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Votable lists that rank the top colleges and universities in the U.S. and around the world.

College

University of Virginia

This list of the most beautiful college campuses in the U.S. shows why the nicest college campuses are not just great places to earn a degree, but are also great to visit. It's true that beauty's in the eye of the beholder but these university campuses are undeniably gorgeous. The best college campuses earn their title due to a variety of factors, but the schools on this list have received recognition for being about the prettiest college campuses, from all across America.From the stunning views to the surrounding beaches, these colleges are top on aesthetics and natural beauty. Many are located in some of the <a href="/crowdranked-list/america_s-coolest-college-towns" target="_blank">coolest college towns in America</a>, too. 

Vote for the college campuses that you think are the prettiest, vote down any that you don't like and feel free to add any stunning campuses that are missing. You can also re-rank this list of the most beautiful college campuses any way you want.
What makes a college campus great? Certainly, looks are really important. The <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-top-dream-colleges" target="_blank">top "dream" colleges</a> like Stanford, Harvard and Yale are known for their stunningly beautiful, vast, green campuses. Universities take great pride in the way their campuses look - giving a strong first impression to potential new students and providing a lush, beautiful home for hard-working students during the year.
Want to check out some more great college lists? Check out these lists of colleges with the best <a href="/list/colleges-with-best-on-campus-housing/college-info" target"_blank"="">on-campus housing</a> and <a href="/crowdranked-list/universities-with-the-best-college-sports-programs" target="_blank">college sports programs</a>.

University of Dallas

The best safety schools and universities aren't necessarily everyone's first choice, but are great fallback options when you're applying to college. What is a safety school? A good safety school is easier to get into than a top-tier university, and often has equally good academic programs. As college admissions are getting tougher and tougher, having a list of good safety schools that you wouldn't mind attending is always a good idea. What are the best safety schools for students&nbsp;to apply to? Whether you are looking for safety schools for students in California, New York, or close to your home state, you should always make sure to do plenty of research before you decide where to go. This list of the best backup colleges is ranked by the wisdom of the crowd, so anyone can add their picks or vote on the universities below.

Schools/Colleges

This is a transparent and simpler ranking than U.S. News, Forbes, etc.&nbsp; You&rsquo;ll notice the term &ldquo;Ivy&quot; throughout, though the actual Ivy League comprises eight universities. However the Ivy League started as an athletic conference that happened to be made up of some of the oldest and most prestigious schools.&nbsp;

Since then, the term &quot;Ivy&quot; expanded to mean a larger (but still small) number of schools offering prestige, academic rigor, and tremendous educational opportunity.&nbsp; You&#39;ll see references to other groups often labeled Ivies such as the NESCAC (largely synonymous with <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/colleges-ranked-northeast-ivies-little-ivies-and-elites/admiralcrunch?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the Little Ivies</a>), the UAA, the Patriot League, and the Centennial Conference that we around academic excellence. &nbsp; Experts have also labeled schools Public Ivies, Hidden Ivies, Catholic Ivies, or the &quot;Magnolia League.&quot; &nbsp;Almost all of those plus other elite institutions scored high enough, using the formula below, to be included.

The factors considered in scoring: freshman retention, graduation rate, % of classes with fewer than 20 students, % of classes with more than 50 students, and % of alumni donations.

I&rsquo;m not a professional statistician or education expert, so this system is not perfect.&nbsp; However, experts say these metrics are strong indicators of student happiness, the happiness of graduates with their experience, the seriousness your student&#39;s classmates will take his or her education, and the school&#39;s dedication to providing personal attention to your student.

A sample score: Fauxville State University: Freshmen Retention: 75%, Graduation Rate: 50%, Classes 20 &amp; under: 33%, Classes 50 &amp; over: 24%, freshmen in the top 10% of their graduating class 20%, and alumni giving: 10%.

&nbsp;Fauxville State&rsquo;s score would be 75 + 50 + 33 &ndash; 24 + 20 + 10 = 164.

A perfect score would be 500. This list includes schools that scored 300 or above. Where schools earned a tie score, the school with the higher percentage of students who graduated in the top tenth of their high school class will be listed first.

Only about 8% of four-year colleges score 300 or above. Because there are still fantastic schools that didn&#39;t quite make the list, I&#39;ll expand the regional lists.

Schools scoring a freshman retention below 75%, a graduation rate below 50%, classes with 20 students or fewer below 33%, classes with 50 students or more above 24%, are not included even if the total score is above 300. There&rsquo;s no minimum for students not in the top 10% of their high school class nor alumni giving.

For what is likely the best evaluation, my understanding is experts consider the <a href="http://nsse.iub.edu/">National Survey of Student Engagement</a> (NSSE) to be the most valuable analysis of undergraduate colleges.&nbsp;

I believe this list is complete. If you feel a school has been omitted or a listing is incorrect, I will be happy to recheck. Thanks for reading!

Ivy League

Yale University

This blog features all Ivy League colleges and is ranked from the highest-rated universities to the lowest-rated ones, based on votes from the Ranker community.&nbsp;The famous Ivy League is comprised of eight different colleges in the Northeastern United States and has connotations of academic excellence, a careful selection process of students and social elitism. But which Ivy League school is the best of the best?Originally the phrase “Ivy League” referred to as a sports collegiate athletic conference but later broadened to include superiority in academics, with a focus on educational philosophy inherent to the America’s oldest schools. In fact, seven of the eight Ivy League colleges were founded in the Colonial Period, with the exception of Cornell, which was founded in 1865.<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/all-ivy-league-schools/sportsyeah?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Ivy League schools</a> are typically viewed internationally as some of the most prestigious in the world and all eight universities placed within the top twenty of the 2014 university rankings in U.S. News and World Report. This list features all eight Ivy League Colleges. Cast your votes for which of these great schools are the best!

