Hello Dear readers today will become familiar part 8 with 10 prestigious universities in America Listed by the order 81 to that of 90.
81. Centre College
Summary
Centre College is a private institution that was founded in 1819. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 1,381, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 125 acres. It utilizes a 4-1-4-based academic calendar. Centre College’s ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is National Liberal Arts Colleges, 45. Its tuition and fees are $37,100 (2014-15).
For students who attend Centre College, three things are definite: If they want, they will be able to study abroad, complete an internship and graduate in four years. The school, located in Danville, Kentucky, guarantees that all students who follow academic and social guidelines will be exposed to each of the three key college experiences. Many students choose to partake in the Centre Commitment, as it is called; for example, more than 85 percent study abroad at least one time. Never traveled outside the country? Centre College will buy a passport for every student who doesn’t have one. Back in Danville, students can check out more than 100 clubs on campus. About 40 percent of students join the school’s popular Greek system, which has a handful of fraternities and sororities. Student athletes can play for the Centre Colonels, varsity teams that mainly compete in the NCAA Division III Southern Athletic Association. There are dozens of performances, from ballets to book readings, on campus each semester, and all full-time students must attend at least 12 per year. All students must live on campus, unless they commute from a parent’s home nearby or are married. A limited number of seniors who apply to move off campus will be permitted to do so. All students are allowed to have cars, which is a good thing for outdoor enthusiasts; without venturing far from campus, students can play frisbee golf at Henry Jackson Park, canoe at Cummins Falls Marina or explore the Central Kentucky Wildlife Refuge. Longer car trips will take students to Lexington, Kentucky, in 40 minutes; Cincinnati in two hours; and Nashville, Tennessee, in 3.5 hours.
Students at Centre College are encouraged to take on experiential learning projects, be it through an internship or research with a faculty member. All students can showcase their creativity, experiments and projects at the Centre RICE Symposium, held on campus each year. Notable Centre College alumni include Isaac Tigrett, founder of the Hard Rock Café and House of Blues chains; John Ellison Conlee, a Broadway actor famous for his role in “The Full Monty”; and Fred Vinson, former chief justice of the United States. Vinson is still a revered figure on the Centre College campus today; a portrait of Vinson, known as Dead Fred, is toted along to every home football match and big campus events.
School mission and unique qualities (as provided by the school):
Centre College offers its students a world of opportunities, highlighted by one of the nation’s premier study abroad program. Centre’s personalized approach means that most international study includes at least one Centre professor.
Over the last decade, an average 85 percent of students studied abroad at least once during their four years at Centre. In the Class of 2013, the most recent graduating class, 23 percent studied abroad at least twice, while 14 percent managed three or more trips. Two students even studied abroad four times. Centre offers nine permanent, semester-long residential programs: in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, France, Spain, the Yucatan, China, and Japan. Shorter three-week CentreTerm programs in January explore an ever-increasing number of countries. In 2014, students studied in Burma, China, France, Guatemala, India, New Zealand, Rwanda, Spain, Thailand, and Uganda. There are also summer programs, as well as a formal internship program associated with Centre-in-the-Yucatan. In order that financial need should not prevent study abroad, Centre also offers additional financial aid specifically for international study such as a senior subsidy, along with free passports to all incoming students. Related, a new “study away” program in Washington, D.C. has been so successful that a second program will debut in Chicago in 2014-2015. The College considers study abroad to be so integral to a Centre education that it is a component of the Centre Commitment: study abroad, an internship or research opportunity, and graduation in four years is guaranteed, or Centre will provide up to one more year of tuition for free. No one has yet claimed the free year, and the internships and research opportunities have helped students find their first post-graduation jobs or entrance into an ideal graduate program or medical school. Rhodes Scholarship recipients, three Goldwater winners in the last five years, and the College???s first Boren Scholar, highlight Centre’s stellar academic achievements. Centre’s exceptional commitment to remaining affordable is made possible in part by legions of devoted alumni. For 31 consecutive years, more than half of living alumni have made an annual gift to the College. Parent and senior class gifts have also recently hit the 50 percent mark. After graduation, Centre students enjoy extraordinary success, with entrance to top graduate and professional schools, prestigious fellowships for further study abroad (Rotary awards are common and Centre is consistently among the nation’s top Fulbright producers), and rewarding jobs (for the Class of 2013, 96 percent were employed or pursuing advanced study within 10 months of graduation). Centre is a place where important conversations occur in and out of the classroom. In 2012, for the second time in a dozen years, Centre’s Norton Center for the Arts was the setting for the nation’s only Vice Presidential Debate. Even in years without a vice presidential debate, the Norton Center features an amazing array of high-profile arts performances and speakers. Recent visits have featured the Vienna Philharmonic, Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, the Blue Man Group, Alison Krauss and Union Station, and Nobel prize-winner Elie Wiesel. Be it through master classes with visiting artists or escorting speakers around campus, Centre students regularly engage with the most eminent in their fields.
