Aug
2008

Forbes: Best American Colleges

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1

Princeton University

2

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

3

Harvard University

4

Swarthmore College

5

Williams College

6

United States Military Academy

7

Amherst College

8

Wellesley College

9

Yale University

10

Columbia University

11

Northwestern University

12

Wabash College

13

Centre College

14

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

15

Bowdoin College

16

United States Air Force Academy

17

Middlebury College

18

University of Chicago

19

Smith College

20

Pomona College

21

Wesleyan University

22

Haverford College

23

Stanford University

24

Hamilton College

25

Sarah Lawrence College

26

Barnard College

27

Brown University

28

Whitman College

29

New College of Florida

30

Brandeis University

31

Vassar College

32

Boston College

33

Bryn Mawr College

34

Kenyon College

35

Franklin and Marshall College

36

United States Naval Academy

37

Colby College

38

Washington and Lee University

39

Westminster College

40

Claremont McKenna College

41

Rice University

42

Cooper Union

43

University of Virginia

44

Colgate University

45

Bates College

46

Knox College

47

DePauw University

48

Tufts University

49

College of William and Mary

50

Hampden-Sydney College

51

Oberlin College

52

Harvey Mudd College

53

Lafayette College

54

Carleton College

55

St. John’s College

56

Hampshire College

57

Kalamazoo College

58

Trinity College

59

Doane College

60

Connecticut College

61

University of Pennsylvania

62

Wofford College

63

Drew University

64

Reed College

65

Huntington University

66

University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

67

Sewanee University of the South

68

Lawrence University

69

Wake Forest University

70

Mount Holyoke College

71

Cornell College

72

Wesleyan College

73

University of California–Berkeley

74

Colorado College

75

Mills College

76

Georgetown University

77

University of Notre Dame

78

Nebraska Wesleyan University

79

College of the Holy Cross

80

Duke University

81

Johns Hopkins University

82

Emory University

83

Bellarmine University

84

Dickinson College

85

Salem College

86

Bucknell University

87

St. Olaf College

88

Bard College

89

Wheaton College

90

Clarke College

91

Wheaton College

92

Skidmore College

93

Davidson College

94

Earlham College

95

Erskine College

96

Carroll University

97

Hendrix College

98

Emory and Henry College

99

Union College

100

Bethany College

101

Principia College

102

Denison University

103

Gustavus Adolphus College

104

Pitzer College

105

Vanderbilt University

106

Wells College

107

Grinnell College

108

Virginia Military Institute

109

Ripon College

110

Hollins University

111

University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA)

112

Agnes Scott College

113

Juniata College

114

Lyon College

115

Randolph-Macon College

116

Carson-Newman College

117

Covenant College

118

St. Joseph’s College

119

State University of New York–Binghamton (SUNY)

120

Washington and Jefferson College

121

Cornell University

122

Samford University

123

College of Wooster

124

Millsaps College

125

St. John’s College

126

Macalester College

127

Dartmouth College

128

Sweet Briar College

129

Mississippi College

130

Birmingham-Southern College

131

George Fox University

132

Hanover College

133

Southwestern University

134

Bennington College

135

Eckerd College

136

St. Mary’s College of California

137

St. Mary’s College of Maryland

138

Spring Hill College

139

Scripps College

140

St. Norbert College

141

Claflin University

142

Marlboro College

143

Washington College

144

University of Mary Washington

145

Tulane University

146

Washington University in St. Louis

147

Converse College

148

Transylvania University

149

Master’s College and Seminary

150

Muhlenberg College

151

Otterbein College

152

John Carroll University

153

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

154

Furman University

155

University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign

156

University of Richmond

157

Maryville College

158

Lebanon Valley College

159

Goshen College

160

Lake Forest College

161

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

162

Wisconsin Lutheran College

163

Oklahoma Baptist University

164

Centenary College of Louisiana

165

Whitworth College

166

Hope College

167

University of Florida

168

Marietta College

169

United States Coast Guard Academy

170

Lewis and Clark College

171

Thomas Aquinas College

172

The Citadel

173

Allegheny College

174

College of Idaho

175

Warren Wilson College

176

University of Puget Sound

177

University of Georgia

178

University of Washington

179

Augustana College

180

Trinity University

181

Florida Southern College

182

Coe College

183

Roanoke College

184

Pacific University

185

Oklahoma Wesleyan University

186

Southern Methodist University

187

Ohio Wesleyan University

188

Luther College

189

State University of New York–Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY)

190

Presbyterian College

191

Houghton College

192

Randolph College

193

St. Anselm College

194

Spelman College

195

James Madison University

196

Beloit College

197

University of Mississippi

198

Hamline University

199

University of California–Santa Barbara (UCSB)

200

University of Rochester

201

St. Joseph’s University

202

Cedar Crest College

203

College of the Atlantic

204

Berea College

205

Biola University

206

Hiram College

207

Georgetown College

208

St. Lawrence University

209

University of Dallas

210

Willamette University

211

Northwestern College

212

Providence College

213

Asbury College

214

Indiana University–Bloomington

215

University of Texas–Austin

216

Alfred University

217

Brigham Young University (BYU)