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(Other lists you may like: <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/-and-quot_ivy-leagues-and-quot_-_academic-powerhouse-leagues_/admiralcrunch">The Prestige College Leagues</a>, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-colleges-and-_34_western-ivies-and-little-ivies-and-_34_/admiralcrunch">Best Western Colleges</a>, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/colleges-ranked-southern-and-quot_ivies-and-little-ivies-and-quot_/admiralcrunch?ref=profile_own" target="_blank">Best Southern Colleges</a>, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/midwest-colleges-ranked-elite-universities-and-liberal-arts-colleges/admiralcrunch?ref=profile_own" target="_blank">Best Midwestern Colleges</a>, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/roger_s-top-25-women_s-colleges-in-usa/admiralcrunch?ref=profile_own" target="_blank">Best Women&#39;s Colleges</a>, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-catholic-colleges-and-universities-in-the-u-s-/admiralcrunch?ref=profile_own" target="_blank">Best Catholic Colleges</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-public-colleges-and-universities-in-the-u-s-2014-15/admiralcrunch">Best Public Colleges</a>, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/america-and-_39_s-best-small-public-colleges/admiralcrunch?ref=profile_own" target="_blank">Best Small Public Colleges</a>, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-colleges-for-b-students-ranked/admiralcrunch?ref=profile_own" target="_blank">Best Colleges for B Students</a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-and-top-rated-hispanic-serving-colleges-and-universities/admiralcrunch">Best Hispanic-Serving Colleges</a>, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/top-rated-historically-black-colleges-and-universities/admiralcrunch">Best Historically Black/Black-Serving Colleges</a>)&nbsp;

Here&#39;s a ranking of top Northeast schools including the Ivies, Little Ivies and other elite schools based on fewer variables/more transparency than US News or Forbes.&nbsp; This list includes New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and DC. (Carnegie-Mellon is ranked with Midwest schools as its main academic rivals are in the Midwest.)&nbsp;

Factors considered in score: freshman retention, graduation rate, % of classes with fewer than 20 students, % of classes with more than 50 students, % of students graduating in the top tenth of their high school class, and % of alumni donations.

While no system is perfect nor is exact ranking considered truly important by most college experts, these metrics are considered strong indicators of student happiness, the happiness of graduates with their experience, the seriousness your student&#39;s classmates will take his or her education, and the school&#39;s dedication to providing personal attention to your student.

sample score: Fauxville State University:&nbsp;Freshmen Retention: 75%, Graduation Rate: 50%, Classes 20 &amp; under: 33%, Classes 50 &amp; over: 24%, freshmen in the top 10% of their graduating class 20%, and alumni giving: 10%.

Fauxville State&rsquo;s score would be 75 + 50 + 33 &ndash; 24 + 20 + 10 = 164.

A perfect score would be 500. The national&nbsp;list includes schools that scored 300 or above. Only about 8% of four-year colleges score that high. &nbsp;This Northeast&nbsp;regional lists has been&nbsp;expanded to include schools scoring 250 and above.

A school with freshman retention below 75%, a graduation rate below 50%, classes with 20 students or fewer below 33%, classes with 50 students or more above 24% would not included even if the total score is above 300. &nbsp;There&#39;s no minimum for alumni giving. &nbsp;

Flaws with this system:&nbsp; Data came from multiple sources and, like US News, may not always reflect statistics from the same calendar year. I&#39;m not an expert statistician nor an expert on college experience quality, just a researcher/hobbyist.

For the best evaluation, many experts consider the National Survey of Student Engagement the most valuable analysis of undergraduate colleges. &nbsp;

This list is possibly not complete. If you feel a school has been omitted or a listing is incorrect, I will be happy to recheck. Thanks for reading!

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University of Portland

List of the best <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-colleges-for-b-students-ranked/admiralcrunch?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">colleges for B students</a>. A safety school is always good to have in mind when applying to college -- especially as a C student. Underachievers would be lucky to achieve acceptance to one of these universities. Average students should check out these rankings to create their own list of top schools for underachievers. If you partied too hard in high school, or just never got into the material as much as the nerds did, one of these easier schools with a wider acceptance rate could be the perfect fit. Fill out the Common Application and reach for <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-top-dream-colleges?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">your dream school</a> on the coolest campus in the country -- but stay safe and get that app ready for one of these respected safety schools. You don't have to get straight A's in every subject; you just need a little bit of drive and a good education. The professors at these places will expect the underachieving type so you will be comfortable, but why not surprise them and study extra hard? These are great schools for B students and the colleges on this list are more fitting for you as a student than any Ivy League university could hope.

Real Genius

Any true college student should watch each of these college movies at least once. However we recommend watching each movie several times in order to be able to quote them on command. Some are so classic they're being made into musicals. These are the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-top-dream-colleges?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best college</a> movies ever and they feature things that every college student would understand: booze, ditching class and chasing the opposite sex. These are movies every college student should see at least once. If you are out of college and you miss it, these films about college life may just transport you back to your student days. These are the best college movies ever.What is your favorite university film?&nbsp;Also be sure to see Ranker's list of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/all-college-movies-or-list-of-college-movies/all-genre-movies-lists">All College Movies</a>.