82. University of Maryland, College Park
Summary
University of Maryland–College Park is a public institution that was founded in 1856. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 26,658, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 1,250 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of Maryland–College Park’s ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 62. Its in-state tuition and fees are $9,427 (2014-15); out-of-state tuition and fees are $29,720 (2014-15).
Located between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, the University of Maryland offers students a suburban lifestyle within easy reach of big-city experiences. The flagship campus in College Park, which has its own subway stop on the D.C.-area Metro transit system, is often considered a commuter school. Accordingly, freshmen do not have to live on campus. There are more than 800 clubs and organizations on campus, including about 35 fraternities and sororities that involve approximately 15 percent of the student population. Students looking for additional activities can visit the university’s “Free Stuff @ Maryland” website, which offers a comprehensive listing of presentations, events and movie screenings with no admission charges. Sports also offer yearlong distractions. The Maryland Terrapins compete in the NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference. The mascot, Testudo, is a Diamondback terrapin — a species of turtle that is the official state reptile. One of several Testudo sculptures on campus sits in front of McKeldin Library, and rubbing its nose is thought to bring good luck, particularly before exams.
The University of Maryland has a highly ranked graduate program in education and the noted A. James Clark School of Engineering, as well as well-regarded offerings through the Robert H. Smith School of Business. The university regularly earns accolades for its sustainable and clean energy initiatives, such as its plan to be carbon neutral by 2050 and campus-wide efforts to compost dining hall waste. Famous Maryland alumni span the professional spectrum and include NASA scientist Charles Bennett, broadcast journalist Connie Chung and “Sesame Street” and “The Muppet Show” creator Jim Henson.
School mission and unique qualities (as provided by the school):
The University of Maryland (UMD), the State’s flagship university, inspires students’ ideas and sparks their passions while bringing them deeply into the life-changing process of discovery, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Living-learning environments, hands-on research, and experiential learning expand on classroom study.
Collaborations across disciplines enable the understanding of complex national and global problems like cybersecurity and climate change. International study and diversity help our graduates become global citizens. As the only public research university inside Washington, D.C.’s beltway, UMD gives students unparalleled opportunities to work with nearby federal agencies and labs, such as NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The Global Semester in Washington, D.C., program offers seminars and internationally-related internships, and the Federal Semester program combines targeted studies with internships that pair students and government policy-makers. New collaborations with the University of Maryland, Baltimore will boost educational opportunities, research, and combined degree programs.
UMD students are inventing tomorrow’s technologies and finding solutions to long-standing problems. In 2013, an award-winning student program???Food Recovery Network???went national with its first large grant from the Sodexo Foundation. Created to safely provide leftover food to hungry people, it now has programs at 53 colleges in 20 states. UMD students recently beat out 100 premier institutions to win the inaugural U.S. Major League Hacking Championship, winning for new apps and technologies created, or ???hacked,??? from scratch in weekend-long events.
UMD’s faculty includes Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and members of the National Academies. Students learn from world-class experts and share classes with exceptionally motivated, high-achieving peers. Undergraduates select from more than 100 majors and 10 living-learning programs offering 25 study options. UMD helped pioneer living-learning programs, including launching the nation’s first program devoted to entrepreneurship in 2001 and the first focused on cybersecurity in 2013.
