Top 10 Americans Colleges Part 7

Top 10 Americans Colleges Part 7

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Dear readers here will read the top 10 best college in America ranked by Forbes. Ranking follows from 61 to 70

61. Wake Forest University

Located in Winston-Salem, NC, Wake Forest is a unique combination of intimate liberal arts college and national research university. It was the first of the top schools in the nation to make standardized test scores optional in undergraduate applications. The Wake Forest motto is “Pro Humanitate,” meaning “for humanity,” with community service acting as an important guiding value. Wake Forest is one of the leading small colleges with alumni involved in the Peace Corps. Since 1986, 13 students have been named Rhodes Scholars, and in the past year 11 students and recent graduates were granted Fulbright scholarships. The school competes in NCAA Division I athletics; the mascot is the Demon Deacon and students can join the Screamin’ Demons fan group for prime seats at home games. After athletic victories, students, alumni and fans roll the quad with toilet paper; the importance of the win can be measured by the amount of toilet paper on campus.

62. University of Rochester

This private research university offers more than 200 academic majors with a low student to teacher ratio of 10:1. It does not have any general education requirements; students choose a major out of three divisions available and enroll in thematic three-course clusters in the two remaining areas. Often times, students find ways to double and even triple major. The school has a Take Five Scholars Program, which allows students to study for an additional semester or year in areas outside of their majors, tuition free. The university’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) houses two of the world’s most powerful high-energy and high-intensity lasers, OMEGA and OMEGA EP (extended performance). The Institute of Optics, founded in 1929, was the first educational program solely for optics in the United States. The Memorial Art Gallery houses an 18th century Italian Baroque organ, the only full-size antique Italian organ in North America. The University of Rochester competes in NCAA Division III athletics and the school mascot is the Yellowjacket.

63. Washington University in Saint Louis

Washington University in Saint Louis is a four-year, coeducational, private research university located in Saint Louis, Missouri. It was established in 1853 and in 1869, the law department was the first chartered law school in the U.S. to accept women. There are over 90 programs and about 1,500 courses in traditional and interdisciplinary fields for degrees ranging from bachelor’s to doctoral degrees. Twenty-three past and present faculty are Nobel Prize winners including T.S. Eliot, a grandson of the founder of WU. Washington University in St. Louis competes in NCAA Division III athletics and the school mascot is the Bear. In 1904, the first Olympic Games held in North America (and the third Olympics in modern times) occurred on the university’s Francis Field. In May of 1916 a student drama club wrote, filmed and performed “The Maid of McMillan,” the first silent movie ever produced by college students.

64. Cooper Union

Cooper Union is a tiny coeducational private college for artists, engineers and architects located in New York City. It was established in 1859 by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper. The college is divided into schools of architecture, art and engineering. All students must take core curriculum classes in the humanities and social sciences. Cooper Union had long offered full tuition scholarships to every admitted student, but policy was changed for undergraduates entering in 2014; the Board of Trustees approved a $20,000 tuition due to financial pressure. It was the first private college in the U.S. to forbid discrimination. Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic “right makes might” address in 1860 in the school’s Great Hall. Since then, the Great Hall has served as a platform for historic addresses by several U.S. presidents (most recently, President Barack Obama). Last year, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented the commencement address.

65. Bryn Mawr College

Established in 1885, all-female Bryn Mawr features small classes and a majority female faculty. Students jokingly refer to themselves as “Mawrters”—but if the all-girls environment proves too much, students can mingle with the opposite sex at nearby Haverford or Swarthmore Colleges. The PA-based college offers students nearly 36 majors and 38 minors. Occupying a 135-acre campus, students have easy access to both New York and Washington, D.C. Bryn Mawr has several longstanding traditions, including Parade Night, where the whole school gathers at Taylor Hall to greet the incoming freshmen with water balloons and candy. The freshmen class has to write a song and sing it for the school, while the sophomore class attempts to steal a copy of the song to make a parody version. On the first Sunday after the end of finals, the campus gathers for May Day, an annual tradition in which students dress in all-white to eat strawberries and cream and perform traditional Scottish and Maypole dances. The event culminates with a screening of “The Philadelphia Story,” starring Bryn Mawr’s most famous alum, Katharine Hepburn.