Evergreen State College

Weird college mascots abound across America's colleges. Whether they're doing silly sideline dances or showing up on university apparel, school funny mascots are a huge part of a college's identity, and everyone seems to have an opinion on them -- especially when it comes to the dumb college mascots. This list of stupid mascots is ranked by the wisdom of the crowd, so you know that these are the most hated mascots in the country. Show your fighting spirit by adding your own picks, or voting on the list below.Check out more lists like <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/creepiest-sports-mascots/the-round-mound">Mascots that Will Give you Nightmares</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/creepiest-company-mascots/werner-brandes?var=2&amp;utm_expid=16418821-126.8pyCWsFxRmurmM1_hVCf8Q.1&amp;utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F">Creepiest Company Mascots</a>.<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/allen-iverson-tattoos/tat-fancy"> </a>

Legally Blonde

College days are some of the best (and worst) times of our lives. There&rsquo;s nothing more exciting than making it out of high school alive, moving out of the parent&rsquo;s house, drinking at parties all night, and you know, going to class (most of the time). Ivy League schools are the most prestigious in America, and while many students dream about attending, few are accepted each year in schools like Harvard University, some even served as a the location for filming. What are the best movies about Ivy League schools? Vote up the best films below and see where your favorites rank!

The movies on this list have been ranked as the all time best movies about Ivy League schools. Many of the movies featured here were filmed on location at one of the Ivies. There are a variety of genres represented, so there&#39;s sure to be an option for whatever you&#39;re feeling like watching.

This list features the best movies about Ivy League schools including, The Social Network, Legally Blonde, The Skulls, and Good Will Hunting. Vote up the best movies about the Ivy League below, then be sure to check out our list of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-college-movies-ever" target="_blank">good college movies</a>.

Fictional Places

While many high school seniors consider their <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-top-dream-colleges">top dream colleges</a> as application deadlines near, other consider the colleges of their dreams, the best fictional colleges from movies and television. These are not real colleges, but some of these fake colleges sure sound better than some of the other choices in the US and abroad for college. From the hard partying antics of Animal House's Faber College to the science and leadership focus of Star Trek's Starfleet Academy, there are myriad colleges better than the ones you could ever dream of being accepted to and this list is here to rank the greatest fictional universities and colleges.What is the top fictional college? What fake colleges party the hardest? You vote and decide! If you think the students of Community would take out the frat boys at Old School's Harrison University any day, make sure to vote for them.

Sweet Briar College

This is a list about the best women’s colleges in the US. This list answers the question, “Where can I find the top all-girl’s college list?” You’re a confident woman in search of a quality education without distraction. Your ultimate <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-important-life-goals-list/samantha-dillinger?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">goals in life</a> are to become educated in your field of choice and to be the most successful career-person you can be. The best colleges out there offer an education that is custom-tailored to your needs. The top women’s colleges provide a place of academic excellence that can help launch you into your career. Women’s academics are important for those who are serious about their learning environment; the best women’s universities will help you achieve success in earning your degree. While a single sex college isn’t for everyone; statistics have shown that the best colleges are those that offer a life dedicated to the cause of learning without distraction. Women hoping to launch a career successfully can benefit by selecting a school/college that offers this advantage. With the unique advantage of being able to focus solely on your studies, you can find your career launching pad at any one of these universities for women. Whether your desired major is in the Art and Design, Medical or Education field there is a college available that will be a custom-fit to your academic needs.

Money

The total outstanding student loan debt in the US is $1.2 trillion—chances are that&nbsp;after you graduate college,&nbsp;you'll have to pay a decent amount in&nbsp;student loans. That's why it's important&nbsp;to choose one of these college majors that make the most money&nbsp;so that you'll&nbsp;earn&nbsp;enough to afford said bills. You'll want to choose a college major wisely to avoid being stuck <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/most-useless-college-majors/school-buddy" target="_blank">with a useless degree</a>&nbsp;in today's competitive job market. These highest-earning college majors are sure to score you a job with a decent salary post-graduation.

Several famous actors, politicians, athletes, and musicians have furthered their education by earning doctorates and Ph.D.s. Some of these celebrities earned Ph.D.s in the arts, while others pursued scientific degrees. One famous comedic actress has a Ph.D. in neuroscience.&nbsp;This list of famous people with Ph.D.s is loosely ranked by fame and popularity.&nbsp;Who is the most famous person with a Ph.D.? Martin Luther King, Jr. tops our list. The civil rights activist earned a Ph.D. in systematic theology from Boston University in 1955. His dissertation was entitled &quot;A Comparison of the Conceptions of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wieman.&quot;&quot;The Big Bang Theory&quot;&nbsp;actress Mayim Bialik earned a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA. She wrote the book,&nbsp;Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way in 2012.Are you surprised that so many celebrities have earned Ph.D.s? Share your thoughts in the comments section.

