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Thousands of colleges across the country are welcoming both new and returning students back to campus for the fall semester. To coincide with the beginning of another school year, Stacker compiled a list of the best colleges in America using Niche’s 2021 rankings.
Niche ranks colleges using various factors, including academics, admissions, financial, and student life. You can read more about Niche’s methodology here. The list includes schools public and private, from West Coast women's colleges to elite East Coast liberal arts institutions. There’s also a fair share of sprawling state schools, as well as more-privatized, religion-centric universities. These schools offer pioneering programs in sciences, entrepreneurship, and even video games. While some members of the list may be best known for athletic achievements, many so-called football schools are making rapid advancements in educational fields, producing a number of Rhodes scholars and collaborations with tech industry giants. Of course, some schools just have cool perks that few others do, like an on-campus ice cream factory or a nuclear reactor.
- Bryan Pollard // Shutterstock
- Location: Irvine, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 29,251
- Mikejuinwind123 // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Clemson, SC
- Undergraduate enrollment: 18,971
- Pixabay
- Location: Worcester, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,913
- Paul Keleher // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Troy, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,607
- UpstateNYer // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Minneapolis, MN
- Undergraduate enrollment: 30,001
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Location: South Hadley, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,177
- Feng Cheng // Shutterstock
- Location: Tallahassee, FL
- Undergraduate enrollment: 29,040
- Felix Mizioznikov // Shutterstock
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 29,496
- cpaulfell // Shutterstock
- Location: Columbus, OH
- Undergraduate enrollment: 42,831
- Minh Nguyen // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Worcester, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 4,527
- Kenneth C. Zirkel // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Provo, UT
- Undergraduate enrollment: 28,253
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Location: Raleigh, NC
- Undergraduate enrollment: 22,317
- Bryan Pollard // Shutterstock
- Location: Bryn Mawr, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,350
- Pixabay
- Location: Babson Park, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,361
- Daderot // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Dallas, TX
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,273
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Location: Claremont, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,046
- Lure Photography // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Santa Barbara, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 22,601
- VDB Photos // Shutterstock
- Location: Santa Clara, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 5,440
- Nagel Photography // Shutterstock
- Location: University Park, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 39,321
- Kristopher Kettner // Shutterstock
- Location: Portland, OR
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,453
- Visitor7 // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: College Station, TX
- Undergraduate enrollment: 47,399
- Tricia Daniel // Shutterstock
- Location: Lewisburg, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 3,581
- Tomwsulcer // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: New York, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 856
- Ajay Suresh // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: West Lafayette, IN
- Undergraduate enrollment: 31,849
- Aeypix // Shutterstock
- Location: Champaign, IL
- Undergraduate enrollment: 32,757
- Ted Stelling // Shutterstock
- Location: Rochester, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,293
- Spiroview Inc // Shutterstock
- Location: Gambier, OH
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,721
- Cbc717 // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Easton, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,603
- Cynthia Farmer // Shutterstock
- Location: Coral Gables, FL
- Undergraduate enrollment: 10,484
- Darkflowerthree // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Lewiston, ME
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,832
- Josh Kuckens // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Grinnell, IA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,679
- Aureliusxv // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Poughkeepsie, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,442
- Jonathan Feinstein // Shutterstock
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,898
- Fotoluminate LLC // Shutterstock
- Location: Villanova, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,565
- Sofia j // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Bethlehem, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 4,982
- Joy Brown // Shutterstock
- Location: Richmond, VA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 3,040
- Talbot0893 // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Madison, WI
- Undergraduate enrollment: 29,375
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Location: Blacksburg, VA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 27,180
- Rui Serra Maia // Shutterstock
- Location: Athens, GA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 27,947
- Bryan Pollard // Shutterstock
- Location: Cleveland, OH
- Undergraduate enrollment: 5,095
- Kenneth Sponsler // Shutterstock
- Location: Austin, TX
- Undergraduate enrollment: 38,097
- f11photo // Shutterstock
- Location: Gainesville, FL
- Undergraduate enrollment: 32,209