Half of UMD’s fall freshmen enroll in these and other Honors or Scholars programs. UMD’s Honors College challenges the most talented students in small seminars with like-minded classmates. College Park Scholars, an innovative living-learning program, engages students and faculty in learning beyond the classroom around a variety of topic areas. UMD’s entrepreneurial faculty provide leadership in pivotal fields, such as climate change, national security, foreign languages, nanotechnology, energy storage, health care IT, food safety, and quantum science (led by a Nobel laureate and housed in one of the most advanced research facilities in the world). Since the 1960’s, researchers at UMD have partnered with NASA to conduct space missions, including Voyagers I and II and the recent Deep Impact missions to nearby comets. UMD researchers are heavily involved in trans-disciplinary environmental research, including work to restore and protect the nearby Chesapeake Bay.
Only nine miles from the White House, the Smithsonian, Library of Congress, and National Archives, and near the metropolitan and educational attractions of Baltimore, the lush 1250-acre campus mixes advanced labs and educational facilities with state-of-the-art recreational opportunities. UMD and its 9,000 trees are designated as an arboretum and botanical garden. The U.S. EPA has recognized UMD as one of the nation’s most sustainable campuses.
UMD is recognized for providing outstanding education at an affordable price. UMD’s financial aid programs work overtime to maintain affordability: One provides a zero-debt-at-graduation opportunity for students from poverty-level circumstances, while another caps the accumulated debt for seniors from moderate-income families.
83. Trinity College
Summary
Trinity College is a private institution that was founded in 1823. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,331, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 100 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Trinity College’s ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is National Liberal Arts Colleges, 45. Its tuition and fees are $49,056 (2014-15).
Students at Trinity College live in an intimate setting in the midst of a bustling state capital. The campus is located in Hartford, Conn., a large city where students can do everything from attending concerts at the Comcast and Webster theatres to learning how to shoot a cannon from the Revolutionary War at the Old State House. Attending school in the state’s capital also means students have hundreds of opportunities for internships at various organizations throughout the city. Freshmen must live on campus, and will reside and take classes with other students in their selected First-Year Program. Outside of class, students can choose from more than 100 clubs and organizations in which to get involved. There are a handful of Greek organizations on campus. The Trinity sports teams compete in the NCAA Division III New England Small College Athletics Conference, cheered on by the school mascot, a species of rooster known as the bantam. Don’t get confused in your college search: Trinity College is a common name for schools of various faiths, but this liberal arts school is nondenominational.
In addition to its main location in Hartford, Trinity has a campus in Rome, Italy. More than half of Trinity students study abroad during their time in college. Trinity also has a field station in Ashford, Conn., where students and faculty research subjects in the natural and environmental sciences. Among the college’s notable graduates are Jim Murren, chairman of casino chain MGM Resorts; journalist Tucker Carlson; and columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author George Will.
School mission and unique qualities (as provided by the school):
Trinity College is an independent, nonsectarian liberal arts college located in Connecticut’s historic capital city of Hartford. Founded in 1823, Trinity brings the tradition of liberal arts into the 21st century with a dynamic living and learning community. Approximately 2,300 students work closely with faculty, extend their education through campus activities, engage with the city through internships and community service, and explore the wider world through study abroad and international initiatives. Our mission is to foster critical thinking, free the mind of parochialism and prejudice, and prepare students to lead examined lives that are personally satisfying, civically responsible, and socially useful.
84. Connecticut College
Summary
Connecticut College is a private institution that was founded in 1911. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 1,915, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 750 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Connecticut College’s ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is National Liberal Arts Colleges, 45. Its tuition and fees are $47,740 (2014-15).
For students at Connecticut College, “If you want to do it, it can be done,” according to the school’s website. There are more than 80 clubs and organizations, and students with a creative idea can start their own group, too. Students can have plenty of fun at the school’s annual events, like Festivus, a campuswide celebration and dance named for the “Seinfeld” – created holiday, and HarvestFest, a day of autumnal activities. Other events throughout the year aim to create a spirited rivalry among the residence halls such as Camelympics, a weekend-long event of athletic competitions and a dance party. These events involve almost everyone at Connecticut College, because all undergraduates are expected to live on campus. There is no Greek life on campus, but students can kick off each weekend early with TNEs, or Thursday Night Events, which are activities sponsored by rotating organizations, classes and residence halls. On Fridays, students can venture into the college’s town of New London for the weekly Friday Nights in the District, during which shops and galleries stay open late.
