Top 10 best college campuses in the United States

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This list is utter trash! My list of 10 best campuses based on all the ones I've visited:
10) UVA
9) Washington
8) West Point
7) William & Mary
6) Columbia
5) Cornell
4) Stanford
3) Duke
2) Princeton
1) Yale

Honorable mentions: Santa Clara, Emory, UC Berkeley, Fordham, Colgate

I was underwhelmed with the following:
(1) Harvard
(2) Brown
(3) MIT
(4) UCLA
(5) UNC
(6) Dartmouth

Of the campuses I've never visited but appear to be beautiful campuses:
(1) U Chicago
(2) Naval Academy

Your list is much better that the list the OP linkked to.

I have visited almost all the schools in the list (including UChicago and Navy Academy) , I agree with your campus ranking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This list is utter trash! My list of 10 best campuses based on all the ones I've visited:
10) UVA
9) Washington
8) West Point
7) William & Mary
6) Columbia
5) Cornell
4) Stanford
3) Duke
2) Princeton
1) Yale

Honorable mentions: Santa Clara, Emory, UC Berkeley, Fordham, Colgate

I was underwhelmed with the following:
(1) Harvard
(2) Brown
(3) MIT
(4) UCLA
(5) UNC
(6) Dartmouth

Of the campuses I've never visited but appear to be beautiful campuses:
(1) U Chicago
(2) Naval Academy

Your list is much better that the list the OP linkked to.

I have visited almost all the schools in the list (including UChicago and Navy Academy) , I agree with your campus ranking.

. I am the PP, and you are a very wise person!

[Anonymous]

I would say NYU #1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would say NYU #1

Too funny! NYU = the best college campus that is not a campus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would say NYU #1

Too funny! NYU = the best college campus that is not a campus.

NYU campus = NYC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This list is utter trash! My list of 10 best campuses based on all the ones I've visited:
10) UVA
9) Washington
8) West Point
7) William & Mary
6) Columbia
5) Cornell
4) Stanford
3) Duke
2) Princeton
1) Yale

Honorable mentions: Santa Clara, Emory, UC Berkeley, Fordham, Colgate

I was underwhelmed with the following:
(1) Harvard
(2) Brown
(3) MIT
(4) UCLA
(5) UNC
(6) Dartmouth

Of the campuses I've never visited but appear to be beautiful campuses:
(1) U Chicago
(2) Naval Academy

Your list is much better that the list the OP linkked to.

I have visited almost all the schools in the list (including UChicago and Navy Academy) , I agree with your campus ranking.

It is a good list (outside of Columbia), but a case could be made for some of these: Colorado, WUSL, Notre Dame, Indiana, Richmond, Sewanee, and probably a few others.

[Anonymous]

Schools I have visited with pretty Campuses
WM
Wash&Lee
Northwestern
U Chicago
Boston College
Swarthmore
Emory
St. Mary's College
St. John's (annapolis)
U of Miami
U of Arizona
Naval Academy

[Anonymous]

Miami (OH) is one of the prettiest campuses out there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Miami (OH) is one of the prettiest campuses out there.

U Miami is pretty nice if you like palm trees and white buildings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We visited UCLA over Christmas and were totally underwhelmed. Maybe it was becasie it was winter?
USC was much prettier IMO.

Hmm interesting. A lot of this is subjective and what gives you the “feels.” I live in So Cal and visited UCLA/USC with my daughter. Both are pretty campuses, but I found UCLA to be more grand and majestic. Truly beautiful IMO. USC felt smaller, more contained. My daughter preferred USC though!!

Do you have any thoughts on Pepperdine? I was always under the impression it was tops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please list the 10 schools.

In my opinion, such a list should be done per geographic region of the country.

Excellent point

[Anonymous]

I would add Vassar and Salve Regina. Gorgeous campuses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just toured Virginia Tech--it was way better than we expected. Wouldn't rank it in top 10 prettiest, but it was pretty good. Maybe the "best" rank includes on-campus offerings. VTech has tons of on-campus food and amenities to accommodate 40,000 in the middle of Blacksburg.

Why was it way better than you expected? Tech is known to have a beautiful campus.

+1
It's lovely - gothic architecture and pristine landscaping surrounded by mountains.

Exactly. Which is why UCLA should not be on the list, let alone at the top. It’s a total fail, and Berkeley is skank. Great schools, but unappealing settings. Princeton is gorgeous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Excellent troll job- liberty, JMU and VT all ranked in the top 10

The source is Niche; it’s not a “troll post”

Any list that puts those three in the top 10 for most beautiful campuses is a troll

Or, you are a troll, ready to move to a better country -- Haiti?

Enjoy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We visited UCLA over Christmas and were totally underwhelmed. Maybe it was becasie it was winter?
USC was much prettier IMO.

Hmm interesting. A lot of this is subjective and what gives you the “feels.” I live in So Cal and visited UCLA/USC with my daughter. Both are pretty campuses, but I found UCLA to be more grand and majestic. Truly beautiful IMO. USC felt smaller, more contained. My daughter preferred USC though!!

Do you have any thoughts on Pepperdine? I was always under the impression it was tops.

The view from Pepperdine is nice. Campus itself is OK but not great.