There are a plethora of “best college” lists out there, and while Obama’s list didn’t do so well on the reliable-data aspect, Business Insider’s latest college list ditches the number and looks at the aspect of the college choice that students really care about: the campus.
From the food, to the dorms, libraries and career services, Business Insider looked at eleven aspects of campus life from school’s on The Princeton’s Reviews 2016 rankings to come up with the best locations to call home for four years.
With a few ties for the top spots, the top 20 college campuses in America include ivy leagues, private, public, and technical institutions.
20. Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
17. (TIE) Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
17. (TIE) Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida
17. (TIE) Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
16. Pennsylvania State University at University Park, University Park, Pennsylvania
15. College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine
13. (TIE) Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
13. (TIE) US Military Academy, West Point, New York
12. Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
11. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
10. Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington
9. Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
8. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
7. Columbia University, New York, New York
5. (TIE) Scripps College, Claremont, California
5. (TIE) Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
4. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
3. Washington University St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
2. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, Massachusetts
1. Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California