The school has 28 varsity sports teams and is a member of the Division III New England Small College Athletic Conference. The school mascot is a camel, and student fans can attend any sporting event for free. For entertainment of the creative variety, there are more than a dozen performing arts centers scattered across campus that host student and professional shows throughout the year. Floralia, a day of musical concerts, is held each spring in an on-campus amphitheater. Creative arts are a big focus at Connecticut College, and every student must take at least one creative class before graduation.
The Connecticut College campus, overlooking Long Island Sound, is situated in an ideal part of the state for road trips. It’s a 15-minute drive to the Mystic Seaport, the largest maritime museum in the country. Hartford, and Providence, R.I., are both an hour’s drive away; Boston is two hours away; and New York is a three-hour car trip. Notable alumni of Connecticut College include Tim Armstrong, chair and CEO of AOL; Jay Lauf, publisher of The Atlantic magazine; and Kimberly Williams, chief financial officer of Core Media Group Inc.
School mission and unique qualities (as provided by the school):
Located on the coast of southern New England, Connecticut College is a highly selective private liberal arts college with about 1,900 students from across the country and throughout the world. On the college’s 750-acre arboretum campus overlooking Long Island Sound, students and faculty create a vibrant social, cultural and intellectual community enriched by diverse perspectives. The college, founded in 1911, is known for its unique combination of interdisciplinary certificate programs, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning.
85. Wofford College
Summary
Wofford College is a private institution that was founded in 1854. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 1,584, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 170 acres. It utilizes a 4-1-4-based academic calendar. Wofford College’s ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is National Liberal Arts Colleges, 77. Its tuition and fees are $37,120 (2014-15).
Wofford College is a United Methodist-affiliated school that welcomes students of all faiths and beliefs. Located in the city of Spartanburg, South Carolina, Wofford is situated on 170 tree-lined acres that have been designated as an arboretum. Since 1992, nearly 5,000 trees have been planted throughout the campus. Students admitted to the college are given the choice of more than 50 majors and minors, as well as numerous student organizations. Greek life is very prevalent on campus, with 14 chapters and more than 40 percent of the student body participating in a fraternity or sorority. Though students have the opportunity to live off campus, more than 90 percent of the student body decides to live on campus during their college careers. Wofford’s athletic teams, known as the Terriers, compete in the Southern Conference in the NCAA Division I. Wofford has 18 men’s and women’s varsity programs.
Wofford College practices a 4-1-4 semester schedule, with a four-month fall semester and a four-month spring semester. The college offers an Interim period in January that allows students to concentrate on a single study project of their choosing. The intent is to move beyond the classroom structure and observe issues in action. Wofford prides itself on returning students each year, and the college boasts one of the highest freshman retention rates among national liberal arts colleges. Notable alumni of the college include Wendi Nix, an ESPN anchor; former Sen. Olin D. Johnston of South Carolina; and Jerry Richardson, owner of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers.
