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College Profiles

Basic profiles of major U.S. colleges.

Amherst College
Located in rural central Massachusetts, Amherst is one of the nation's most selective liberal arts colleges.

Brown University
Brown, probably the most liberal of the Ivy League schools, is an intellectual paradise for progressive students.

University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley is one of the nation's strongest (and most liberal) state schools.

California Institute of Technology
Significantly smaller than MIT, Caltech is just as competitive, if not more so.

University of Colorado
The University of Colorado is one of the biggest and strongest state universities in the Southwest. While it serves mostly those who went to high school in Colorado, students from all over the country move to Boulder to experience the broad curriculum, weather (including skiing!), laid-back and outdoors lifestyle, and friendly student body.

Columbia College
An Ivy League college located in the heart of New York City. Enough said?.

Dartmouth College
Dartmouth is the smallest and the most conservative Ivy League school.

Duke University
Many consider Duke to be the strongest university in the South.

Harvard University
Harvard is the oldest college in the United States.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois is one of the Midwest's strongest public universities. While the school has recently pushed for more out-of-state students, it still reserves an overwhelming majority of its available seats for Illinois residents.

Indiana University
Indiana is known to much of the country for its basketball program, but this is one of the Midwest's most well-respected public universities.

University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a large Big 10 university in the boisterous, bustling college town of Iowa City. Among other strengths, the University of Iowa is known for its Writer's Workshop creative writing program.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT is the nation's most prestigious college for science and technology.

University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is one of the nation's most competitive and prestigious public universities. Located in liberal Ann Arbor, Michigan's huge campus supports a large number of in-state students as well as the best from around the nation.

University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota is a huge Big Ten school located in the cold but friendly twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame is known for its legendary football program and predominantly Catholic student body, but this school also boasts top-notch academic programs and a tight-knit class.

University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is an Ivy League college located in Philadelphia. Unlike the other Ivy League schools, Penn offers an undergraduate business degree--which may be the most highly respected such program in the country.

Princeton University
Princeton, along with Harvard and Yale one of the "Big Three" Ivies, does not have have professional schools like its peers.

Purdue University
Purdue is a public university located in Indiana. In the Big 10 athletic conference like cross-state rival the University of Indiana, Purdue's best-known strengths are engineering and agriculture.

Swarthmore College
Swarthmore is, along with Williams and Amherst, one of the "Little Three" liberal arts colleges.

Stanford University
Stanford is sometimes called "The Harvard of the West."

Williams College
Williams is one of the country's best liberal arts schools, tucked away in the Berkshire Mountains.

University of Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin has extremely cold weather and a stellar academic reputation. Wisconsin is reasonably priced for a top state school and a significant percentage of its students from out of state.

Yale University
Yale is a perennial Top 5 college located in gritty New Haven.