Flip side: Over my dead body my daughter would go to...

[PhoenixAzul]

For profits are OUT. Out out out.

Also: Bob Jones University, Oral Roberts...anything ending in "Bible College".

To be clear, I'm not anti-religiously affiliated university (I'm an observant Catholic who went to a Methodist college, and then to a university founded by papal bull!), but I'm against a university choice that may negatively impact a prospective employer's view of them.

Since my husband and I are child-free, I'm going to go ahead and say this is for my future niece/nephew (s). But my brother is a smart guy and won't let that happen.

[DSTRen13]

My hypothetical future children can go wherever they want to go, I suppose, but I will not financially support them attending a for-profit university or any school that is not accredited (such as Bob Jones). I would have serious reservations about paying for most religiously-affiliated schools. Hopefully, my children won't want to go to any of these places anyway, since they will have been raised in my house.

[Munchkin03]

Other than a Bob Jones/Liberty/BYU "bible college," or a for-profit/college.com set-up, I can't get too wrapped up. I wouldn't want my kid to go to a large state school--50,000 undergrads?! Other than that, I don't have a ton of issues with other schools. Okay, maybe Fordham because all the women I know who went there for college are bitches.

I'm sure my parents didn't want to send me to a college 1,600 miles away and cost $35,000/year (that was 12 years ago, I know it's much more now), but they knew it was for my own good. Hopefully I'll have that same perspective.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by PhoenixAzul

Also: Bob Jones University, Oral Roberts...anything ending in "Bible College".

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

...or any school that is not accredited (such as Bob Jones).

Add this to my list of negatives.

Anything named "(insert ANY religion, denomination, or religious leader) College/University" is a BIG NO.

[littleowl33]

I have to agree about not sending my children anywhere that is for-profit or non-accredited. I would also have serious reservations about them getting their bachelor's online, unless there was a very good reason that they needed to do things that way.

However, I can't agree that I would refuse to send my child to a school with a religious affiliation. Though my partner and I are not religious people, there are some very fine institutions of higher education that are religiously affiliated and it would be a mistake to exclude them. I think college is an important time to be exposed to other world views and experiences, and as long as religion is not foisted upon the students at every turn, I think it's healthy to be exposed to it and/or to take a required religion course. I also think the emphasis on service learning and social justice that many of these schools have is admirable. That said, any school that requires its students to be of a certain religion or makes an effort to exclude or silence certain groups (such as LGBTQ students) would absolutely be out.

Finally, I absolutely would not want my child to choose to attend a school solely because of its prestige. I attended a very highly ranked private university and while I would be thrilled to send my child there, I wouldn't want him or her to attend just because of the name. I have seen too many college students choose a more highly ranked university over a less highly ranked one because of the "bumper sticker" factor, even though the less prestigious university would have been a better fit.

[sdtennisgal]

Originally Posted by PhoenixAzul

For profits are OUT. Out out out.

Also: Bob Jones University, Oral Roberts...anything ending in "Bible College".

To be clear, I'm not anti-religiously affiliated university (I'm an observant Catholic who went to a Methodist college, and then to a university founded by papal bull!), but I'm against a university choice that may negatively impact a prospective employer's view of them.

Since my husband and I are child-free, I'm going to go ahead and say this is for my future niece/nephew (s). But my brother is a smart guy and won't let that happen.

I strongly concur with the opinion on Bob Jones and Oral Roberts. I met a young lady who graduated from Bob Jones who was the spouse of a younger naval officer. Sweet girl for the most part, but extremely homophobic and guardedly racist. I did talk to her at several social events (I felt bad for her, as she was rather isolated from her peers). She indicated to me that interracial dating was not not tolerated at Bob Jones and any openly gay students would be expelled by the university. I also got the feeling that women were discouraged from aspiring to leadership roles on the campus.

Also, "Bob Jones" sounds odd. Why not "Robert Jones University"?

One of the most unpleasant people I have ever met in my life was a graduate of Oral Roberts. The guy was a total misogynist and one of the worst parents I have ever encountered. Granted, a small sample size, but he apparently really loved attending college there.

As other posters noted, schools like Southern Methodist may have orginally had religious ties, but are pretty much secular now.