What would you say are the ten best colleges in the United States and why?

Answer 1

1. University of Pennsylvania

112,000,000
29%
Wind
Community Energy
Ivy League

2. California State University System

75,435,000
13%
Biomass, Geothermal, Wind
APS Energy Services
Numerous

3. Duke University

54,075,000
31%
Small-hydro, Wind
Sterling Planet, Unknown
Atlantic Coast Conference

4. Northwestern University

40,000,000
20%
Wind
3 Phases Energy
Big 10

5. Western Washington University

38,008,000
100%
Wind
Puget Sound Energy
Great Northwest Athletic Conference

6. University of Utah

33,333,000
13%
Wind
Sterling Planet
Mountain West

7. University of Central Oklahoma

26,000,000
100%
Wind
Edmond Electric
Lone Star Conference

8. Syracuse University

22,000,000
20%
Small-hydro, Wind
Suez Energy Resources NA
Big East

9. University of Washington

18,624,000
7%
Wind
Seattle City Light
Pacific 10

10. The City University of New York

18,400,000
4%
Wind
New York Power Authority
The City University of New York Athletic Conference

Answer 2

US News & World Reports ranks schools -- and I might disagree with the order of the schools -- can 't disagree that they belong at the top.

If you want a major university, then any of the Ivy League schools would do. Comparable private schools are Duke, Stanford University of Chicago and Northwestern.

MIT and Cal Tech are well known as great engineering schools -- but you may not know that MIT has one of the top business schools for undergraduates.

The best State Schools are UC-Berkeley, Virginia, Michigan, UNC and Georgia Tech.

Amherst, Swathmore, Carleton, Haverford and the (former) Seven Sisters are great liberal arts colleges.

The best Catholic universities are Notre Dame, Georgetown, Boston College, Villanova and Holy Cross.

The things to look for are quality of the faculty, class size, quality of the other students there and location. I happen to think that a pretty campus and school colors are important (if you have ever been to a Syracuse basketball game, you will know that you should not go to a school where orange is one of their school colors).

Answer 3

Top 10 Best Colleges - Best Colleges in the U.S. According to Prestige
From Jay Brody,
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College rankings are arbitrary and of limited use, but when used responsibly they do serve a valuable purpose. Rankings give us a general sense of how college stack up against one another. They can also be fun.
Here's your Guide's best guess, from his own experiences as a college counselor, about what are the most prestigious 10 U.S. colleges--the best colleges that carry the most weight with employers, graduate schools, and the general public.

1) Harvard University
Harvard, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is America's oldest and likely its most prestigious university.
2) Princeton University
Princeton, along with Harvard and Yale, is one of the upper tier of Ivy League schools. Princeton is alone among the top Ivies in that it does not have professional schools (e.g. law, business, medicine).
3) Yale University
Yale is the last of the Ivy's "Big Three." While people have mixed reactions to Yale's location in New Haven, Connecticut, no one disputes the grandeur of Yale's campus or the brilliance of its faculty and students.
4) Stanford University
Sometimes called the "Harvard of the West," Stanford could easily make its own claim as America's top school. In addition to the academic rigor of its Ivy counterparts, Stanford has top-notch sports programs and, of course, beautiful California weather.
5) Dartmouth College
Dartmouth is a smaller Ivy located in Hanover, New Hampshire. While Dartmouth's undergraduates are among the brightest in the world, the school is also known for its prestigious Tuck MBA program.
6) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT is possibly the world's leading university in the areas of science and technology. While MIT students can receive a traditional liberal arts education, the school draws those with interests in such scientific fields such as physics, computer science, and biotechnology.
7) Amherst College
Amherst is one of the "Little Three" (Williams and Wesleyan are the others). Although smaller than their Ivy counterparts, these schools are no less competitive. Amherst's professors spend less time on big research projects and more time in the classroom.
8) Williams College
Williams and Amherst, although similar, are fierce rivals--Amherst was founded by defectors from Williams. Williams is slightly larger than Amherst, with about 2000 students. Very welcoming to student athletes, Williams consistently dominates Division III sports.
9) Columbia University
Columbia is a major university located in the heart of New York City. It's also an Ivy League school with a stellar academic reputation and a number of very strong graduate and professional programs.
10) California Institute of Technology
While sometimes neglected by those obsessed with MIT (West Coast bias?), Caltech is no less impressive than its Eastern counterpart. With average SAT scores off the charts, Caltech also boasts 32 Nobel Prizes



http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/bestvalue/default.asp

Answer 4

I want to ask the same question as the previous person.

Answer 5

This is a good question