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    Progressive and Activist

    Campus discourse, advocacy, and civic engagement are visible.

    Students who want politically engaged peers and open debate fit here.

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    This identity in numbers

    67

    colleges assigned

    Median average net price
    $26,827
    63 colleges reported
    Median admit rate
    50.7%
    67 colleges reported
    Median graduation rate
    73.5%
    67 colleges reported

    Medians across every college with this identity. Rates on a 0–100% scale. Source: U.S. College Scorecard.

    About this identity

    What “Progressive and Activist” means

    CollegesRef editorial

    Campus discourse, advocacy, and civic engagement are visible. Students who want politically engaged peers and open debate fit here.

    How colleges get this identity

    • Historically leans liberal — Editorial tag: Liberal
    • Posse or QuestBridge partner college — Editorial tag: Posse or QuestBridge
    • Women's college — Editorial tag: Womens

    Each matching rule adds to a college's score for this identity, using verified federal data. Colleges that score with enough confidence are listed, editors can add or remove colleges, and the list is ordered by editorial picks, score and confidence, never by partner status.

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    Signals behind this list

    Progressive tag
    30 of 30
    Liberal arts college
    28 of 30
    Access partner tag
    22 of 30
    City setting
    14 of 30
    Womens college tag
    7 of 30
    How many of the 30 colleges shown match each signal the rules check. Bars run from 0 to all 30.

    67 colleges

    Colleges with the Progressive and Activist identity

    Ordered by editorial representation, category score and confidence. Never by partner status.

    Bars: admit and graduation rates on a 0–100% scale; net price relative to $44,593, the highest among the 30 colleges shown.

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