Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 14:03     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Deep Springs
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 14:00     Subject: Best campus bookstore
The official Chicago bookstore is boring, but the Seminary Co-op where you buy books for a lot of humanities classes was an amazing bookstore. I'm not sure if it's gone down hill since they moved out of the basement.
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 13:47     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Nowadays who wants to wear a Harvard or Columbia sweatshirt?
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 13:36     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We have been on many campus tours (two kids) and have yet to step foot in a campus bookstore during a tour. But my kids aren't into school swag. What makes one better than another?


To me, a bookstore has a variety of items. Of course they have to have the requisite university clothing and nick knacks, but they also need to have interesting items. The Oregon Ducks bookstore has amazing art supplies, books, kids items, food… but the best thing about this store is the amazing sales they have throughout the year. You can get u of o swag at a very reasonable price if you wait for their sales. Buying on line is buying directly from the store. No overpriced Fanatics purchases. Some bookstores have terrible sales and barely mark down their prices. The Duck Store regularly has great prices. But you have to like the Ducks!


I live in Eugene. The UO bookstore does not really have books anymore. To me that makes it…not a bookstore. That said, I LOVE the downstairs and all the art supplies, etc.

Harvard’s bookstore is pretty good.
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 13:11     Subject: Best campus bookstore
D1 state schools always have giant bookstores with brand collaborations. Lululemon, Faherty, etc.
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 13:08     Subject: Re:Best campus bookstore
Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t US News have rankings on this?


you would think so
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 13:07     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Most of Div I schools have combined bookstores with Barnes and Noble at this point. There are few independent ones near campus.

And they aren't cheap, you can get the exact same clothing items for less at Fanatics.
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 13:04     Subject: Re:Best campus bookstore
Doesn’t US News have rankings on this?
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 13:02     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Notre Dame. It's huge with a wide variety of merchandise.
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 12:36     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Anonymous wrote:We have been on many campus tours (two kids) and have yet to step foot in a campus bookstore during a tour. But my kids aren't into school swag. What makes one better than another?


To me, a bookstore has a variety of items. Of course they have to have the requisite university clothing and nick knacks, but they also need to have interesting items. The Oregon Ducks bookstore has amazing art supplies, books, kids items, food… but the best thing about this store is the amazing sales they have throughout the year. You can get u of o swag at a very reasonable price if you wait for their sales. Buying on line is buying directly from the store. No overpriced Fanatics purchases. Some bookstores have terrible sales and barely mark down their prices. The Duck Store regularly has great prices. But you have to like the Ducks!
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 12:33     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Utah
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 12:30     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Austin Peay
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 12:30     Subject: Best campus bookstore
U of O
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 12:25     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Harvard.
MIT.
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 12:23     Subject: Best campus bookstore
UNC
UF
UVA is nice too