Agree with this - be careful of removing schools because of “party” reputation. Some of the USNWR top schools are also top party schools - Wisc, Penn State, UF, UGA, Tulane.
Also the “conservative” label - major research (and also being public) universities are way more moderate than you’d think, including Ole Miss, Auburn, Bama, Arkansas. Likewise, schools like CU aren’t as wacko liberal as many portray it. Those labels probably come from how the students who attend label themselves, but it doesn’t translate into the teaching. And quite frankly, when kids get away from their parents and their close group of high school friends, exposed to college level classes - I would argue most would tend to drift center from either side.
Now…conservative Liberal Arts colleges…different story.
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