- Bryan Pollard // Shutterstock
- Location: Boston, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 17,396
- Wangkun Jia // Shutterstock
- Location: Williamsburg, VA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,300
- Pixabay
- Location: Clinton, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,991
- Kenneth C. Zirkel // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: New York, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 25,725
- littlenySTOCK // Shutterstock
- Location: Boston, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 13,864
- Ritu Manoj Jethani // Shutterstock
- Location: Chestnut Hill, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 9,696
- Jay Yuan // Shutterstock
- Location: Chapel Hill, NC
- Undergraduate enrollment: 18,526
- Bryan Pollard // Shutterstock
- Location: Davidson, NC
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,843
- Dacoslett // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Berkeley, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 29,570
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Location: Hamilton, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,936
- Colgate University // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Winston-Salem, NC
- Undergraduate enrollment: 5,171
- Bryan Pollard // Shutterstock
- Location: Wellesley, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,391
- Wangkun Jia // Shutterstock
- Location: Swarthmore, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,554
- Spiroview Inc // Shutterstock
- Location: New York, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,519
- The Fixers // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,985
- Mpspqr // Wikipedia
- Location: Claremont, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,321
- Barbara Kalbfleisch // Shutterstock
- Location: Middlebury, VT
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,551
- Margaret Berry // Shutterstock
- Location: Amherst, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,855
- Mark Yarchoan // Shutterstock
- Location: Lexington, VA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,825
- Kristi Blokhin // Shutterstock
- Location: Waterville, ME
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,000
- Popova Valeriya // Shutterstock
- Location: Haverford, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,308
- Jackbauerinvc // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Williamstown, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,042
- Colin D. Young // Shutterstock
- Location: West Point, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 4,589
- Joseph Sohm // Shutterstock
- Location: Medford, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 5,508
- Pixabay
- Location: Northfield, MN
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,077
- tmphoto98 // Shutterstock
- Location: Charlottesville, VA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 15,990
- Joseph Sohm // Shutterstock
- Location: Claremont, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 887
- Imagine // Wikipedia
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 14,318
- Disavian // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Brunswick, ME
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,825
- Billy Hathorn // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Washington, DC
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,990
- Sharkshock // Shutterstock
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 31,009
- Michael Gordon // Shutterstock
- Location: Ann Arbor, MI
- Undergraduate enrollment: 29,245
- SNEHIT PHOTO // Shutterstock
- Location: Pittsburgh, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,343
- Jay Yuan // Shutterstock
- Location: Baltimore, MD
- Undergraduate enrollment: 5,595
- Jon Bilous // Shutterstock
- Location: Claremont, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,559
- Sdkb // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 19,194
- Padsquad19 // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Ithaca, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 15,175
- Lewis Liu // Shutterstock
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,600
- Pixabay
- Location: Saint Louis, MO
- Undergraduate enrollment: 7,146
- Endersan // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Evanston, IL
- Undergraduate enrollment: 8,161
- EQRoy // Shutterstock
- Location: Hanover, NH
- Undergraduate enrollment: 4,357
- Jay Yuan // Shutterstock
- Location: New York, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 7,666
- Suchan // Shutterstock
- Location: Nashville, TN
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,789
- Sean Pavone // Shutterstock
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 10,605
- f11photo // Shutterstock
- Location: Pasadena, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 948
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Location: Houston, TX
- Undergraduate enrollment: 3,899
- cheng // Shutterstock
- Location: Princeton, NJ
- Undergraduate enrollment: 5,321
- Jay Yuan // Shutterstock
- Location: Durham, NC
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,659
- EQRoy // Shutterstock
- Location: New Haven, CT
- Undergraduate enrollment: 5,939
- Helioscribe // Shutterstock
- Location: Stanford, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 7,087
- Dmitrii Sakharov // Shutterstock
- Location: Cambridge, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 7,210
- Jorge Salcedo // Shutterstock
- Location: Cambridge, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 4,557
- Travel_Adventure // Shutterstock
Best colleges in America
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Best colleges in America
Thousands of colleges across the country are welcoming both new and returning students back to campus for the fall semester. To coincide with the beginning of another school year, Stacker compiled a list of the best colleges in America using Niche’s 2021 rankings.