Smarts

Celebrities who went to Ivy League schools are those smarty pants actors, musicians, and other famous people in the entertainment industry who at one point in their careers attended one of the most prestigious universities in the country. All of these stars scored big for their work in Hollywood but judging by their schooling, they would have likely been successful in other fields as well.Perhaps the most prestigious of them all, Harvard University, was once home to many of our <a href="/list/the-best-actors-working-today/bustermcdermott" target="_blank">favorite current actors</a> and TV stars such as Conan O' Brien, Matt Damon, <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/tommy-lee-jones-trivia-facts/lisa-waugh?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Tommy Lee Jones</a>, and Jack Lemmon. Yale University is no different with numerous famous alumni such as Meryl Streep, Edward Norton, James Franco, Claire Danes, Jodie Foster, Leiv Screiber, Paul Newman, and Anderson Cooper.Hundreds of famous people have attended other <a href="/list/all-ivy-league-schools/sportsyeah" target="_blank">Ivy League schools</a> too, like Brown University, which was attended by Emma Watson, John Krasinski, and Julie Bowed, or Columbia University, once a place where Kathryn Bigelow, Jake Gyllenhaal, Christopher Reeve and Casey Affleck formerly studied. To round out the eight Ivy League schools, Cornell University has its share of stars, like Bill Nye, Bill Maher, and Jane Lynch, as does Dartmouth College, with alumni such as Mindy Kaling, Aisha Tyler, and Mr. Rogers, Princeton University, formerly home to Brooke Shields, David Duchovny and Ethan Cohen, and the University of Pennsylvania, with esteemed former attendees such as John Legend, actress Elizabeth Banks, Donald Trump, and Candice Bergen.So while these celebrities who attended Ivy League schools might seen like some of your typical Hollywood airheads, all have high quality educations to fall back on should that whole TV, movies, or music thing not work out. Not a bad plan B when you have a prestigious degree! Can you imagine these celebs as students? Who do you think are actually educated graduates?&nbsp;Share your thoughts on these celebrity Ivy Leagers&nbsp;and&nbsp;famous college grads.

More and more parents hope to find the attention a small college can give to an undergraduate student at a public school price.&nbsp;&nbsp; Here is a list of highly regarded public colleges and universities. (It may be incomplete.)&nbsp;To be on this list, undergraduate population should currently be under 10,000. (College of Charleston would have been on it, but is slightly over.)&nbsp; This list may not be complete.&nbsp; (Note: This list was recalculated 09/2013 based on the same formula I've used on other college ratings lists.)Here are the factors used in scoring: % of freshman retention, graduation rate, % of classes with fewer than 20 students, % of classes with more than 50 students, and % of alumni donations. &nbsp;I’m not a professional statistician or education expert, so this system is not perfect.&nbsp; However, experts say these&nbsp; metrics are strong indicators of student happiness, the happiness of graduates with their experience, the seriousness your student's classmates will take his or her education, and the school's dedication to providing personal attention to your student. &nbsp;&nbsp;A sample score: Fauxville State University: Freshmen Retention: 75%, Graduation Rate: 50%, Classes 20 &amp; under: 33%, Classes 50 &amp; over: 24%, freshmen in the top 10% of their graduating class 20%, and alumni giving: 10%. &nbsp;&nbsp;Fauxville State’s score would be 75 + 50 + 33 – 24 + 20 + 10 = 164.&nbsp; A perfect score would be 500.&nbsp; This list includes schools that scored 170 or above&nbsp;Where schools earned a tie score, the school with the higher percentage of students who graduated in the top tenth of their high school class will be listed first. &nbsp; Since the National military academies are unlikely to be typical of what someone interested in a small college experience would look for, they aren't on this list.&nbsp; But be aware that they are ranked among the top liberal arts schools in the country, public or private. Special mention also goes to the Macaulay Honors College in New York City.&nbsp; Since, for now, it's entirely integrated into the other eight city universities, it's not clear how similar it is to a small college experience.&nbsp; There's also not much information yet available at the newest small state university in California, UC/Merced.&nbsp; Most, if not all, of these selections are listed in Forbes Best Values in Public Education. If you are familiar with US News' rankings, you know there are flaws that make comparisons difficult.&nbsp; But often a school ranked below 50 on the list of National Liberal Art colleges will have a more impressive &quot;brag sheet&quot; than schools ranked much higher on regional lists.&nbsp; Feel free to leave a comment if there are other schools you feel should be considered for inclusion.&nbsp;

This list of famous people who went to law school is loosely ranked by fame and popularity. Several famous actors, musicians, and athletes have attended law school. Some of these celebrities studied law before they were famous while others waited until they retired to focus on higher education. Several <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-former-child-stars/carlybobarly?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">former child stars</a> went on to become successful lawyers.Who is the most famous person who studied law? Nelson Mandela tops this list. The former President of South America attended&nbsp;law school at the University of Witwatersrand.Many child&nbsp;actors went on to study law. &quot;The Wonder Years&quot; cast member Josh Saviano received his law degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York. The Goonies actor Jeff Cohen received his law degree from UCLA School of Law in 2000. He now works as an entertainment lawyer.Are you surprised that so many celebrities have studied law? Share your thoughts in the comments section.

Colleges

A ranking of top Southern schools comparable to the Ivies, Little Ivies and other elite schools based on fewer variables/more transparency than US News or Forbes. This list considers schools in Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas,Tennessee and Kentucky. Rice University is listed here as it&#39;s usually considered with Southern schools despite being in Texas. &nbsp;

The official Ivy League comprises eight universities, none in the South, and there are&nbsp; three traditional <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/colleges-ranked-northeast-ivies-little-ivies-and-elites/admiralcrunch?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Little Ivy colleges</a>. However, the term &quot;Ivy&quot; has expanded to mean a larger (but still small) number of schools offering prestige, academic rigor, and tremendous educational opportunity.&nbsp; You&#39;ll see references to other groups of schools often labeled Ivies such as two athletic leagues, the UAA and the NESCAC (largely synonymous with <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/northeast-colleges-ranked-ivies-little-ivies-and-elites/admiralcrunch?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the Little Ivies</a>) that were deliberately organized around academic excellence.&nbsp; Experts have also labeled schools Public Ivies, Hidden Ivies, or Southern Ivies.

Factors considered in score: freshman retention, graduation rate, % of classes with fewer than 20 students, % of classes with more than 50 students, and % of alumni donations.

While no system is perfect nor is exact ranking viewed as truly important by most college experts, these metrics are considered strong indicators of student happiness, the happiness of graduates with their experience, the seriousness your student&#39;s classmates will take his or her education, and the school&#39;s dedication to providing personal attention to your student.

