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<p>Most students of the typical college student age range are socially liberal compared to the average of all adults (older people tend to be socially more conservative).</p>
<p>In addition, a “top” college tends to draw in students who are more diverse than a typical local area, so students and faculty there have to become more accepting of such diversity (i.e. a “top” college is likely a more friendly place for someone who is socially liberal than someone who is socially conservative who may find someone practicing a different religion or being gay to be bothersome). Social conservatism may not be too compatible with some types of academic inquiry, such as study of evolutionary biology, economics of prostitution, etc…</p>
<p>However, students and faculty who are fiscally or economically conservative are not that hard to find, perhaps particularly in economics and business departments.</p>