Good colleges for vegetarians

[Anonymous]

Dc has taken a couple of schools that she was interested in off the list, because she read somewhere that access to vegetarian food, both in the cafeteria and in the surrounding area, is limited. Does anybody know of a book, an elist, or any other source of information that either discusses or ranks schools based on how vegetarian-friendly they are? Anecdotes also appreciated.

[Anonymous]

Oberlin serves 50% vegan in their dining halls and has a vegan co-op as a housing option.

[Anonymous]

Warren Wilson College has a vegan cafeteria option (2 cafeterias) and they grow a lot of their own food on campus! They also have a co-op as a housing option.

I graduated from there 10 years ago and not a day goes by that I don't miss that wonderful place.

[Anonymous]

Oh, and 10:19 here. You may want to check out Sierra magazine's Greenest Colleges list. I think I remember reading on several of them about vegetarian this or that.

[Anonymous]

Peta2 did a survey of most vegetarian friendly colleges:

http://www.peta2.com/college/c-vegschools-winners.asp

#1 Indiana University-Bloomington
#2 Humboldt State University
#3 University of Puget Sound
#4 Yale University
#5 SUNY Purchase
#6 Oberlin College
#7 New York University
#8 University of California-Berkeley
#9 University of Pennsylvania
#10 University of Florida

[Anonymous]

US News list of colleges catering to vegetarians:

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/slideshows/colleges-catering-to-vegetarians/2

Bastyr University
Maharishi University of Management
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
University of California—Davis
University of Pennsylvania
Westminster College

[Anonymous]

St. Mary's College of Maryland has a vegetarian co-op on campus as well as apartments and townhouses on campus with their own kitchens. It is a very "environmentally-conscious" campus.

[Anonymous]

Princeton has a wonderful vegetarian/vegan co-op.

[Anonymous]

Middlebury College.

[Anonymous]

Sarah Lawrence.

[Anonymous]

I've been a vegetarian for 30 years and can't imagine it would be a challenge at ANY college. I rarely have trouble eating out anywhere and institutions like colleges seem to always have vegetarian options. Most high schools do as well.

Your DC should really visit these schools before she takes any off the list, if she would be otherwise interested. I wouldn't put much stock into reading this somewhere. While I applaud her vegetarianism, I don't know that this should be her defining criteria.

[Anonymous]

Where was she looking? Texas?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been a vegetarian for 30 years and can't imagine it would be a challenge at ANY college. I rarely have trouble eating out anywhere and institutions like colleges seem to always have vegetarian options. Most high schools do as well.

Your DC should really visit these schools before she takes any off the list, if she would be otherwise interested. I wouldn't put much stock into reading this somewhere. While I applaud her vegetarianism, I don't know that this should be her defining criteria.

I agree. To take schools off of the list because they do not serve vegetarian meals? Can she not cook her own meals? My son is a strict vegan and off at college, and will make his own meals as he feels more comfortable that way.

[Anonymous]

UC Santa Cruz. Hands down, has to be the school with the most vegan/vegetarian options both on campus and in town.