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Princeton Review: BYU Has The Most Religious Student Body

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Brigham Young University in Utah was named the college with the most religious student body by The Princeton Review.

The Princeton Review recently ranked colleges based on reviews from 136,000 students at 380 top colleges. Students were asked to rate their schools on dozens of topics and report on their campus experiences. The rankings revealed last week that BYU has the most religious student body in the nation.  

The Mormon college is "all about putting religion and education together" and learning "about secular subjects through spiritual eyes," students told The Princeton Review. It also has an extremely conservative "Honor Code" derived from the Mormon Church that requires, among other things, abstinence from drugs, alcohol, tobacco, coffee, and tea, as well as "inappropriate" "sexual activity, including sex outside of marriage and homosexuality."

Brigham Young University also ranked highly in 15 other categories including "Stone-Cold Sober Schools" and "2015 Top Entrepreneurial Programs: Undergraduate."

"Our 62 ranking lists provide students with a way to see the types of colleges that could help them achieve their future goals and dreams," Robert Franek, Princeton Review's senior vice president-publisher, said in a statement. "Every college in our book has outstanding academics. While our purpose is not to crown one college academically 'best' overall or to rank the schools 1 to 380 on any single topic, our lists provide direct student feedback on the schools' campus culture, program offerings and cost. Our goal is to help applicants choose and get into their dream college -- the college best for them."

Top 10 Colleges With The Most Religious Students

1.    Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah)

2.    Thomas Aquinas College (Santa Paula, Calif.)

3.    Wheaton College (IL) (Wheaton, Ill.)

4.    University of Dallas (Irving, Texas)

5.    Hillsdale College (Hillsdale, Mich.)

6.    Baylor University (Waco, Texas)

7.    Catholic University of America (Washington, DC)

8.    Grove City College (Grove City, Pa.)

9.    Gordon College (Wenham, Mass.)

10.  College of the Ozarks (Point Lookout, Mo.)

View the complete Top 20 list here.

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