School Size
School Region
Agnes Scott College
- Located in Decatur, GA about a 20-minute drive away from Downtown Atlanta
- About 1,100 undergraduates
- A historically all-female college
University of Alabama
- In Tuscaloosa, AL, about a 1-hour drive from Birmingham
- About 32,000 undergraduate students
Allegheny College
- Located in Meadville, PA about 1.5 hours from Pittsburgh
- About 1,800 students
American University
- Located in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., about a 20-minute drive from Downtown Washington, D.C.
- About 8,300 undergraduates
Free
Amherst College
- In Amherst, MA, about a 2-hour drive from Boston
- About 1,800 undergraduate students
Bard College
- Located in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY about a 2-hour drive from New York City, NY.
- About 1,900 students.
Bates College
- In Lewiston, ME, about a 45-minute drive from Portland, ME
- About 1,800 students
- A short term in May where students take one class is a highlight for students
Baylor University
- Located in Waco, TX about an hour and a half drive from Dallas, TX
- About 20,000 undergraduate students
Beloit College
- Located in Beloit, WI about a 1.5-hour drive from Milwaukee
- About 1,250 students
Bentley University
- In Waltham, MA, about a 30-minute drive from Boston.
- About 4,300 undergraduate students.
Boston College
- In Newton, MA, about a 30-minute train ride to Downtown Crossing
- About 9,400 undergraduate students
Boston University
- In the Fenway neighborhood of Boston, MA.
- About 18,000 undergraduate students
Bowdoin College
- In Brunswick, ME, about a 40-minute drive from Portland, ME
- About 1,800 students
Brandeis University
- Located in Waltham, MA
- About 3,600 undergraduates
Brown University
- In Providence, RI, about a 45-minute drive from Boston
- About 7,000 undergraduate students
- Has an open curriculum
Bryant University
- Located in Smithfield, RI about a 25-minute drive from Providence, RI
- About 3,700 undergraduate students
Bryn Mawr College
- Located in Bryn Mawr, PA about a 20-minute train ride from Philadelphia, PA
- About 1,400 undergraduates
- A historically women’s college
- Part of the Tri-College Consortium
Bucknell University
- In Lewisburg, PA, about a 3-hour drive from Baltimore and Philadelphia
- About 3,500 undergraduate students
University of California, Berkeley
- In Berkeley, CA, about a 30-minute drive from San Francisco
- About 30,500 undergraduate students
University of California, Davis
- Located in Davis, CA about a 30-minute drive from Sacramento, CA
- About 31,000 undergraduates
University of California, Los Angeles
- Located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles
- About 31,000 undergraduate students.
California Polytechnic State University
- Located in San Luis Obispo, CA about a 2-hour drive from Santa Barbara, CA
- About 20,400 undergraduates
University of California, Irvine
- Located in Irvine, CA about a 15-minute drive from Newport Beach, CA
- About 30,000 undergraduates
University of California, Riverside
- Located in Riverside, CA about 1-hour drive from Downtown Los Angeles
- About 20,600 undergraduates
University of California, San Diego
- Located in La Jolla, CA about a 20-minute drive from downtown San Diego, CA
- About 30,000 undergraduates
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Located in Isla Vista, CA about a 20-minute drive from Downtown Santa Barbara, CA
- About 23,000 undergraduates
University of California, Santa Cruz
- Located in Santa Cruz, CA about a 1-hour drive away from San Jose, CA
- About 18,000 undergraduates
Carleton College
- Located in Northfield, MN, about a 40-minute drive from St. Paul
- About 2,000 undergraduate students
Carnegie Mellon University
- Located in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA, about a 10-minute drive from Downtown Pittsburgh
- About 6,900 undergraduate students
Case Western Reserve University
- Located in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, OH about a 15-minute drive from Downtown Cleveland
- About 5,250 undergraduates
Centre College
- Located in Danville, KY about a 1.5-hour drive from Louisville, KY
- About 1,500 students
Chapman University
- Located in Orange, CA about a 45-minute drive from Downtown Los Angeles
- About 7,300 undergraduates
College of Charleston
- In Charleston, SC, about a 3.5-hour drive from Charlotte, NC
- About 10,400 undergraduate students
University of Chicago
- Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, IL.
- About 6,300 undergraduate students.