Niche ranks colleges using various factors, including academics, admissions, financial, and student life. You can read more about Niche’s methodology here. The list includes schools public and private, from West Coast women's colleges to elite East Coast liberal arts institutions. There’s also a fair share of sprawling state schools, as well as more-privatized, religion-centric universities. These schools offer pioneering programs in sciences, entrepreneurship, and even video games. While some members of the list may be best known for athletic achievements, many so-called football schools are making rapid advancements in educational fields, producing a number of Rhodes scholars and collaborations with tech industry giants. Of course, some schools just have cool perks that few others do, like an on-campus ice cream factory or a nuclear reactor.
- Bryan Pollard // Shutterstock
- Location: Irvine, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 29,251
- Mikejuinwind123 // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Clemson, SC
- Undergraduate enrollment: 18,971
- Pixabay
- Location: Worcester, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,913
- Paul Keleher // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Troy, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,607
- UpstateNYer // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Minneapolis, MN
- Undergraduate enrollment: 30,001
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Location: South Hadley, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,177
- Feng Cheng // Shutterstock
- Location: Tallahassee, FL
- Undergraduate enrollment: 29,040
- Felix Mizioznikov // Shutterstock
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 29,496
- cpaulfell // Shutterstock
- Location: Columbus, OH
- Undergraduate enrollment: 42,831
- Minh Nguyen // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Worcester, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 4,527
- Kenneth C. Zirkel // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Provo, UT
- Undergraduate enrollment: 28,253
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Location: Raleigh, NC
- Undergraduate enrollment: 22,317
- Bryan Pollard // Shutterstock
- Location: Bryn Mawr, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,350
- Pixabay
- Location: Babson Park, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,361
- Daderot // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Dallas, TX
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,273
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Location: Claremont, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,046
- Lure Photography // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Santa Barbara, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 22,601
- VDB Photos // Shutterstock
- Location: Santa Clara, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 5,440
- Nagel Photography // Shutterstock
- Location: University Park, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 39,321
- Kristopher Kettner // Shutterstock
- Location: Portland, OR
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,453
- Visitor7 // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: College Station, TX
- Undergraduate enrollment: 47,399
- Tricia Daniel // Shutterstock
- Location: Lewisburg, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 3,581
- Tomwsulcer // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: New York, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 856
- Ajay Suresh // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: West Lafayette, IN
- Undergraduate enrollment: 31,849
- Aeypix // Shutterstock
- Location: Champaign, IL
- Undergraduate enrollment: 32,757
- Ted Stelling // Shutterstock
- Location: Rochester, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,293
- Spiroview Inc // Shutterstock
- Location: Gambier, OH
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,721
- Cbc717 // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Easton, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,603
- Cynthia Farmer // Shutterstock
- Location: Coral Gables, FL
- Undergraduate enrollment: 10,484
- Darkflowerthree // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Lewiston, ME
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,832
- Josh Kuckens // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Grinnell, IA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,679
- Aureliusxv // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Poughkeepsie, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,442
- Jonathan Feinstein // Shutterstock
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,898
- Fotoluminate LLC // Shutterstock
- Location: Villanova, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,565
- Sofia j // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Bethlehem, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 4,982
- Joy Brown // Shutterstock
- Location: Richmond, VA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 3,040
- Talbot0893 // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Madison, WI
- Undergraduate enrollment: 29,375
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Location: Blacksburg, VA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 27,180
- Rui Serra Maia // Shutterstock
- Location: Athens, GA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 27,947
- Bryan Pollard // Shutterstock
- Location: Cleveland, OH
- Undergraduate enrollment: 5,095
- Kenneth Sponsler // Shutterstock
- Location: Austin, TX
- Undergraduate enrollment: 38,097
