Biology
Baylor University Brandeis University Colby College Cornell University Drexel University Harvard University Haverford College Indiana Univ.-Bloomington
Computer Science
Drexel George Mason University Georgia Inst. Of Tech. Gonzaga University Harvey Mudd College John Hopkins University Lehigh University Massachusetts Inst. Of Tech. Massachusetts Inst. Of Tech. Michigan State Univ. Mount Holyoke College New Jersey Inst. Of Tech. Ohio State Univ.-Columbus Northeastern University Pomona College Northwestern University Reed College Princeton University Rice University Rice University Swarthmore College Rochester Inst. Of Tech. UC-Davis Rose Hulman Inst. Of Tech. Texas A&M Seattle University Univeristy of Chicago Stanford University University of Deleware SUNY-Binghamton University of Pacific Texas A &M Univ. US Air Force Academy University of Arizona UCLA UC Berkeley UC Riverside
Univ. of Massachusetts-Amherst
Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor Univ. of Illinois-Champaign Univ. of Washington-Seattle
List of Colleges that Excel in a Particular Major (15 Most Popluar M
Psychology
Bates College Carnegie Mellon Univ. Columbia University Cornell University Dartmouth College Duke University George Mason Univ. Gettysburg College Harvard University James Madison Univ. Lewis & Clark Univ. Loyola College (IL) New York University Pitzer College Princeton University Smith College Stanford University UC Davis UCLA UC Riverside UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Cruz
Criminology
American University Auburn University
Communication
Baylor University Bradley University Univ. of Maryland-College Park Clemson University University of Miami College of Charleston Ohio State Univ.-Columbus Cornell University Quinnipiac University Denison University University of Deleware DePaul University Valporaiso University Emerson College Fairfield University Fordham University Gonzaga University Indiana Univ.-Bloomington Ithaca College James Madison Univ. Michigan State Univ. New York University Northwestern University Pepperdine University Syracuse University UC San Diego UC Santa Barbara University of Iowa
Univ. of Maryland-College Park
Univ. of Texas-Austin
that Excel in a Most Popluar Majors)
Journalism
American University Boston University Carleton College Emerson College Indiana Univ.-Bloomington Loyola College (MD) Northwestern University Penn State Univ.-Univ.Park Syracuse University University of Florida
English/Literature
Amherst College Auburn University Bard College Barnard College Boston College Brown University
History
Bowdoin College Brown University Centre College Colgate University College of the Holy Cross Columbia University Claremont McKenna College Furman College Clemson University Grinnell College Colby College Harvard University Colgate University Haverford College Univ. of Maryland-College Park Columbia University Kenyon College Univ.of Missouri-Columbia Cornell University Oberlin College University of Oregon Dartmouth College Princeton University Univ. of N. Carolina-Chapel Hill Denison University Trinity College (CT) Univ. of Texas-Austin Duke University Tulane University Univ.of Wisconsin-Madison Emory University Wabash College Fordham University Yale University George Mason University Washington & Lee Univ. Gettysburg College Harvard University John Hopkins University Kenyon College Pitzer College Princeton University Rice University Stanford University Syracuse University Tufts University UC Berkeley University of Chicago Univ.of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Univ. of Notre Dame Vassar College Washington Univ.-St.Louis Wellesley College Yale University
Political Science/ Government
American University Amherst College Bard College Bates College Bowdoin College Bryn Mawr College Carleton College Claremont McKenna College College of the Holy Cross Columbia University Davidson College Dickinson College Furman College George Mason Univ. Georgetown Univ. Gettysburg College Gonzaga University Harvard University Kenyon College Macalester College Princeton University Stanford University Swarthmore College Syracuse University University of Arizona UC Berkeley UCLA Univ. of Washington-Seattle Vassar College Yale University
Learning Environment
Highest Rated Professors by Current Students
#1 Wellesley College #2 Harvey Mudd College #3 Middlebury College #4 Sarah Lawrence University #5 Wabash College #6 Reed College #7 Kenyon College #8 Centre College #9 Thomas Aquinas College #10 Sawanee-Univ.of the South
Lowest Rated Professors by Current Students
#1 US Merchant Marine Acad. #2 Steven's Inst.of Tech. #3 California Inst.of Tech. #4 New Jersey Inst.of Tech. #5 Rensselaer Poly. Inst. #6 Georgia Inst.of Tech. #7 Illinois Inst.of Tech. #8 UCLA #9 Arizona State Univ. #10 Drexel University #11 Purdue Univ.-W. Lafayette
#12 Rutgers Univ.-New Brunswick
#13 University of Arizona
Classes with the Most Discussion
#1 Sarah Lawrence University #2 Bard College #3 US Military Academy #4 Reed College #5 Wesleyan University #6 Thomas Aquinas University #7 Colorado College
Classes with the Most Lecture
#1 Georgia Inst.of Tech. #2 California Inst.of Tech. #3 North Carolina State Univ. #4 UC Davis #5 Illinois Inst.of Tech. #6 Steven's Inst.of Tech. #7 UC Santa Barbara #8 Clarkson University #9 Rose-Hulman Inst.of Tech. #10 Marquette University #11 Texas A & M Univ.
