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| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Arizona State University | A very large public research university with a stated charter emphasizing inclusion, public-value research, and community responsibility. Arizona State University earns more credit than elite private universities for access scale and public mission, but tuition fees, regent governance, animal research, and platform-like online scale keep it in the middle. | public research university | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Bellevue College | A large public college in Bellevue offering associate, bachelor of applied science, transfer, workforce, and continuing-education programs. Bellevue College scores well because public governance and community-college pricing reduce extraction, while appointed trustees and ordinary tuition/fee dependence keep it short of the top tier. | public college | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -1 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Berea College | A private nonprofit work college in Kentucky that has not charged admitted students tuition since 1892 and uses endowment, aid, donor support, and student work to fund education. Berea College scores among the best higher-education entries because it directly attacks tuition extraction and student debt, though it remains trustee-governed and selective. | private nonprofit work college | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | City University of New York | A large public urban university system with broad access, strong social-mobility value, public governance, funding constraints, and campus operational footprint. City University of New York lands in the middle because the institution is less hostile to people with weak bargaining power and the model leaves more value with stakeholders, but person-dependent governance and ecological harm prevent a stronger rating. | public university system | Medium confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Partial (AI) | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | |||||
| G | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Columbia University | A wealthy private nonprofit Ivy League research university with major teaching, medical, research, and New York City institutional power. Columbia University has substantial public knowledge value, but trustee control, high costs, animal research, campus policing conflicts, and elite credential gatekeeping keep it low. | private nonprofit research university | High confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -1 | -2 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Dallas College | A public community-college system serving Dallas County through campuses, online programs, transfer pathways, and workforce education. Dallas College scores well for access and public pricing, but administrative friction, tuition/payment complexity, and indirect governance keep it below the best public alternatives. | public community-college system | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -1 | |||||
| G | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Harvard University | A wealthy private nonprofit university with major research and teaching value, elite governance, large endowment power, selective access, and campus climate footprint. Harvard University remains weak because of person-dependent governance, ecological harm, and ideological disavowal, even where the product or service has practical value. | private university | Medium confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Partial (AI) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -4 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Maricopa Community Colleges | A large Arizona public community-college system with 10 colleges, broad workforce education, transfer pathways, and low per-credit tuition. Maricopa Community Colleges scores high because it delivers practical public education at unusually low cost and scale, though elected-board governance is still not direct student or worker control. | public community-college system | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -1 | |||||
| G | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | A wealthy private nonprofit research university with major science and technology value, concentrated corporation governance, selective access, and campus climate footprint. Massachusetts Institute of Technology remains weak because of person-dependent governance, ecological harm, and ideological disavowal, even where the product or service has practical value. | private university | Medium confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Partial (AI) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -5 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Miami Dade College | A large public college in Miami offering associate, bachelor, certificate, transfer, and workforce programs. Miami Dade College scores well because it is broad-access, public, and much less extractive than private universities, while tuition obligations, bureaucratic governance, and local-fee complexity limit the rating. | public college | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -1 | |||||
| G | No vegan or vegetarian badge | New York University | A wealthy private nonprofit research university with major teaching, medical, cultural, and urban real-estate power. NYU has real educational and research value, but trustee control, high tuition, campus expansion power, and selective credentialing put it below public universities and far below low-cost alternatives. | private nonprofit research university | High confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -1 | -1 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Penn State University | A large state-related land-grant university with statewide campuses, research, extension, and public-service functions. Penn State scores below cleaner public-system models because its trustee structure is less directly public, while tuition, athletics scale, and animal research keep it from the top of public higher education. | state-related land-grant research university | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Seattle Colleges | A public multicollege district operating Seattle Central, North Seattle, and South Seattle colleges. Seattle Colleges scores high for higher education because it is public, local, relatively affordable, and access-oriented, though governance is still appointed rather than student- or worker-controlled. | public community-college district | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -1 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Seattle University | A private Jesuit nonprofit university in Seattle offering undergraduate, graduate, law, and professional programs. Seattle University is more mission-bound and smaller than elite research universities, but high private tuition, trustee control, and explicit treatment of unpaid balances as educational loans keep it below public alternatives. | private Jesuit nonprofit university | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -1 | 0 | -1 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Southern New Hampshire University | A private nonprofit university with a small campus and very large online enrollment. Southern New Hampshire University scores better than for-profit online colleges because nonprofit status and lower online tuition matter, but centralized scale, marketing, and credential-market dependence keep it below WGU and community-college alternatives. | private nonprofit online and campus university | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -1 | -1 | -1 | |||||