School mission and unique qualities (as provided by the school):
Established in 1854 and related to the United Methodist Church, Wofford is an independent college of approximately 1,600 students located in Spartanburg, S.C. The surrounding Upstate metropolitan area is best known today as the home of BMW’s North American assembly plant, seven institutions of higher education, and two medical centers. Wofford is a signatory institution to the President’s Climate Commitment and offers a distinctive major in environmental studies. The historic 175-acre campus is recognized as a national arboretum and features The Village, new urban apartment-style housing for seniors. The Michael S. Brown Village Center, the capstone building of The Village, is the location for a state-of-the-art career center, The Space. Wofford’s mission is ‘to provide superior liberal arts education that prepares its students for extraordinary and positive contributions to society,’ as reflected in its chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (1941) and six alumni who have been Rhodes Scholars, including Rachel Woodlee (class of 2013). The international college honor society for German studies, Delta Phi Alpha, was founded on the campus in 1927. The college is especially well known for its academic strength in the sciences. Almost 20 percent of the most recent class graduated with a major in biology, and the past few years have seen a dramatic increase in medical school acceptance rates and attendance. Law school is also a popular choice for recent graduates, 37 of whom began their studies in the fall of 2011. Wofford is also respected for programs related to business and finance, and in the spring of 2012, a team of five seniors advanced to the Americas’ finals in the global CFA Institute Research Challenge competition in New York City. Wofford is one of 27 colleges and universities offering a Bonner Scholars program. Deserving students receive four-year scholarships and engage in ongoing service learning. The Bonner Foundation of Princeton, N.J., has permanently endowed the program at Wofford. Sixty Bonner Scholars provide an estimated 18,000 service hours each year to the Spartanburg community. Numerous other volunteer programs and philanthropies flourish on the campus. The Wofford Terriers compete successfully in the Southern Conference, NCAA Division I, with 16 of the 18 intercollegiate teams scoring above the national average of 974 on the Academic Progress Rate (APR) report. The football team has qualified for the FCS playoffs in four of the last six years, and the men’s basketball team won the SoCon championship in 2010, 2011, and 2014. Men’s soccer and baseball teams also won recent conference championships. Wofford teams averaged a score of 95 on the Graduation Success Rate report, and senior point guard Brad Loesing was a first-team Academic All-American in 2011-2012. Wofford graduates live in all 50 states and more than 35 foreign countries. of 16,707 living alumni, 3,218 are in senior management of corporations or organizations, 1,302 practice medicine, dentistry or other health care professions, and 827 are attorneys or judges.
86. Santa Clara University
Summary
Santa Clara University is a private institution that was founded in 1851. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 5,435, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 106 acres. It utilizes a program-based academic calendar. Santa Clara University’s ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities (West), 2. Its tuition and fees are $43,812 (2014-15).
Santa Clara University is located in the Silicon Valley town of Santa Clara, Calif., about an hour from San Francisco. The university offers arts and entertainment programs at the Center of Performing Arts and the de Saisset Museum of art and history. There are more than 100 student organizations on campus including the Santa Clara Community Action Program, a volunteer service organization, and the Santa Clara Review, a biannual literary magazine. Santa Clara offers housing in its residence halls, and students can also join a Residential Learning Community. The Santa Clara Broncos field nearly 20 Division I athletic teams and are known for their successful soccer and volleyball programs. The Ruff Riders—the official student booster club of SCU athletics—is the largest organization on campus.
Santa Clara’s graduate programs include the Leavey School of Business, School of Law, and Jesuit School of Theology. Approximately one third of students study abroad during their time at Santa Clara. Undergraduates can study in either the College of Arts and Sciences, Leavey School of Business, or School of Engineering. Santa Clara’s annual President’s Speaker Series has featured Santa Clara alumna and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, primatologist and U.N. Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall, and Santa Clara alumnus and author of the best-selling novel The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini.
School mission and unique qualities (as provided by the school):
Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university, offers its students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus master’s and law degrees and a doctorate in engineering. Distinguished nationally by one of the highest graduation rates among all U.S. masters??? universities, California’s oldest operating higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. Founded in 1851 by the Society of Jesus as Santa Clara College, SCU was established on the site of Mission Santa Clara de Asis, the eighth of 21 California missions. The university draws upon more than 450 years of the Jesuit tradition to educate students and citizens prepared to contribute to a more just, humane, and sustainable world. Located 40 miles south of San Francisco, in the heart of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara University offers abundant career opportunities and access to a variety of educational, cultural,
and recreational activities. The 106-acre campus features beautiful gardens and landscaping, and contains more than 50 buildings, the newest being the Schott Admission & Enrollment Services Building, which combines the offices of Admission, Financial Aid, the Bursar, and Registrar under one roof and features an interactive exhibit about the university.