- f11photo // Shutterstock
- Location: Gainesville, FL
- Undergraduate enrollment: 32,209
- Bryan Pollard // Shutterstock
- Location: Boston, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 17,396
- Wangkun Jia // Shutterstock
- Location: Williamsburg, VA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,300
- Pixabay
- Location: Clinton, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,991
- Kenneth C. Zirkel // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: New York, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 25,725
- littlenySTOCK // Shutterstock
- Location: Boston, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 13,864
- Ritu Manoj Jethani // Shutterstock
- Location: Chestnut Hill, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 9,696
- Jay Yuan // Shutterstock
- Location: Chapel Hill, NC
- Undergraduate enrollment: 18,526
- Bryan Pollard // Shutterstock
- Location: Davidson, NC
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,843
- Dacoslett // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Berkeley, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 29,570
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Location: Hamilton, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,936
- Colgate University // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Winston-Salem, NC
- Undergraduate enrollment: 5,171
- Bryan Pollard // Shutterstock
- Location: Wellesley, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,391
- Wangkun Jia // Shutterstock
- Location: Swarthmore, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,554
- Spiroview Inc // Shutterstock
- Location: New York, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,519
- The Fixers // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,985
- Mpspqr // Wikipedia
- Location: Claremont, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,321
- Barbara Kalbfleisch // Shutterstock
- Location: Middlebury, VT
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,551
- Margaret Berry // Shutterstock
- Location: Amherst, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,855
- Mark Yarchoan // Shutterstock
- Location: Lexington, VA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,825
- Kristi Blokhin // Shutterstock
- Location: Waterville, ME
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,000
- Popova Valeriya // Shutterstock
- Location: Haverford, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,308
- Jackbauerinvc // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Williamstown, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,042
- Colin D. Young // Shutterstock
- Location: West Point, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 4,589
- Joseph Sohm // Shutterstock
- Location: Medford, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 5,508
- Pixabay
- Location: Northfield, MN
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,077
- tmphoto98 // Shutterstock
- Location: Charlottesville, VA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 15,990
- Joseph Sohm // Shutterstock
- Location: Claremont, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 887
- Imagine // Wikipedia
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 14,318
- Disavian // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Brunswick, ME
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,825
- Billy Hathorn // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Washington, DC
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,990
- Sharkshock // Shutterstock
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 31,009
- Michael Gordon // Shutterstock
- Location: Ann Arbor, MI
- Undergraduate enrollment: 29,245
- SNEHIT PHOTO // Shutterstock
- Location: Pittsburgh, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,343
- Jay Yuan // Shutterstock
- Location: Baltimore, MD
- Undergraduate enrollment: 5,595
- Jon Bilous // Shutterstock
- Location: Claremont, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 1,559
- Sdkb // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 19,194
- Padsquad19 // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Ithaca, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 15,175
- Lewis Liu // Shutterstock
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,600
- Pixabay
- Location: Saint Louis, MO
- Undergraduate enrollment: 7,146
- Endersan // Wikimedia Commons
- Location: Evanston, IL
- Undergraduate enrollment: 8,161
- EQRoy // Shutterstock
- Location: Hanover, NH
- Undergraduate enrollment: 4,357
- Jay Yuan // Shutterstock
- Location: New York, NY
- Undergraduate enrollment: 7,666
- Suchan // Shutterstock
- Location: Nashville, TN
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,789
- Sean Pavone // Shutterstock
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 10,605
- f11photo // Shutterstock
- Location: Pasadena, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 948
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Location: Houston, TX
- Undergraduate enrollment: 3,899
- cheng // Shutterstock
- Location: Princeton, NJ
- Undergraduate enrollment: 5,321
- Jay Yuan // Shutterstock
- Location: Durham, NC
- Undergraduate enrollment: 6,659
- EQRoy // Shutterstock
- Location: New Haven, CT
- Undergraduate enrollment: 5,939
- Helioscribe // Shutterstock
- Location: Stanford, CA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 7,087
- Dmitrii Sakharov // Shutterstock
- Location: Cambridge, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 7,210
- Jorge Salcedo // Shutterstock
- Location: Cambridge, MA
- Undergraduate enrollment: 4,557
- Travel_Adventure // Shutterstock