g Environment
Most Accessible Professors
#1 US Air Force Acad. #2 Harvey Mudd College #3 US Naval Acad. #4 Thomas Aquinas College #5 Webb Institute #6 Cornell University #7 Wabash College #8 US Military Acad. #9 Washington & Lee Univ. #10 Wellesley College #11 Sawanee-Univ.of the South #12 Centre College #13 Davidson College
Least Accessible Professors
#1 Illinois Inst.of Tech. #2 New Jersey Inst.of Tech. #3 Steven's Inst.of Tech.
#4 Rutgers Univ.-New Brunswick
#5 Drexel University #6 New York Univ. #7 UCLA #8 SUNY-Binghamton #9 Purdue Univ.-W.Lafayette #10 Georgia Inst.of Tech.
Best Classroom Experience
#1 Reed College #2 Wabash College #3 Thomas Aquinas College #4 Wellesley College #5 Mount Holyoke College #6 Middlebury College #7 Pomona College #8 US Military Academy #9 Whitman College #10 Kenyon College #11 Williams College #12 Bowdoin College #13 Pitzer College
#14 Claremont McKenna College
#15 Colgate University
Student Satisfaction
Highest Quality of Life
#1 Macalester College #2 Bowdoin College #3 Whitman College #4 Princeton University #5 St.Olaf College #6 Rice University
Most Happy Students
#1 Whitman College #2 Brown University #3 Clemson University #4 Princeton University #5 Stanford University #6 College of New Jersey #7 Washington Univ.-St. Louis #7 Bowdoin College #8 Claremont McKenna College #8 Yale University #9 Clemson University #9 Thomas Aquinas #10 Webb Institute #10 Claremont McKenna College #11 Univ.of N.Carolina-Chapel Hill #11 Middlebury College #12 Thomas Aquinas College #12 Indiana Univ.-Bloomington #13 Pomona College #13 Wabash College #14 Barnard College #14 Loyola Marymount Univ. #15 Stanford University #15 St. Ofaf College #16 Villanova University #16 University of Notre Dame
School Runs Smoothly
#1 Princeton University #2 Whitman College #3 Middlebury College #4 Wabash College
Long Lines and Lots of Paperwork
#1 Cooper Union #2 Drexel University #3 New York University #4 Illinois Inst. Of Tech. #5 Claremont McKenna Colleg #5 Univ.of Massachusetts #6 Pomona College #6 Univ. of New Orleans #7 Bowdoin College #8 Davidson College
#9 Rose-Hulman Inst. Of Tech.
#10 Williams College #11 Stanford University
#12 Washington Univ.-St. Louis
#13 Carelon College #14 Washington & Lee Univ. #15 Amherst College #16 Harvery Mudd College #17 Haverford College #18 Univ. of Notre Dame #19 Elon University
tisfaction
Least Happy Students
#1 US Merchant Marine Acad. #2 New Jersey Inst.of Tech. #3 Illinois Inst.of Tech. #4 Clarkson University #5 UC Riverside #6 Resselaer Poly. Inst. #7 Drexel University #8 George Mason University
#9 Case Western Reserve Univ.