&nbsp;A sample score: Fauxville State University: Freshmen Retention: 75%, Graduation Rate: 50%, Classes 20 &amp; under: 33%, Classes 50 &amp; over: 24%, freshmen in the top 10% of their graduating class 20%, and alumni giving: 10%.

&nbsp;Fauxville State&rsquo;s score would be 75 + 50 + 33 &ndash; 24 + 20 + 10 = 164.

A perfect score would be 500. This national list includes schools that scored 300 or above. Only about 8% of four-year colleges score that high. For greater depth, this regional list has been expanded to schools scoring 250 and above. &nbsp;

Differences from US News include: Exclusion of consideration of peer opinion on reputation, acceptance rate, and standardized test scores.

Differences from Forbes include: exclusion of student satisfaction with instructors &amp; reporting of average alumni salaries. Those factors are based on small or self-selecting data pools, and likely the main reason why Forbes rankings are volatile and less useful than U.S. News. {Examples: Westminster College was #38 in 2008 and #126 in 2009. Bates was #45 in 2008 and #113 in 2009. Union College (NY) was #99 in 2008 and #26 in 2009.) Stanford&#39;s president pointed out there is no way a college&#39;s quality can change that significantly in one year, so such rankings are a sign of bad journalism, not a bad school.

Flaws with this system: Data came from multiple sources and, like US News, may not always reflect statistics from the same calendar year. I&#39;m not an expert statistician nor an expert on college experience quality, just a researcher/hobbyist.

For the best evaluation, my understanding is experts consider the National Survey of Student Engagement the most valuable analysis of undergraduate colleges.

This list may not be complete. If you feel a school has been omitted or a listing is incorrect, I will be happy to recheck. Thanks for reading!

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A ranking of top Midwestern colleges comparable to the Ivies, Little Ivies and other elite schools based on fewer variables/more transparency than US News or Forbes. This list includes Ohio,Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Missouri, and Kansas. Because Carnegie-Mellon is usually considered by students looking at other Midwestern schools, it's listed here despite being in Pennsylvania.Factors considered in score: freshman retention, graduation rate, % of classes with fewer than 20 students, % of classes with more than 50 students, and % of alumni donations. While no system is perfect nor is exact ranking considered truly important by most college experts, these metrics are considered strong indicators of student happiness, the happiness of graduates with their experience, the seriousness your student's classmates will take his or her education, and the school's dedication to providing personal attention to your student.&nbsp;A sample score: Fauxville State University: Freshmen Retention: 75%, Graduation Rate: 50%, Classes 20 &amp; under: 33%, Classes 50 &amp; over: 24%, freshmen in the top 10% of their graduating class 20%, and alumni giving: 10%. Fauxville State’s score would be 75 + 50 + 33 – 24 + 20 + 10 = 164.&nbsp;A perfect score would be 500. This list initially included only schools that scored 300 and above. Only about 8% of four-year colleges score that high. &nbsp;Since then, this particular list has&nbsp;been&nbsp;expanded to include schools scoring above 260 so the total schools listed on the four regional lists would be about 200.&nbsp;A school with freshman retention below 75%, a graduation rate below 50%, classes with 20 students or fewer below 33%, classes with 50 students or more above 24%, or alumni giving below 10% would not included even if the total score is above 300. (There’s no minimum for students not in the top 10% of their high school class.) &nbsp;Flaws with this system: Data came from multiple sources and, like US News, may not always reflect statistics from the same calendar year. I'm not an expert statistician nor an expert on college experience quality, just a researcher/hobbyist.&nbsp;For the best evaluation, my understanding is experts consider the National Survey of Student Engagement the most valuable analysis of undergraduate colleges.&nbsp;I believe this list is complete. If you feel a school has been omitted or a listing is incorrect, I will be happy to recheck. Thanks for reading!

Several famous actors, actresses, athletes, and musicians have furthered their education by earning Master's Degrees. Some of these celebrities earned Masters of Fine Arts while others pursued scientific degrees.&nbsp;This list of famous people with Master's Degrees has been loosely ranked by fame and popularity.&nbsp;Who is the most famous person with a Masters Degree? James Franco tops our list.&nbsp;The Spring Breakers actor earned his M.F.A. from Columbia University in New York. He is also studying for a Ph.D. in English at Yale University.&nbsp;Ashley Judd earned a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in 2010.Adult film star Ron Jeremy has a Master's Degree in Special Education from Queens College in New York. Singer Art Garfunkel earned a M.A. in mathematics from Columbia University in 1967.Are you surprised that so many famous people have Master's Degrees? Share your thoughts in the comments section.

College isn't for everybody. Some don't find specialized schooling necessary for carving out their dream careers. Instead, they opt to work as hard as they can perfecting their own craft without the help of private or public schooling.&nbsp;So what about community college? For many, community college can be a stepping stone towards further education at a four-year institution. For others, it can be a sign that a university education isn't necessary to accomplish what they want to achieve. While some celebrities who attended community college rave about their experience, others didn't stick around long enough to garner the same enthusiasm. The celebrities listed below represent a broad spectrum of opinions on the community college experience: some dropped out, some found success at four-year institutions, and some stuck around to see what community college education had to offer. To understand these different experiences, here are 17 celebrities who went to community college.

