While many church-related colleges would call themselves Christian in light of their heritage, the term "Christian college" has a special meaning for some.
These schools are more than church-related; they share the goal of fostering Christian faith through scholarship, service and campus lifestyle.
Many are members of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, an organization whose mission is to advance the cause of Christ-centered higher education and to help institutions transform lives by faithfully relating scholarship and service to biblical truth.
Presbyterian colleges in this category include:
