Top 20 Most Marijuana Friendly College Schools and Least 20 Universities in the US

With back to school around the corner, many are wondering about campus culture and are interested in knowing if their school is marijuana friendly. Thankfully, the Princeton Review not only ranks colleges yearly, but they also rate college features. This year focused on cannabis and provided a review guide for the top 20 colleges that are most and least marijuana friendly.

The review asked 140,000 students at 385 schools :

“How widely is marijuana used at your school?”

The results were as to be expected and the friendliest schools were located in states where marijuana is accepted or where looser laws exist. Students tended to use marijuana less at religious or military schools and at schools located in states with strict cannabis policies.

Most marijuana Friendly Colleges:

1. University of Vermont (Burlington, Vermont)
2. Pitzer College (Claremont, California)
3. University of Rhode Island (Kingston, Rhode Island)
4. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Connecticut)
5. Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, New York)
6. Reed College (Portland, Oregon)
7. University of Maine (Orono, Maine)
8. Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, New York)
9. Marlboro College (Marlboro, Vermont)
10. University of California at Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California)
11. Warren Wilson College (Asheville, North Carolina)
12. Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, New York)
13. State University of New York, Purchase College (Purchase, New York)
14. Champlain College (Burlington, Vermont)
15. Colorado College (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
16. University of Colorado at Boulder (Boulder, Colorado)
17. Ithaca College (Ithaca, New York)
18. University of Wisconsin at Madison (Madison, Wisconsin)
19. Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York)
20. Hamilton College (Clinton, New York)

Least Marijuana Friendly Colleges:

1. United States Air Force Academy (USAF Academy, Colorado)
2. United States Military Academy (West Point, New York)
3. United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, Maryland)
4. College of the Ozarks (Point Lookout, Missouri)
5. Thomas Aquinas College (Santa Paula, California)
6. Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah)
7. Wheaton College (Wheaton, Illinois)
8. City University of New York, Baruch College (New York, New York)
9. Calvin University (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
10. Grove City College (Grove City, Pennsylvania)
11. City University of New York, Hunter College (New York, New York)
12. Baylor University (Waco, Texas)
13. Gordon College (Wenham, Massachusetts)
14. Hillsdale College (Hillsdale, Michigan)
15. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois)
16. Stephens College (Columbia, Missouri)
17. University of Dallas (Irving, Texas)
18. Pepperdine University (Malibu, California)
19. Agnes Scott College (Decatur, Georgia)
20. Simmons University (Boston, Massachusetts)

These lists ought to be considered carefully as there are always unique and exceptional circumstances. Drug convictions can also affect federal financial funding and students should always be conscious of this consequence. Lawmakers are trying to implement legislation to protect students from being denied access to education over such convictions, but this will come in time and there is no state or school that is a complete safe haven.