[exit82]

Liberty University, Lynchburg Virginia, mets most of your criteria. About $15G/yr.

[CR]

Pick up a copy of the National Review College Guide. It has been a couple of years (my son started college this year) but I believe I bought it on their web site.

It is a great listing of colleges that provide a quality education without the liberal brainwashing. We did not even consider a scholl that was not in there. By the way, my son just started at Furman University in Greenville SC. Good luck, you have a lot of research to do.

[American Soldier]

If you find one tell me and I'll go back to undergrad again. I went to a private Christian for my undergraduate degree and it was full of commies (contributed many of warm bodies to the Battle of Seattle)... The problem is the churches have all gone down the toilet too, and the churches were for a long time the only ones that would run universities with anything barely resembling a decent, moral, Christian environment. Now it's all about license and "God will forgive you for your perversion." If you send him to a religious school, do what I never did and serious look into the congregation which is affiliated with the place -- this will tell you a lot. I thought I'd be in a pretty conservative place, but it turns out the particular congregation affiliated with my school was made up of guardians of all the most radical leftist causes...

[Joe 6-pack]

I'd like to recommend my alma mater. Sadly, I cannot. I was in the last class of commissionees before the ROTC program was disbanded. The last, best conservative Profs have retired or passed away in the ensuing years. The few times I’ve returned, I’ve become increasingly disenchanted….

[Un-PC]

Hillsdale College and Grove City College are two schools that will offer a superior education. The Ludwig Von Mises Institute (one of the few academic centers focusing on free market economics) is located at Auburn University.

[marajade]

What about Pepperdine in CA?

[apackof2]

Thus far I like what I see at Hillsdale College in Michigan, but dang, Michigan?

Hillsdale is a great college, accepts no Federal funding, very pretty area.

And what's wrong with my beautiful winter/water wonderland?

You can even use your hand to show your friends were your son goes to school!

[hole_n_one]

If he can carry a football for 1,000+ yards for each of the next 4 years, I'd like to suggest Southern Cal.......

O.K., they're not conservative, but they're in dire need of a tail back to run that Student Body Right sweep

....and they have a cute little horsie.

[JPR_Boise_ID]

Hey Ted ... good luck. I'll be in your shoes in a few years.

My thought is an obvious ... what about U Texas ? Unless you're looking for a small school or a school away from Austin, I've really appreciated the UT grads that I work with (devout Christians all). In general, I'd go for the school's educational rep above all.

[NeoCaveman]

U. of Chicago
But he better be really smart or forgeddaboutit.

[arkfreepdom]

You won't like this one Ted...but we have been pleased with the Univ. of Oklahoma for our first to go to college. It's academic reputation is on the rise, and although there are clearly some lib influences, it is nowhere near Austin as a lib bastion. Case in point...J. C. Watts is the congressman for the district.

[Dakotabound]

How about investigating St. John's College in Maryland or New Mexico? Their curriculum is centered around the Great Books program. If I were attending college today, I'd go myself. Click Here

[general_re]

Honestly, if it were me, I'd say look at a range of schools beyond traditionally conservative ones as well, and if he falls in love with one that might be more liberal, seriously consider letting him go.

It might sound strange, and I know it's not really what you're looking for, but let's face it - he's going to have to deal with the lunatic left sooner or later in life. Might as well let him learn what the warning signs are to look for ;)

You've got two choices, being the token conservative at a fairly liberal school:

• My wife's method - keep your head down, your mouth shut, get what you need out of them, learn the garbage exactly as long as you have to, and then forget all about it, and then throw the letters from the Alumni Association begging for money straight in the trash, or;
  
• My method - stand up for what you believe in, and fight the good fight, and then throw the letters from the Alumni Association begging for money straight in the trash. You learn pretty quickly what you believe in, in such an environment, and how to defend it when you have to, because you will have to.
  
  Being vastly outnumbered made me quicker and sharper than any of my classmates, just because I had to be. To this day, you could array me against any random dozen of my more liberal classmates, give me any position to defend, and I guarantee I'll mop the floor with 'em every time. Know thy enemy, sez me.
  
  Both methods have their advantages. My wife got better grades; I got an education by fire ;)
  
  After all, if you want to temper your steel, the first thing you have to do is heat it up....

[diggerwillow]

Dont forget about the military academies. My son will be graduating from the Air Force Academy in the Spring. 300,000 dollar education and you will owe them 5 years if you don't fly and 10 years if you do.

[tristero]

Along with the NR college guide, check out the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's college guide ("Choosing the Right College"). It can be ordered at www.isi.org. ISI is a great group, and helped me survive at one of the most liberal schools in the country during the darkest days of political correctness.

[StolarStorm]

I was going to state the obvious "Texas A&M" but then I notice that you were a T-sipper so I didn't bother. Good luck anyhow!

Texas A&M does fit all your requirements though, but I'm not going to mention it.

[John Farson]

It is good not support liberal institutions. However, it is difficult to find an English department that is not infected with liberalism. As a student, I've found it best not to argue with the more ideological professors -- just parrot back their tripe and make that grade!

"I don't think the boy of lively mind is hurt much by going to college. If he encounters mainly jackasses, then he learns the useful lesson that this is a jackass world."
--H. L. Mencken,
_The American Mercury_ p.420

[AZPubbie]

Austin College in Sherman TX was reasonably conservative when my brother went there about 10 years ago. I believe that Trinity in San Antonio is also reasonably conservative. Both are good schools.

[joonbug]

Hillsdale in Michigan. Stay away from the Ivies and other "trendy" schools.

[Nataku X]

Don't write out more liberal colleges.

A challenge to your son's worldview will either:

• Strengthen and temper his faith and/or beliefs.
  

or

• Prove that his beliefs were built on weak foundations to belong with.