| G | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Stanford University | A wealthy private nonprofit research university with strong teaching and research value, elite board governance, selective access, and campus climate footprint. Stanford University remains weak because of person-dependent governance, ecological harm, and ideological disavowal, even where the product or service has practical value. | private university | Medium confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Partial (AI) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -4 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | State University of New York | A large public university system spanning research universities, comprehensive colleges, technology colleges, and community colleges. SUNY scores above private universities because public governance and broad access are central, but indirect trustee control, tuition and fee authority, animal research at research campuses, and system bureaucracy limit it. | public university system | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | The Ohio State University | A large public land-grant research university with statewide teaching, research, medical, athletic, and extension roles. Ohio State scores in the public-university middle: broader public mission and governor-appointed trustees beat private elite control, while animal research, tuition exposure, athletics scale, and political governance limit it. | public land-grant research university | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | University of California | A large public university system with teaching, research, health, and public-service value, partially public accountability, affordability tensions, labor complexity, and large campus footprint. University of California lands in the middle because the institution is less hostile to people with weak bargaining power and ownership is comparatively aligned, but person-dependent governance and ecological harm prevent a stronger rating. | public university system | Medium confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Partial (AI) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | University of Florida | A public research university and Florida flagship with teaching, research, health, agricultural, and statewide public functions. University of Florida scores in the public-university middle because public ownership and comparatively affordable in-state education matter, while trustee control, animal research, campus footprint, and political governance limit the score. | public research university | High confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | University of Michigan | A wealthy public research university with elected regents, major teaching and medical-research value, high tuition, and elite institutional power. University of Michigan scores around UC because public ownership and elected governance matter, but wealth, animal research, and selective access prevent a stronger rating. | public research university | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -2 | |||||
| G | No vegan or vegetarian badge | University of Phoenix | A private for-profit university serving working adults through online and flexible programs. University of Phoenix scores very low because for-profit ownership, student-loan dependence, and the FTC's deceptive-advertising settlement outweigh the practical value of flexible adult education. | private for-profit university | High confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -8 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -2 | -1 | -2 | |||||
| G | No vegan or vegetarian badge | University of Southern California | A wealthy private nonprofit research university in Los Angeles with major teaching, medical, athletic, and research operations. USC scores with the elite private universities because educational value is real, but trustee control, high tuition, scandal history, and animal-research exposure keep it weak. | private nonprofit research university | High confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -1 | -1 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | University of Texas System | A large Texas public university system with academic campuses, health institutions, research, and major endowment power. The University of Texas System earns public-university credit, but regent control, tuition obligations, medical and animal-research exposure, fossil-linked wealth, and state-policy pressure keep it in the middle. | public university system | High confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | University of Washington | A public research university system centered in Seattle, with major teaching, research, medical, and public-service functions. University of Washington lands near UC rather than elite private universities because public governance and broad access matter, but animal research, campus footprint, tuition dependence, and institutional rule-setting keep it in the middle. | public research university | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Washington State University | A public land-grant research university with campuses, extension, veterinary, agricultural, and statewide service functions. Washington State University scores like a public university with stronger public-service justification than private elites, but animal research, tuition exposure, and indirect regent governance limit it. | public land-grant research university | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Western Governors University | A nonprofit online university founded by governors and built around competency-based programs and relatively low flat-rate tuition. Western Governors University scores above most online competitors because nonprofit structure and affordability are material, though centralized online governance and credential-market pressure keep it below community colleges and work colleges. | nonprofit online university | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -1 |