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Where does your campus stand?

Liberal-to-conservative student ratios and free speech grades for 261 colleges, from FIRE's latest national student survey. No guesses — if a school wasn't surveyed, we say so.

All surveyed campuses

  1. Smith CollegeMA · F
    69.5:1 liberal · speech rank 224/261
    Liberal 99%Conservative 1%
  2. Mount Holyoke CollegeMA · F
    42.33:1 liberal · speech rank 228/261
    Liberal 98%Conservative 2%
  3. Barnard CollegeNY · F
    42:1 liberal · speech rank 221/261
    Liberal 98%Conservative 2%
  4. Clark UniversityMA · D
    39:1 liberal · speech rank 69/261
    Liberal 98%Conservative 2%
  5. Bard CollegeNY · F
    35.5:1 liberal · speech rank 191/261
    Liberal 97%Conservative 3%
  6. Skidmore CollegeNY · D-
    26.33:1 liberal · speech rank 136/261
    Liberal 96%Conservative 4%
  7. Scripps CollegeCA · F
    25.8:1 liberal · speech rank 167/261
    Liberal 96%Conservative 4%
  8. Wellesley CollegeMA · F
    22.14:1 liberal · speech rank 212/261
    Liberal 96%Conservative 4%
  9. North Carolina A & T State UniversityNC · D
    18.44:1 liberal · speech rank 58/261
    Liberal 95%Conservative 5%
  10. University of VermontVT · F
    17.09:1 liberal · speech rank 178/261
    Liberal 94%Conservative 6%
  11. Colorado CollegeCO · F
    16.4:1 liberal · speech rank 161/261
    Liberal 94%Conservative 6%
  12. Pitzer CollegeCA · F
    16.17:1 liberal · speech rank 160/261
    Liberal 94%Conservative 6%
  13. Tufts UniversityMA · F
    16.09:1 liberal · speech rank 162/261
    Liberal 94%Conservative 6%
  14. Occidental CollegeCA · F
    15.5:1 liberal · speech rank 218/261
    Liberal 94%Conservative 6%
  15. Howard UniversityDC · F
    14.29:1 liberal · speech rank 252/261
    Liberal 93%Conservative 7%
  16. DePaul UniversityIL · F
    13.45:1 liberal · speech rank 241/261
    Liberal 93%Conservative 7%
  17. University of California-Santa CruzCA · F
    13.43:1 liberal · speech rank 154/261
    Liberal 93%Conservative 7%
  18. Vassar CollegeNY · F
    13.33:1 liberal · speech rank 170/261
    Liberal 93%Conservative 7%
  19. University of California-Santa BarbaraCA · F
    11.55:1 liberal · speech rank 152/261
    Liberal 92%Conservative 8%
  20. Connecticut CollegeCT · F
    11.27:1 liberal · speech rank 209/261
    Liberal 92%Conservative 8%
  21. University of North Carolina at GreensboroNC · C
    11.21:1 liberal · speech rank 11/261
    Liberal 92%Conservative 8%
  22. Macalester CollegeMN · F
    11.14:1 liberal · speech rank 207/261
    Liberal 92%Conservative 8%
  23. University of Washington-Seattle CampusWA · F
    11.11:1 liberal · speech rank 260/261
    Liberal 92%Conservative 8%
  24. Oberlin CollegeOH · F
    11:1 liberal · speech rank 194/261
    Liberal 92%Conservative 8%
  25. San Jose State UniversityCA · F
    10.75:1 liberal · speech rank 240/261
    Liberal 91%Conservative 9%
How we rate
Based on FIRE's surveyed liberal-to-conservative student ratio: 5:1 or more = Strongly liberal student body; 2–5:1 = Liberal-leaning; under 2:1 either way = Mixed; 2:1 or more conservative = Conservative-leaning. Ratios are students' own political self-identification in FIRE's survey (fielded by College Pulse). In the latest survey, no campus had a 2:1 conservative majority, which is why no school is labeled conservative-leaning.
Source: FIRE 2027 College Free Speech Rankings (student survey fielded 2026 by College Pulse)