At Santa Clara, the notion of sustainability informs many of the classes and campus activities. SCU received the silver rating in the nation???s first comprehensive sustainability rating system for colleges and universities. High student satisfaction and achievement are reflected in the fact that 95 percent of freshman students advance to the sophomore year and 84 percent graduate within six years, among the highest percentages in the country. One example of high student achievement is alumna Beth Tellman, who double majored in sustainable globalization and environmental studies, received the Fulbright U.S. Student Award, and researches food security for coffee farmers in El Salvador. Santa Clara’s emphasis on a community of scholars and integrated education attracts faculty members who are as committed to their students intellectual and moral development as they are to pursuing their own scholarship. SCU???s 522 full-time faculty members include Fulbright professors, nationally recognized authors and poets, groundbreaking scientists, and highly regarded economic forecasters. The integration of Santa Clara University and the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley (JST) in 2009 resulted in the new Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University. Santa Clara University???s 94,490 alumni live in all 50 states and in 111 foreign countries. President Barack Obama has selected SCU alumni to hold significant government posts, including Janet Napolitano as (former) Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and Leon Panetta as (former) Secretary of Defense. In 2013, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine named Santa Clara University among the top 50 best values among private universities nationwide, and Bloomberg BusinessWeek ranked the undergraduate business program 38th in the nation. The School of Law’s intellectual property program has been recognized among the top 10 in the country. The University also was named to the 2013 U.S. President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for community service programs and student involvement.
87. University of Florida
Summary
University of Florida is a public institution that was founded in 1853. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 33,168, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 2,000 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of Florida’s ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 48. Its in-state tuition and fees are $6,313 (2014-15); out-of-state tuition and fees are $28,591 (2014-15).
The University of Florida is about two miles away from downtown Gainesville, a college town bolstered by the school’s nearly 50,000 students. The Florida Gators sports teams compete in the NCAA Division I Southeastern Conference, and are supported by mascots Albert and Alberta the Alligators. The Gator football team, which competes in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium — commonly called the “The Swamp” — is particularly notorious. The team became the namesake of popular sports drink Gatorade in 1966, after freshmen Gators experimented with the novel beverage. The annual Gator Growl, held each Homecoming weekend, has been called the largest student-run pep rally in the world. About 15 percent of students are involved in the school’s 60-plus fraternities and sororities. Freshmen do not have to live on campus, though about 80 percent opt to do so. All students can partake in Gator Nights, held every Friday, which offer free late-night entertainment and a free “midnight breakfast.”
The school has well-regarded graduate programs through the engineering school, Hough Graduate School of Business, Levin College of Law and the College of Medicine. The university is also integrated with retirement community Oak Hammock, where students can work, complete internships in health sciences and find mentors. Famous graduates of the University of Florida include home repair television sensation Bob Vila, Heisman Trophy winner Steve Spurrier and former U.S. Sens. Bob Graham and Connie Mack.
School mission and unique qualities (as provided by the school):
The University of Florida is a comprehensive learning institution built on a land grant foundation. We are The Gator Nation, a diverse community dedicated to excellence in education and research and shaping a better future for Florida, the nation and the world.
Our mission is to enable our students to lead and influence the next generation and beyond for economic, cultural and societal benefit.
The University of Florida, the state’s oldest university, traces its beginnings to 1853. Today, the university has more than 50,000 students and 16 colleges. UF has a 2,000-acre campus and more than 900 buildings on the main campus.
Since 1985, UF has been a member of the Association of American Universities, which includes the top 62 public and private institutions in North America.
UF is consistently ranked among the nation’s top universities: No. 14 in U.S. News & World Report “Top Public Universities” (2013); No. 3 in Kiplinger’s “Best Values in Public Colleges” (2013).
Nearly two-thirds of UF students graduate with no student loan debt, compared with two-thirds of college students nationally, who graduate with student-loan debt.
UF has 38 Eminent Scholar chairs and over 40 faculty elections to the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, or the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
UF faculty attracts nearly $700 million in funding and averages 300 new inventions each year and more than 100 biotechnology companies have emerged as a result of UF research.
UF excels in its student-athletic program, which has been a Top-Ten program nationally for the past 30 years and whose athletic victories include 31 national team championships, 213 SEC titles, and more than 250 individual national titles.
In January 2014, the university enrolled the first students in UF Online, the university’s online arm for undergraduate degrees. UF currently offers nine online undergraduate degree programs, including biology, geology and sports management. The university projects 24,000 students and 35 degree programs in ten years.
UF began the renovation and expansion of its signature J. Wayne Reitz Student Union. The $75 million project, which will add 100,000 square feet of dedicated space largely for student offices, clubs and organizations, is expected to be completed by fall of 2015.