#10 Univ.of Massachusetts-Amherst
Extracurricular Activitie
Best College Theatre
#1 Yale University #2 Emerson College #3 Whitman College #4 Vassar College #5 Brown University #6 Sarah Lawrence Univ. #7 Wesleyan University Greatest Involvement in Intramural Sports #1 University of Notre Dame #2 Whitman College #3 Wabash College
#4 Pennsylvania State Univ.-Univ.Park
#5 US Naval Academy #6 Colorado College #7 Clemson University #8 Carleton College #9 US Air Force Academy #10 University of Florida
#11 US Coast Guard Academy
#12 Providence College #13 Baylor University
icular Activities
Best College Radio Station
#1 Emerson College #2 Depauw College #3 Ithaca College #4 Brown University #5 Carleton College #6 Whitman College #7 Reed College #8 Skidmore College #9 Swarthmore College #10 Bates College #11 Denison University
Best College Newspaper
#1 Univ.of N.Carolina-Chapel Hill
#2 Yale University
#3 University of Pennsylvania
#4 Univ.of Georgia-Athens
#5 Univ.of Maryland-College Park
#6 Harvard University
#7 Penn State Univ.-Univ. Park
#8 Michigan State University #9 Indiana Univ.-Bloomington #10 Northwestern University #11 Duke University
#12 Univ.of Wisconsin-Madison
#13 Univ.of Texas-Austin #14 Syracuse University #15 University of Florida #16 Texas A & M Univ.
Campus & Surrounding Area
Most Beautiful Campus
Least Beautiful Campus
Best College Town
#1 Barnard College
#2 George Washington Univ.
#1 Princeton University #1 Drexel University #2 Pepperdine University #2 New Jersey Inst.of Tech. #3 Wellesley College #3 Cooper Union #4 Mount Holyoke College #4 Illinois Inst.of Tech.
#5 Loyola Marymount Univ. #5 N. Carolina State Univ.
#6 UC Santa Cruz #7 Elon University
#8 Sewanee-Univ.of the South
#6 Univ.of Massachusetts-Amherst
#7 Masachusetts Inst.of Tech.
#9 Scripps College #10 Colgate University #11 Vassar College
#13 Thomas Aquinas College
#8 SUNY-Binghamton #9 Harvey Mudd College #10 Clarkson University
#11 Rutgers Univ.-New Brunswick
#12 College of the Holy Cross #12 Rochester Inst.of Tech.
#14 University of Miami
#15 College of New Jersey
#3 American University #4 DePaul University #5 Columbia University #6 Univ.of San Francisco #7 Macalester College #8 New York University #9 Lewis & Clark University #10 Univ.of Texas-Austin #11 Georgetown University #12 Coopre Union #13 Northeastern University #14 Emerson College #15 College of Charleston #16 Boston University #17 Tulane University
Facilities & Services
Best Dorms
#1 Smith College #2 Loyola College (MD) #3 George Washington Univ. #4 Scripps College #5 Bryn Mawr College #6 Pepperdine University #7Pomona College #8 Bowdoin College #9 Claremont McKenna College #10 Wellesley College #11 Whitman College #12 Washington Univ.-St. Louis #13 Williams College #14 Skidmore College #15 Harvard University #16 Mounat Holyoke College #17 Trinity University (TX)
Worst Dorms
#1 US Coast Guard Academy #2 US Merchant Marine Acad. #3 Univ. of New Orleans #4 Georgia Inst. Of Tech. #5 University of Florida #6 Univ. of Washington-Seattle #7 US Miltary Academy
Best Food on Campus
Worst Food on Campus
#1 Bowdion College #1 US Merchant Marine Acad. #2 Bryn Mawr College #2 Steven't Inst. Of Tech. #3 James Madison Univ. #3 Carnegie Mellon Univ. #4 Colby College #4 US Air Force Academy #5 St. Olaf College #5 Fordham University #6 Cornell University #6 Bard College #7 Washington Univ.-St. Louis #7 Cornell University #8 University of Notre Dame #8 #9 Scripps College #9 #10 Middlebury College #10 #11 Miami University of Ohio #11
#12 University of Georgia-Athens #13 Claremont McKenna College #14 Bate College #15 Macalester College
#12 #13 #14 #15
s & Services
Best Library(s)
#1 Harvard University #2 Princeton University #3 Cornell University #4 Loyola College (LA) #5 Whitman College #6 Columbia University #7 St. Olaf College #8 Wesleyan University #9 University of Chicagp #10 Dickinson College #11 Stanford University #12 Mount Holyoke College #13 Emory University #14 University of Virginia #15 Texas A & M Univ. #16 Valparaiso University #17 Furman College
Worst/Smallest Library
#1 Clarkson University
#2 US Coast Guard Academy
#3 Bradley University #4 Loyola College (MD) #5 St. Mary's College (CA) #6 Bard College #7 American University #8 Steven's Inst.of Tech. #9 Loyola Marymount Univ.