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This is a list of the greatest dream colleges and universities in the world. These aren't necessarily the best colleges - they're the places everyone wishes they'd attended to get their college education. From the best college campuses to the greatest party schools, this list is ranked by the wisdom of the crowd, so anyone can add their own dream colleges or vote on the schools below. Whether you're looking for the best colleges or looking back with nostalgia on your college experience, you can vote for your dream schools here with this college ranker list. These are the schools you would have attended if money (and maybe academic requirements) weren't something to worry about or consider. Everyone has that reach school that they always dreamed of attending but knew in reality wasn't an option. So live vicariously through this list and upvote the colleges and universities you would have gone to if you could have!

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Stanford University

Stanford University is a private research university in Stanford, California, and one of the world's most prestigious institutions, with the highest undergraduate selectivity and the top position in numerous surveys and measures in the United States.
Stanford was founded in 1885 by Leland Stanford, former governor of and U.S. senator from California and leading railroad tycoon, and his wife, Jane Lathrop Stanford, in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford, Jr., who had died of typhoid fever at age 15 the previous year. Stanford was opened on October 1, 1891 as a coeducational and non-denominational institution. Tuition was free until 1920. The university struggled financially after Leland Stanford's 1893 death and after much of the campus was damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Following World War II, Provost Frederick Terman supported faculty and graduates' entrepreneurialism to build self-sufficient local industry in what would later be known as Silicon Valley. By 1970, Stanford was home to a linear accelerator, and was one of the original four ARPANET nodes.

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, established in 1636. Its history, influence and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Established originally by the Massachusetts legislature and soon thereafter named for John Harvard, Harvard is the United States' oldest institution of higher learning, and the Harvard Corporation is its first chartered corporation. Although never formally affiliated with any denomination, the early College primarily trained Congregation­alist and Unitarian clergy. Its curriculum and student body were gradually secularized during the 18th century, and by the 19th century Harvard had emerged as the central cultural establishment among Boston elites. Following the American Civil War, President Charles W. Eliot's long tenure transformed the college and affiliated professional schools into a modern research university; Harvard was a founding member of the Association of American Universities in 1900. James Bryant Conant led the university through the Great Depression and World War II and began to reform the curriculum and liberalize admissions after the war.

Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the "Collegiate School" by a group of Congregationalist ministers and chartered by the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. In 1718, the school was renamed "Yale College" in recognition of a gift from Elihu Yale, a governor of the British East India Company. Established to train Connecticut ministers in theology and sacred languages, by 1777 the school's curriculum began to incorporate humanities and sciences. During the 19th century Yale gradually incorporated graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first Ph.D. in the United States in 1861 and organizing as a university in 1887.
Yale is organized into twelve constituent schools: the original undergraduate college, the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and ten professional schools. While the university is governed by the Yale Corporation, each school's faculty oversees its curriculum and degree programs.

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Princeton University

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton was the fourth chartered institution of higher education in the American colonies and thus one of the nine Colonial Colleges established before the American Revolution. The institution moved to Newark in 1747, then to the current site nine years later, where it was renamed Princeton University in 1896.
Princeton provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. It offers professional degrees through the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Architecture and the Bendheim Center for Finance. The University has ties with the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the Westminster Choir College of Rider University. By endowment per student, Princeton is the wealthiest school in the United States.
The University has graduated many notable alumni.

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England. While having no known date of foundation, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world, and the world's second-oldest surviving university. It grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris. After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled northeast to Cambridge, where they established what became the University of Cambridge. The two "ancient universities" are frequently jointly referred to as "Oxbridge".
The University is made up of a variety of institutions, including 38 constituent colleges and a full range of academic departments which are organised into four Divisions. All the colleges are self-governing institutions as part of the University, each controlling its own membership and with its own internal structure and activities. Being a city university, it does not have a main campus; instead, all the buildings and facilities are scattered throughout the metropolitan centre.

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York, or simply Columbia University, is an American private Ivy League research university located in Morningside Heights, in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the State of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.
The university was founded in 1754 as King's College by royal charter of George II of Great Britain. After the American Revolutionary War, King's College briefly became a state entity, and was renamed Columbia College in 1784. The University now operates under a 1787 charter that places the institution under a private board of trustees, and in 1896 it was further renamed Columbia University. That same year, the university's campus was moved from Madison Avenue to its current location in Morningside Heights, where it occupies more than six city blocks, or 32 acres. Today the university operates Columbia Global Centers overseas in Amman, Beijing, Istanbul, Paris, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago and Nairobi.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also known as MIT, is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.

University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's fourth-oldest surviving university. It grew out of an association of scholars who left the University of Oxford after a dispute with townsfolk. The two ancient universities share many common features and are often jointly referred to as "Oxbridge".
Cambridge is formed from a variety of institutions which include 31 constituent colleges and over 100 academic departments organised into six schools. The university occupies buildings throughout the town, many of which are of historical importance. The colleges are self-governing institutions founded as integral parts of the university. In the year ended 31 July 2014, the university had a total income of £1.51 billion, of which £371 million was from research grants and contracts. The central university and colleges have a combined endowment of around £4.9 billion, the largest of any university outside the United States.

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College, commonly referred to as Dartmouth, is a private Ivy League research university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. It consists of a liberal arts college, the Geisel School of Medicine, the Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences. Incorporated as the "Trustees of Dartmouth College," it is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution. With an undergraduate enrollment of 4,276 and a total student enrollment of 6,342, Dartmouth is the smallest university in the Ivy League.
Dartmouth College was established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, a Congregational minister. After a long period of financial and political struggles, Dartmouth emerged in the early 20th century from relative obscurity.
Dartmouth's somewhat-isolated rural 269-acre campus is in the Upper Valley region of New Hampshire. Participation in athletics and the school's Greek system is strong. Dartmouth's 34 varsity sports teams compete in the Ivy League conference of the NCAA Division I. Students are well known for preserving a variety of strong campus traditions.

Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private research university in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit institution of higher education in the United States. Georgetown's main campus, located in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood, is noted for Healy Hall, a National Historic Landmark in the Romanesque revival style. Georgetown's law school is located on Capitol Hill and Georgetown has auxiliary campuses in Italy, Turkey, and Qatar.
Georgetown's founding by John Carroll, America's first Catholic bishop, realized earlier efforts to establish a Roman Catholic college in the province of Maryland that had been thwarted by religious persecution. The university expanded after the American Civil War under the leadership of Patrick Francis Healy, who came to be known as Georgetown's "second founder" despite having been born a slave by law. Jesuits have participated in the university's administration since 1805, a heritage Georgetown celebrates, but the university has always been governed independently of the Society of Jesus and of church authorities.

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League, research university located in Philadelphia. Incorporated as The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn is one of 14 founding members of the Association of American Universities and one of the nine original Colonial Colleges. Penn has claims to being the oldest university in the United States of America.
Benjamin Franklin, Penn's founder, advocated an educational program that focused as much on practical education for commerce and public service as on the classics and theology. The university coat of arms features a dolphin on the red chief, adopted directly from the Franklin family's own coat of arms. Penn was one of the first academic institutions to follow a multidisciplinary model pioneered by several European universities, concentrating multiple "faculties" into one institution. It was also home to many other educational innovations. The first school of medicine in North America, the first collegiate business school and the first "student union" building and organization, were all born at Penn.

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan, frequently referred to as simply Michigan, is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817 in Detroit as the Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania, 20 years before the Michigan Territory officially became a state, the University of Michigan is the state's oldest university. The university moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 onto 40 acres of what is now known as Central Campus. Since its establishment in Ann Arbor, the university campus has expanded to include more than 584 major buildings with a combined area of more than 34 million gross square feet, and has two satellite campuses located in Flint and Dearborn. The University was one of the founding members of the Association of American Universities.
Considered one of the foremost research universities in the United States, the university has very high research activity and its comprehensive graduate program offers doctoral degrees in the humanities, social sciences, and STEM fields as well as professional degrees in medicine, law, pharmacy, nursing, social work and dentistry. Michigan's body of living alumni comprises more than 500,000.

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Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a private research university with campuses in Evanston and Chicago in Illinois, United States, as well as Doha, Qatar. Home to twelve schools and colleges, Northwestern offers 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees.
Northwestern was founded in 1851 by John Evans, for whom the City of Evanston is named, and eight other lawyers, businessmen and Methodist leaders. Its founding purpose was to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that today includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Instruction began in 1855; women were admitted in 1869. Today, the main campus is a 240-acre parcel in Evanston, along the shores of Lake Michigan just 12 miles north of downtown Chicago. The university's law and medical schools are located on a 25-acre campus in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood. In 2008, the university opened a campus in Education City, Doha, Qatar with programs in journalism and communication.
Consistently ranked as a top national and global university, Northwestern is classified as a leading research institution, attracting over $550 million in sponsored research each year.

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James B. Duke established The Duke Endowment, at which time the institution changed its name to honor his deceased father, Washington Duke.
The university's campus spans over 8,600 acres on three contiguous campuses in Durham as well as a marine lab in Beaufort. Duke's main campus—designed largely by architect Julian Abele—incorporates Gothic architecture with the 210-foot Duke Chapel at the campus' center and highest point of elevation. The first-year-populated East Campus contains Georgian-style architecture, while the main Gothic-style West Campus 1.5 miles away is adjacent to the Medical Center.
Duke's research expenditures in the 2012 fiscal year were $1.01 billion, the seventh largest in the nation. The University was ranked among the top 25 by most national and global league tables, while coming 31st and 26th in ARWU and Washington Monthly respectively.

University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located near South Bend, Indiana, in the United States. In French, Notre Dame du Lac means "Our Lady of the Lake" and refers to the university's patron saint, the Virgin Mary.
The school was founded by Father Edward Sorin, CSC, who was also its first president. Today, many Holy Cross priests continue to work for the university, including as its president. It was established as an all-male institution on November 26, 1842, on land donated by the Bishop of Vincennes. The university first enrolled women undergraduates in 1972. As of 2013 about 48 percent of the student body was female. Notre Dame's Catholic character is reflected in its explicit commitment to the Catholic faith, numerous ministries funded by the school, and the architecture around campus. The university is consistently ranked one of the top universities in the United States and as a major global university.
The university today is organized into five colleges and one professional school, and its graduate program has 15 master's and 26 doctoral degree programs.

University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. It became the University of California Southern Branch in 1919, making it the second-oldest undergraduate campus of the ten-campus system after the original University of California campus in Berkeley. It offers 337 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines. With an approximate enrollment of 30,000 undergraduate and 12,000 graduate students, UCLA is the university with the largest enrollment in the state of California and the most applied to university in the United States with over 112,000 applications for fall 2015.
The university is organized into five undergraduate colleges, seven professional schools, and four professional health science schools. The undergraduate colleges are the College of Letters and Science; Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science; School of the Arts and Architecture; School of Theater, Film, and Television; and School of Nursing. Fifteen Nobel laureates, one Fields Medalist, and three Turing Award winners have been faculty, researchers, or alumni.