66. Macalester College

Macalester College is a private liberal arts college located in Saint Paul, MN. It was established in 1874 and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. Roughly two thirds of the 2,000 students receive financial aid. They come from all 50 states and 90 countries, and 60% study abroad. The most popular majors are economics, political science and psychology. In the past 10 years, Macalester students have received three Rhodes Scholarships, 26 National Science Foundation Fellowships and 30 Fulbright-Hays awards. Notable alumni include former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan (‘61), former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale (’50), and author Tim O’Brien (‘68). The school competes in NCAA Division III athletics and its teams are referred to as the Scots.

67. Johns Hopkins University

Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is a private research university in Baltimore, MD. With 51 majors and 42 minors, JHU is best known for its STEM academics. Two of its most popular majors, however, are international studies and writing seminars. Early decision is available and 97% of freshmen opt to return for sophomore year. Over two thirds of the student body participate in at least one volunteer activity. Over half of undergraduates live in one of 10 residence halls or apartment buildings on the 140-acre campus. JHU has international campuses in Italy and China and operates an exchange program with Perdana University in Malaysia and National University of Singapore. The university competes in NCAA Division III athletics, except the men and women’s lacrosse teams, which are Division I; The school mascot is the Blue Jay. JHU has produced 36 Nobel Prize winners and prominent alums include former president Woodrow Wilson, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg and singer Tori Amos.

68. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is the flagship of the state’s public university system. Its 17 colleges and instructional units offer more than 5,000 courses in over 150 programs of study. There are more than 80 laboratories, institutes and research centers on campus, including the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. It has one of the largest public university libraries in the world, with 24 million items. Notable alumni include Netscape cofounder Marc L. Andreessen, YouTube cofounders Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, financial advisor Suze Orman, late film critic Roger Ebert and the man considered to be the father of visible LED, Nick Holonyak Jr. The university was one of the original 37 public land-grant institutions established after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act in 1862. Every August, the campus celebrates “Quad Day” during Welcome Week where more than 1,000 organizations gather to promote their clubs. The school’s varsity athletic teams, known as the Fighting Illini, compete in the Big Ten Conference (NCAA Division I).

69. Scripps College

Scripps College is a private liberal arts college for women in Claremont, CA. It is part of the Claremont Colleges, a consortium of schools in the Claremont area that operate independently yet share some facilities and resources. Scripps was founded in 1926 and its students hail from 47 states and 21 countries. The school offers more than 65 majors and a core curriculum that focuses on interdisciplinary humanities, with a common theme of “histories of the present.” Over 80% of students complete an internship while at Scripps and more than half take advantage of study abroad programs across the globe. The Scripps campus is home to many traditions: Graduating classes sign a portion of the school’s Graffiti Wall and afternoon tea is served every Wednesday, a ritual dating back to 1931. Membership in the Claremont Colleges consortium makes for an interesting approach to varsity athletics. Scripps teams up with fellow Claremont schools Claremont McKenna and Harvey Mudd to compete in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags (men) and Athenas (women) have developed a rivalry with another consortium joint team: Pomona-Pitzer.

70. University of Wisconsin, Madison

A public research university founded in 1848 that is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin system. It is one of the world’s leading research institutions, with over $1 billion in research expenditures each year; alumni and faculty have been awarded 17 Nobel and 26 Pulitzer prizes. Students hail from 45 states and 130 countries. Its 13 schools and colleges offer 4,700 courses, 132 undergraduate majors, nearly 150 master’s programs and 120 doctoral programs. Recent campus additions include Leopold Hall, a sustainability-minded dorm, and a new home for the Wisconsin Energy Institute, a clean energy research, education and outreach center. The university also recently launched Discovery to Product (D2P), a partnership between the school and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation that aims to help students and faculty to transform ideas into companies and products. The university is home to many unique traditions, including Humorology, an annual musical-comedy show, and the cane toss, in which graduating law students throw white canes over the goalpost at Homecoming (those who catch their canes supposedly will win their first cases). The university is a major sports school. Its teams, nicknamed the Badgers, compete in the Big Ten Conference. The school has won 28 team NCAA national titles. Among notable alumni are former Yahoo CEO Caro Bartz, former Exxon-Mobil CEO Lee Raymond, outgoing MLB Commissioner Bug Selig and architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Former Vice President Dick Cheney began, though did not complete, a Ph.D. at the school.