Best Job Placement
#1 University of Texas-Austin #2 University of Notre Dame #3 Penn State Univ.-Univ.Park #4 Clemson University #5 Rose-Hulman Inst.Of Tech. #6 Smith College #7 Cornell University #8 Bentely College #9 American University #10 Villanova University #11 University of Virginia
#12 Steven's Inst. Of Tech. #13 University of Miami #14 Connecticut College
Financial Support
Student Most Happy wirh Financial Aid
#1 Princeton University #2 Stanford University #3 Thomas Aquinas Univ. #4 Pomona College #6 Wabash College #7 Williams College #8 California Inst.of Tech. #9 Grinnell College #10 Rice University #11 Amherst College
Students Most Unhappy with Financial Aide
#1 New York University #2 Penn State Univ.-Univ.Park #3 Univ. of Mary Washington
#4 Rutgers Univ.-New Brunswick
#5 Claremont McKenna College #5 George Mason Univ.
#6 James Madison Univ. #7 Drexel University #8 Emerson College #9 University of Oregon #10 SUNY-Binghamton #11 Quinnipiac University #12 College of the Holy Cross #13 University of Deleware
#7 Columbia University #8 University of Pennsylvania #9 Washington Univ.-St. Louis #10 California Inst.of Tech. #11 Pomona College
#12 Duke University #13 Amherst College #14 Williams College #15 Dartmouth College #16 Middlebury College #17 Cooper Union #18 Georgetown Univ. #19 Haverford College #20 Swarthmore College
cial Support
Top 10 Public Colleges with the Best Value
#1 University of Virginia #2 UC San Diego #3 UC Santa Cruz #4 Univ.of Wisconsin-Madison
Top 10 Private Colleges with the Best Value
#1 Rice University #2 Williams College #3 Grinnell College #4 Swarthmore College
#5 Thomas Aquinas College
#6 Wabash College #7 Whitman College #8 Amherst College #9 Scripps College #10 Harvard University #11US Military Academy-FREE #12 US Naval Academy -FREE Webb Institute-FREE #13 US Air Force Academy-FREE Cooper Union-FREE #14 US Coast Guard Academy-FREE Franklin Olin-FREE
#15 US Merchant Marine Academy-FREE
Hardest to Get Into #1 Harvard University #2 Princeton University #3 Massachusetts Inst.of Tech. #4 Yale University #5 Stanford University #6 Brown University #7 Columbia University #8 University of Pennsylvania #9 Washington Univ.-St. Louis #10 California Inst.of Tech. #11 Pomona College
#12 Duke University #13 Amherst College #14 Williams College #15 Dartmouth College #16 Middlebury College #17 Cooper Union #18 Georgetown Univ. #19 Haverford College #20 Swarthmore College
Diversity
Greatest Racial & Economic Diversity
#1 Wesleyan University #2 Mount Holyoke College #3 George Mason University #4 University of Miami #5 Welleley College #6 Stanford University #7 Macalester College #8 New Jersey Inst. Of Tech. #9 Univ. of Maryland-College Park #10 University of San Francisco #11 Illinois Inst.of Technology #12 DePaul University
Least Racial & Economic Diversity
#1 Providence College #2 Washington & Lee University #3 Miami University of Ohio #4 Univ.of Mary Washington #5 Fairfield University #6 Loyola College (MD) #7 Lehigh University (PA) #8 Bucknell University #9 University of Richmond #10 Wake Forest University #11 Quinnipiac University
Most Race/Class Interaction
#1 Wesleyan University #2 Thomas Aquinas Univ. #3 Webb Institute #4 Macalester College #5 Rice University #6 Pitzer College #7 Beloit College #8 Stanford University #9 Whitman College #10 Mount Holyoke College #11 University of Miami
#12 Yale University
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Greatest Degree of Gay Acceptance
#1 Macalester College #2 New York University #3 Stanford University #4 Wellesley College #5 Mount Holyoke College #6 Emerson College #7 Bryn Mawr College #8 Beloit College #9 Harvey Mudd College #10 Sarah Lawrence University #11 Grinnell College #12 Swarthmore College #13 Cornell University
Least Race/Class Interaction
#1 Trinity College (CT) #2 Washington & Lee Univ. #3 Miami University of Ohio #4 Duke University #5 Wake Forest University #6 University of Richmond #7 Providence College #8 Vanderbuilt University #9 College of the Holy Cross #10 Rollins College #11 UC San Diego
#12 Lafayette College #13 Fairfield University #14 Southern Methodist Univ. #15 Union College #16 SUNY-Binghamton