UF continued its preservation and restoration efforts of more than three dozen state-owned properties in historic St. Augustine, renovating the iconic Government House and opening the First Colony Exhibit there. The exhibit tells the story of native Floridians and Spanish Colonial Florida as St. Augustine prepares for its 450th anniversary celebration in 2015.
The university began construction of Cypress Hall, one of the first residence halls in the country to feature rooms specifically designed for students with significant physical disabilities. Up to 30 rooms in the new residence hall will be equipped with lift systems and other technology to assist these students.
UF’s Office of Technology Licensing continued its pioneering efforts to attract and support more female inventors and entrepreneurs through the Empowering Women in Technology program. The hands-on program, which covers everything from forming companies to writing business plans, has reached over 100 women many of whom are now actively engaged in the local innovation community.
The university’s Smathers Libraries added the Judaica Suite, a suite of artfully designed reading rooms devoted to making the volumes of UF’S Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica more visible and available to patrons.
88. Dickinson College
Summary
Dickinson College is a private institution that was founded in 1783. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,396, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 180 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Dickinson College’s ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is National Liberal Arts Colleges, 37. Its tuition and fees are $47,692 (2014-15).
Only a few days after the Revolutionary War came to a close, Dickinson College was chartered in Carlisle, Pa. Today, Dickinson students have more than 130 student clubs and organizations to choose from, including about a dozen fraternities and sororities. About a quarter of all students join a Greek organization. The Dickinson Red Devils compete in the NCAA Division III Centennial Conference, and the school has a particularly competitive rivalry with Franklin and Marshall College in nearby Lancaster, Pa. Intramural sports, like sand volleyball and badminton, are a popular draw for students, too. Freshmen, sophomores, juniors and some seniors must live on campus, though housing options differ by class standing. First-year students are assigned to dormitories; sophomores and juniors live in suites; and seniors can either move into campus apartments or apply to move off campus. Freshmen also have the option to register for a learning community, a group of students with a similar interest who live and take at least two of the same classes together.
The campus town of Carlisle is a historic community of 20,000 residents. To get around town, students may rent from a small fleet of college-owned, red bicycles. The campus is 25 miles away from the state’s capital, Harrisburg; 95 miles from Baltimore; and 125 miles from Philadelphia. For a semester or a year away from Carlisle, students can choose from more than 40 study abroad programs, many of which are led by Dickinson faculty.
The Dickinson School of Law is affiliated with Penn State University and moved to University Park, Pa., but Dickinson undergraduates can benefit from the professional institution. Students can take an accelerated track toward earning a law degree, completing three years at Dickinson College and three years at the Dickinson School of Law at Penn State. Other joint master’s degree programs include an accelerated Bachelor of Science degree from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, a 13.5 month program following three years at Dickinson College, and a guaranteed scholarship of at least $10,000 to any Dickinson student admitted to the highly ranked William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester. Distinguished graduates of Dickinson College include U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, Pa., and New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Haigh.
School mission and unique qualities (as provided by the school):
Dickinson is a nationally recognized liberal arts college chartered in 1783 in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Devoted to its revolutionary roots, the college maintains the mission of founder Benjamin Rush-to provide a useful education in the liberal arts and sciences. Dickinson has a robust academic program, offering forty-three majors plus minors, certificates, independent research, and internships. Our innovative programs range from neuroscience to security studies, and develop intellectual independence by actively engaging in research, fieldwork, lab work in state-of-the-art science programs and other experiential opportunities. Dickinson’s global curriculum includes international business and management, international studies, thirteen languages, and many globally oriented courses. Dickinson offers one of the world’s most respected study abroad programs, and more than half of Dickinson’s students study in more than forty programs in twenty-five countries on six continents. Dickinson is recognized as a leader among educational institutions committed to sustainability and green initiatives. The Center for Sustainability Education integrates sustainability into its academics, facilities, operations, and campus culture. Dickinson has received the highest awards from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, Sierra Club, Sustainable Endowments Institute, The Princeton Review, and Second Nature. Dickinson alumni are at the top of their fields as business leaders, professional artists and writers, sports agents and athletes, doctors and researchers. And many of them used their liberal arts foundation to forge their own paths. Our graduate-school partnerships enable our students to enter top programs with greater ease and reflect the high regard in which Dickinson is held.