Brown University

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island.
Founded in 1764 as "The College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations," Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine Colonial Colleges established before the American Revolution. At its foundation, Brown was the first college in the United States to accept students regardless of their religious affiliation. Its engineering program, established in 1847, was the first in what is now known as the Ivy League. Brown's New Curriculum—sometimes referred to in education theory as the Brown Curriculum—was adopted by faculty vote in 1969 after a period of student lobbying; the New Curriculum eliminated mandatory "general education" distribution requirements, made students "the architects of their own syllabus," and allowed them to take any course for a grade of satisfactory or unrecorded no-credit. In 1971, Brown's coordinate women's institution, Pembroke College, was fully merged into the university.

Cornell University

Cornell University is an American private Ivy League and federal land-grant research university located in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, the university was intended to teach and make contributions in all fields of knowledge — from the classics to the sciences, and from the theoretical to the applied. These ideals, unconventional for the time, are captured in Cornell's motto, a popular 1865 Ezra Cornell quotation: "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study."
The university is broadly organized into seven undergraduate colleges and seven graduate divisions at its main Ithaca campus, with each college and division defining its own admission standards and academic programs in near autonomy. The university also administers two satellite medical campuses, one in New York City and one in Education City, Qatar. Cornell is one of three private land grant universities. Of its seven undergraduate colleges, three are state-supported statutory or contract colleges, including its agricultural and veterinary colleges.

University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California. It is the flagship campus of the University of California system, one of three parts in the state's public higher education plan, which also includes the California State University system and the California Community Colleges System.
UC Berkeley is the most selective – and highest ranked in U.S. News and ARWU – public university in the world for undergraduate education. It is considered by Times Higher Education as a member of the elite group of six universities that lead in world reputation rankings in 2015 and is ranked third on the U.S. News' 2015 Best Global Universities rankings conducted in the U.S. and nearly 50 other countries. The Academic Ranking of World Universities also ranks the University of California, Berkeley as the fourth in the world's 500 top universities, third in engineering, fourth in social sciences and first in mathematics & life sciences. Aside from its academic prestige, the university is also well known for producing a high number of entrepreneurs.

Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins University is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, the university was named after its first benefactor, the American entrepreneur, abolitionist, and philanthropist Johns Hopkins. His $7 million bequest—of which half financed the establishment of The Johns Hopkins Hospital—was the largest philanthropic gift in the history of the United States at the time. Daniel Coit Gilman, who was inaugurated as the institution's first president on February 22, 1876, led the university to revolutionize higher education in the U.S. by integrating teaching and research.
Johns Hopkins is organized into ten divisions on campuses in Maryland and Washington, D.C. with international centers in Italy, China, and Singapore. The two undergraduate divisions, the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering, are located on the Homewood campus in Baltimore's Charles Village neighborhood. The medical school, the nursing school, and the Bloomberg School of Public Health are located on the Medical Institutions campus in East Baltimore. The university also consists of the Peabody Institute, the Applied Physics Laboratory, the Paul H.

University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, the University of Chicago was incorporated in 1890; William Rainey Harper became the university's first president in 1891, and the first classes were held in 1892. Both Harper and future president Robert Maynard Hutchins advocated for Chicago's curriculum to be based upon theoretical and perennial issues rather than applied sciences and commercial utility.
The university consists of the College of the University of Chicago, various graduate programs and interdisciplinary committees organized into four divisions, six professional schools, and a school of continuing education. Chicago is particularly well known for its professional schools, which include the Pritzker School of Medicine, the Booth School of Business, the Law School, and the Divinity School. The university enrolls approximately 5,000 students in the College and about 15,000 students overall.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, also known as UNC, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, or simply Carolina, is a coeducational public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. North Carolina has been consistently listed among the highest and best ranked universities in the United States and is one of the original eight Public Ivy schools that are claimed to provide an Ivy League experience for a public schooling price. After being chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolling students in 1795, which allows it to be one of three schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States.
The first public institution of higher education in North Carolina, the school opened its doors to students on February 12, 1795. The university offers degrees in over 70 courses of study through fourteen colleges and the College of Arts and Sciences. All undergraduates receive a liberal arts education and have the option to pursue a major within the professional schools of the university or within the College of Arts and Sciences from the time they obtain junior status.

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University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university founded in 1880 with its main campus in the city area of Los Angeles, California. As California's oldest private research university, USC has historically educated a large number of the region's business leaders and professionals. In recent decades, the university has also leveraged its location in Los Angeles to establish relationships with research and cultural institutions throughout Asia and the Pacific Rim. In 2011, USC was named among the Top 10 Dream Colleges in the nation. It holds a vast array of trademarks and wordmarks to the term "USC."
For the 2014-2015 academic year, there were 19,000 students enrolled in four-year undergraduate programs. USC is also home to 23,000 graduate and professional students in a number of different programs, including business, law, social work, and medicine. The university has a "very high" level of research activity and received $646 million in sponsored research from 2014 to 2015. USC sponsors a variety of intercollegiate sports and competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association as a member of the Pacific-12 Conference.

The University of Virginia, often referred to as simply Virginia, is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. UVA is known for its historic foundations, student-run honor code, and secret societies.
Its initial Board of Visitors included U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. Monroe was the sitting President of the United States at the time of the founding; Jefferson and Madison were the first two rectors. UVA was established in 1819, with its Academical Village and original courses of study conceived and designed entirely by Jefferson. UNESCO designated it a World Heritage Site in 1987, an honor shared with nearby Monticello.
The first university of the restored American South elected to the Association of American Universities in 1904, UVA is classified as Very High Research Activity in the Carnegie Classification. The university is affiliated with 7 Nobel Laureates, and has produced 7 NASA astronauts, 7 Marshall Scholars, 4 Churchill Scholars, 29 Truman Scholars, and 50 Rhodes Scholars, the most of any state-affiliated institution in the U.S.

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