218

Siena College

219

Albion College

220

Ithaca College

221

Trinity International University

222

University of Delaware

223

University of Wyoming

224

Bethel University

225

Xavier University

226

Hastings College

227

Mississippi State University

228

Illinois Wesleyan University

229

University of North Carolina, Wilmington

230

Pacific Lutheran University

231

Ursinus College

232

Baldwin-Wallace College

233

Occidental College

234

Susquehanna University

235

St. Michael’s College

236

University of California–Riverside

237

University of North Carolina–Asheville

238

Mount St. Mary’s College

239

North Central College

240

Guilford College

241

Simpson College

242

University of Redlands

243

Austin College

244

Villanova University

245

Brigham Young University (Idaho)

246

Linfield College

247

Utah State University

248

Berry College

249

William Jewell College

250

Appalachian State University

251

California Lutheran University

252

University of Evansville

253

High Point University

254

University of California–Santa Cruz (UCSC)

255

University of Utah

256

University of California–San Diego (UCSD)

257

Westmont College

258

Gettysburg College

259

Loyola University New Orleans

260

Texas A&M University–College Station

261

Oglethorpe University

262

University of Southern Mississippi

263

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

264

University of Missouri–Columbia

265

Stetson University

266

Carnegie Mellon University

267

St. Mary’s University

268

St. Francis College

269

University of Scranton

270

Clark University

271

Northwestern College

272

Pennsylvania State University–University Park

273

Fordham University

274

Florida State University

275

University of Idaho

276

Miami University–Oxford

277

Le Moyne College

278

Loyola College in Maryland

279

Hillsdale College

280

University of Kansas

281

Grove City College

282

Union University

283

University of Alabama

284

University of California–Irvine (UCI)

285

Rocky Mountain College

286

Middle Tennessee State University

287

University of Oregon

288

St. Vincent College

289

Whittier College

290

University of New Mexico

291

Montana State University–Bozeman

292

Ohio State University–Columbus

293

Dillard University

294

Ouachita Baptist University

295

State University of New York–Albany

296

Monmouth College

297

University of Pittsburgh

298

Rockhurst University

299

University of Massachusetts–Amherst

300

University of Southern California (USC)

301

New School

302

Colorado State University

303

Bethel College

304

Drury University

305

Metropolitan State College of Denver

306

University of California–Davis

307

Virginia Tech

308

Taylor University

309

Catholic University of America

310

Lehigh University

311

West Virginia University

312

College of New Jersey

313

Wittenberg University

314

Lycoming College

315

Rollins College

316

Millikin University

317

Chapman University

318

Santa Clara University

319

St. Mary’s College

320

Syracuse University

321

United States Merchant Marine Academy

322

Murray State University

323

Utah Valley University

324

New York University

325

University of Louisiana–Lafayette

326

St. Mary’s University–San Antonio

327

Michigan State University

328

University of Tennessee–Knoxville

329

Simmons College

330

Fairfield University

331

University of Iowa

332

State University of New York–Stony Brook

333

Butler University

334

Manhattan College

335

University of Wisconsin–Madison

336

University of South Florida

337

University of Memphis

338

Emerson College

339

California State University–Fresno

340

Cedarville University

341

Louisiana State University

342

Florida Atlantic University

343

Gordon College

344

University of South Carolina–Columbia

345

Rhode Island College

346

University of San Diego

347

Yeshiva University

348

Ohio University

349

Elmhurst College

350

George Washington University

351

Hartwick College

352

Baylor University

353

St. John’s University

354

University of Alabama–Birmingham

355

CUNY, CCNY

356

University of Colorado–Boulder

357

Messiah College

358

Vanguard University of Southern California

359

Capital University

360

Belmont University

361

Northern Arizona University

362

Georgia State University

363

Pepperdine University

364

Rhodes College

365

University of Texas–El Paso (UTEP)

366

SUNY, Geneseo

367

CUNY, Brooklyn

368

University of Arkansas

369

Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo

370

St. John Fisher College

371

Washington State University

372

Calvin College

373

Carroll College

374

Dordt College

375

Old Dominion University

376

University of Maine–Orono

377

Moravian College

378

University of Denver

379

King’s College

380

University of Oklahoma–Norman

381

Concordia College Moorhead

382

George Mason University

383

University of Arizona

384

Boston University

385

Texas Tech University

386

Mercer University

387

Goucher College

388

Hood College

389

City University of New York–Queens

390

Mount Union College

391

University of New Hampshire

392

Auburn University

393

University of Nevada–Las Vegas (UNLV)

394

California State University–Sacramento

395

Arizona State University

396

Elon University

397

Florida International University

398

Western Washington University

399

California Maritime Academy

400

University of Louisville

401

Millersville University

402

University of Rhode Island

403

Case Western Reserve University

404

University of La Verne

405

Marquette University

406

Oklahoma State University

407

University of Montana

408

Russell Sage College

409

University of Colorado–Denver

410

University of Maryland–College Park

411

Miami Dade College

412

University of San Francisco

413

California State University–Long Beach

414

Westminster College

415

Wayne State University

416

Bradley University

417

University of Miami

418

California State University–Northridge (CSUN)

419

University of the Pacific

420

LaGrange College

421

College of Charleston

422

California State University–Chico

423

Meredith College

424

University of the Ozarks

425

Clemson University

426

La Salle University

427

Gonzaga University

428

Eastern Kentucky University

429

University of Connecticut

430

Wartburg College

431

Texas State University–San Marcos

432

University of Central Florida

433

Virginia Commonwealth University

434

Alma College

435

Seattle Pacific University

436

State University of New York–Buffalo

437

Wheeling Jesuit University

438