Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 21:40     Subject: Schools with a similar profile to Brandeis and Villanova, minus the religion
Villanova and Brandeis are poorly ranked schools lots of better options for $95k a year.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 21:33     Subject: Schools with a similar profile to Brandeis and Villanova, minus the religion
Anonymous wrote:As with a few others here, I'd suggest the University of Richmond.


+1. There is lots to do in Richmond.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 21:26     Subject: Schools with a similar profile to Brandeis and Villanova, minus the religion
How about Clarke?

Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 21:25     Subject: Schools with a similar profile to Brandeis and Villanova, minus the religion
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:In the New York City area, consider Hofstra.


you're joking right?

Why would you ask such a thing?


Hofstra is nowhere near any of the schools being thrown around on this thread in terms of academics. It's ranked 183rd.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 21:24     Subject: Schools with a similar profile to Brandeis and Villanova, minus the religion
Anonymous wrote:We are a mixed-religion, very non-religious family. Kid would like a not-too-small school near a big city. Pref East Coast. Doesn't have stats for T20, I think Emory and Tufts are too reach-y. Villanova and Brandeis feel like reasonable targets, but I don't know if DC would go for the religious aspect. What else could we look at?


Drexel?
AU?

If she is not too strict about being right near they are to a big city, consider Lehigh or Wake Forest.

If you are willing to go bigger (20K undergrads) and need to be right in a city, consider BU, USC and McGill.

Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 21:23     Subject: Schools with a similar profile to Brandeis and Villanova, minus the religion
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:In the New York City area, consider Hofstra.


you're joking right?

Why would you ask such a thing?
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 21:21     Subject: Schools with a similar profile to Brandeis and Villanova, minus the religion
Anonymous wrote:In the New York City area, consider Hofstra.


you're joking right?
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 21:19     Subject: Schools with a similar profile to Brandeis and Villanova, minus the religion
Fordham
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 21:07     Subject: Schools with a similar profile to Brandeis and Villanova, minus the religion
My DD is at Brandeis. She is not religious at all and has had no issues finding friends and a community.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 21:02     Subject: Schools with a similar profile to Brandeis and Villanova, minus the religion
In the New York City area, consider Hofstra.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 20:41     Subject: Schools with a similar profile to Brandeis and Villanova, minus the religion
Anonymous wrote:Brandeis’ Catholic chapel https://www.brandeis.edu/spiritual-life/sacred-places/catholic-chapel.html

Brandeis Muslim Prayer Room - https://www.brandeis.edu/spiritual-life/sacred-places/muslim-prayer-room.html

Brandeis Dharmic Prayer Space - https://www.brandeis.edu/spiritual-life/sacred-places/dharmic-prayer-space.html

Brandeis IBS Prayer Space (set aside for prayer and meditation, first and foremost for Muslim students praying throughout the day.) https://www.brandeis.edu/spiritual-life/sacred-places/ibs-prayer-room.html

Brandeis Protestant Chapel - https://www.brandeis.edu/spiritual-life/sacred-places/protestant-chapel.html


https://campusministry.nd.edu/pray/interfaith-resources/
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 20:32     Subject: Schools with a similar profile to Brandeis and Villanova, minus the religion
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:PP here. I should clarify that it's a little more complicated than that, but ND is clearly not "literally run by the Catholic Church."


No one cares. Norte Dame is a religious school and you are just digging yourself deeper with your ridiculous semantics.

While the exact number fluctuates, the University of Notre Dame has a significant number of priests, many from the Congregation of Holy Cross, who serve as faculty and in campus ministry, living alongside students to embody its Catholic mission, though specific faculty counts are often bundled with other Holy Cross members or categorized by department rather than just priesthood status.


For starters, not "many" -- ALL -- of the priests involved are Holy Cross. But that doesn't mean that the school is, to quote you, "literally run by the Catholic Church." It isn't.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 20:26     Subject: Schools with a similar profile to Brandeis and Villanova, minus the religion
Brandeis’ Catholic chapel https://www.brandeis.edu/spiritual-life/sacred-places/catholic-chapel.html

Brandeis Muslim Prayer Room - https://www.brandeis.edu/spiritual-life/sacred-places/muslim-prayer-room.html

Brandeis Dharmic Prayer Space - https://www.brandeis.edu/spiritual-life/sacred-places/dharmic-prayer-space.html

Brandeis IBS Prayer Space (set aside for prayer and meditation, first and foremost for Muslim students praying throughout the day.) https://www.brandeis.edu/spiritual-life/sacred-places/ibs-prayer-room.html

Brandeis Protestant Chapel - https://www.brandeis.edu/spiritual-life/sacred-places/protestant-chapel.html
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 20:19     Subject: Schools with a similar profile to Brandeis and Villanova, minus the religion
Anonymous wrote:PP here. I should clarify that it's a little more complicated than that, but ND is clearly not "literally run by the Catholic Church."


No one cares. Norte Dame is a religious school and you are just digging yourself deeper with your ridiculous semantics.

While the exact number fluctuates, the University of Notre Dame has a significant number of priests, many from the Congregation of Holy Cross, who serve as faculty and in campus ministry, living alongside students to embody its Catholic mission, though specific faculty counts are often bundled with other Holy Cross members or categorized by department rather than just priesthood status.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 20:15     Subject: Schools with a similar profile to Brandeis and Villanova, minus the religion
Syracuse