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    Tradition and Structure

    Established rituals, honor codes, and structured community norms.

    Works for students who value continuity and clear expectations.

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    This identity in numbers

    67

    colleges assigned

    Median average net price
    $25,614
    59 colleges reported
    Median admit rate
    65.5%
    63 colleges reported
    Median graduation rate
    71.2%
    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 “Tradition and Structure” means

    CollegesRef editorial

    Established rituals, honor codes, and structured community norms. Works for students who value continuity and clear expectations.

    How colleges get this identity

    • Traditional campus culture (leans conservative or service academy) — Editorial tag: Conservative or Srv Acad
    • Religious affiliation — Editorial tag: Religious or Catholic or Jesuit or Methodist or Presbyterian or Baptist or Lutheran or Quaker or Jewish or Mormon or 7th Day Ad
    • Strong fraternity and sorority tradition — Editorial tag: Greek
    • Alcohol-free (dry) campus — Editorial tag: Dry
    • First-year retention rate — First-year retention rate: more credit the closer to 95%, none at 70%

    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

    Traditional tag
    30 of 30
    Faith affiliation
    30 of 30
    Retention scale
    28 of 30
    Dry campus
    11 of 30
    Greek tradition
    4 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 Tradition and Structure 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 $68,064, the highest among the 30 colleges shown.

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