The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) released the sixth annual College Free Speech Rankings this week. The survey ranked 257 schools based on the responses of more than 60,000 responses to a multitude of free speech related questions.

Newsweek has compiled the top and bottom 20 colleges into a map.

The Context

FIRE's report was released on September 9, before the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Kirk, 31, founded the right-leaning youth organization , Turning Point USA , in 2012 and was a longtime ally of President Donald Trump .

He was delivering a speech under a campus tent in Orem, Utah, when he was struck in the neck by a single gunshot. Kirk collapsed, was rushed to a hospital, and was later pronounced dead. Kirk's killing has dr

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