're religious.

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4. Sounds like what they may really be ranking

is the schools where overt displays of religiosity are the most important part of the culture there. Or, on the other end of the scale, schools where people are most inclined to think that everyone's religious beliefs are their own freaking business.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. New York and New England.

How I love those places.

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6. 3 of 5 are on the Hudson.

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7. Must be the water.