89. Boston University
Summary
Boston University is a private institution that was founded in 1839. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 18,165, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 135 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Boston University’s ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 42. Its tuition and fees are $46,664 (2014-15).
Boston University is one of the largest independent, nonprofit universities in the country. The BU Terriers have more than 20 NCAA Division I varsity sports. BU’s hockey team has won multiple NCAA national championships. BU also has nearly 500 student clubs, ranging from Ski Racing to the Juggling Association. BU created one of the first study abroad programs, and currently sponsors more than 90 international programs. Freshmen are required to live on campus, and about 80 percent of undergraduate students live on the main Boston campus, which lies along the Charles River.
Boston University’s highly ranked graduate schools include the School of Law, School of Management, School of Medicine, College of Engineering and School of Education. BU’s School of Medicine is the nation’s first combined cancer research and teaching laboratory. BU is also the first university to open all divisions to female students in 1872. Notable alumni include Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; actresses Julianne Moore and Geena Davis; television personality Bill O’Reilly; radio host Howard Stern; and Tipper Gore, former wife of Al Gore. Another unique fact: the BU Bridge is the only spot in the U.S. where a plane can fly over a car driving over a train going over a boat, all at the same time.
School mission and unique qualities (as provided by the school):
Pursue knowledge and embrace possibilities at Boston University.
Whatever your interests, you’ll discover many more in our 16 schools and colleges, including highly ranked professional schools of medicine, law, communication, engineering, and management. Study under a faculty that includes Pulitzer Prize, Nobel Prize, and MacArthur Foundation ???Genius??? Award winners. Oh, did we mention our low 13:1 student/faculty ratio? Maybe you???ll participate in an area of study that makes us one of the world???s leading research institutions. In fact, BU is the first private university since 1995 invited to join the prestigious Association of American Universities. You???ll definitely enjoy the historic, vibrant city of Boston with its wealth of entertainment, cultural, and professional opportunities.
But while Boston is our name, our reach is definitely global. Our 33,000 students hail from 50 states and 143 countries. And BU participates in over 400 research, service, and education programs on every continent in the world.
At Boston University, the possibilities for success are limitless. Join our network of alumni who shape, serve, and improve the world.
90. Georgia Institute of Technology
Summary
Georgia Institute of Technology is a public institution that was founded in 1885. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 14,558, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 400 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Georgia Institute of Technology’s ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 35. Its in-state tuition and fees are $11,394 (2014-15); out-of-state tuition and fees are $30,698 (2014-15).
Georgia Tech, located in the heart of Atlanta, offers a wide range of student activities. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, an NCAA Division I team, compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference and have a fierce rivalry with the University of Georgia. Since 1961, the football team has been led onto the field at home games by the Ramblin’ Wreck, a restored 1930 Model A Ford Sport Coupe. Georgia Tech has a small but vibrant Greek community. Freshmen are offered housing, but aren’t required to live on campus. In addition to its campuses in Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia Tech has campuses in France, Ireland, Costa Rica, Singapore and China.
Georgia Tech has six colleges. Its highly ranked graduate schools include the College of Engineering and Ernest Scheller Jr. College of Business. Georgia Tech is classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a university with very high research activity. Famous alumni include president and CEO of Walmart Mike Duke, founder of The Masters golf tournament Bobby Jones and baseball player Nomar Garciaparra. John Heisman was Georgia Tech’s first full-time football coach, and the Heisman Memorial Trophy was named in his honor. The school’s newspaper for faculty and staff, “The Whistle,” is named for the steam whistle in the Tech Tower that blows every hour and each time the Yellow Jackets score a touchdown.
School mission and unique qualities (as provided by the school):
The Georgia Institute of Technology, also known as Georgia Tech, is one of the nation’s leading research universities, providing a focused, technologically based education to more than 21,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Georgia Tech has many nationally recognized programs, all top-ranked by peers and publications alike, and is ranked in the nation???s top 10 public universities by U.S. News and World Report. It offers degrees through the Colleges of Architecture, Computing, Engineering, Sciences, the Scheller College of Business, and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. As a leading
technological university, Georgia Tech has more than 100 centers focused on
interdisciplinary research that consistently contribute vital research and innovation to American government, industry, and business.
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