The Most Progressive Universities in the United States

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1. Stanford University (Stanford, CA)

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2. University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
3. Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
4. Yale University (New Haven, CT)
5. University of California — Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
6. Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
8. University of California, Davis (Davis, CA)
9. Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)

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10. Duke University (Durham, NC)

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11. Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
12. University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
13. Columbia University (New York, NY)

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13. Pomona College (Claremont, CA)
14. University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
15. Rice University (Houston, TX)
16. California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
16. University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA)
17. Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
18. Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

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19. The University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

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20. Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)

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21. Brown University (Providence, RI)

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22. Georgetown University (Washington, DC)
23. University of Washington, Seattle (Seattle, WA)
24. Emory University (Atlanta, GA)
25. University of Michigan — Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI)

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26. Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
27. The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
28. Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)

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29. Amherst College (Amherst, MA)
30. University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)
31. Williams College (Williamstown, MA)
32. Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA)
33. Boston University (Boston, MA)

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34. Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)
35. New York University (New York, NY)

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36. University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN)

Source: DegreeChoices.com (Shared with permission)

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A study by DegreeChoices.com assessed universities across the US based on diversity, inclusivity, sustainability, freedom of speech, and health and well-being. Check out which schools came out on top of the progressive charts here!

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