Claremont McKenna College
- Located in Claremont, CA, about a 45-minute train ride from Los Angeles
- About 1,300 undergraduate students
- Part of the Claremont Colleges Consortium
Clark University
- Located in Worcester, MA, about a 1-hour drive from Boston.
- About 2,200 undergraduate students.
- Part of the Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts.
Clemson University
- In Clemson, SC, about a 2.5-hour drive from Charlotte, NC
- About 18,600 undergraduate students
Colby College
- Located in Waterville, ME, about a 1-hour drive from Portland.
- About 1,900 undergraduate students.
Colgate University
- Located in Hamilton, NY, about a 1-hour drive from Syracuse.
- About 2,800 undergraduate students.
University of Colorado at Boulder
- In Boulder, CO, about a 40-minute drive from Denver.
- About 35,000 undergraduate students.
Colorado College
- In Colorado Springs, CO, about a 1.5-hour drive from Denver, CO
- About 2,100 undergraduate students
- The curriculum uses the Block Plan
Colorado School of Mines
- About 5,100 undergraduates
- Located in Golden, CO about a 30-minute drive from Denver
Columbia University
- Located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, NY
- About 6,100 undergraduate students
Connecticut College
- In New London, CT, about a 2-hour drive from Boston and 2.5 hour drive from New York City
- About 1,800 undergraduate students
Cornell University
- In Ithaca, NY, about a 5-hour train ride or 4-hour drive from New York City
- About 14,500 undergraduate students
Cornell College
- Located in Mount Vernon, IA about a 20-minute drive from Cedar Rapids, IA
- About 1,000 students
- The curriculum uses the Block Plan
Dartmouth College
- Located in Hanover, NH about a 2.5-hour drive from Boston, MA
- About 4,400 undergraduates
Davidson College
- In Davidson, NC, about a 30-minute drive from Charlotte, NC
- About 1,800 undergraduate students
University of Delaware
- In Newark, DE, about a 1-hour drive from Philadelphia, PA
- About 18,000 undergraduate students
Denison University
- In Granville, OH, about a 35-minute drive to Columbus, OH.
- About 2,200 undergraduate students.
University of Denver
- Located in the University Park neighborhood of Denver, CO about a 30-minute light rail trip from the Central Business District of Denver
- About 6,000 undergraduates
DePaul University
- Has campuses in both the Lincoln Park and The Loop neighborhoods in Chicago, IL
- About 14,000 undergraduates
Dickinson College
- In Carlisle, PA, about a 2.5 hour drive to Baltimore and Philadelphia
- About 2,400 undergraduate students
Drexel University
- In the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA
- About 13,200 undergraduate students
Duke University
- In Durham, NC, about a 40-minute drive from Raleigh, NC
- About 6,600 undergraduate students
Earlham College
- Located in Richmond, IN about a 1-hour drive from Indianapolis
- About 1,000 students
Eckerd College
- Located in St. Petersburg, FL about a 30-minute drive from Tampa, FL
- About 2,000 students
Elon University
- In Burlington, NC, about an hour drive to Raleigh, NC
- About 6,000 undergraduate students
Emerson College
- Located in the Boylston neighborhood of Boston, MA
- About 3,700 undergraduates
Emory University
- Located in the Druid Hills neighborhood of Atlanta, GA, about a 15-minute drive from Downtown
- About 8,000 undergraduate students
Endicott College
- Located in Beverly, MA about a 35-minute drive from Boston, MA
- About 2,900 undergraduate students
University of Florida
- In Gainesville, FL, about a 1.5-hour drive from Jacksonville.
- About 35,000 undergraduate students.
Fordham University
- Located in The Bronx, NY
- About 9,600 undergraduates
Franklin & Marshall College
- In Lancaster, PA, about a 1.5-hour drive to Philadelphia, PA
- About 2,200 undergraduate students
Furman University
- Located in Greenville, SC about a 1-hour drive from Asheville, NC
- About 2,600 undergraduates
George Washington University
- Located in Southwest Washington, D.C.
- About 12,500 undergraduates
Georgetown University
- In the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC
- About 7,500 undergraduate students
University of Georgia
- In Athens, GA, about a 1.5-hour drive to Atlanta, GA
- About 29,000 undergraduate students
Georgia Institute of Technology
- Located in Midtown Atlanta, GA
- About 15,500 undergraduates
Gettysburg College
- Located in Gettysburg, PA about a 2.5-hour drive from Philadelphia, PA
- About 2,400 students
Gonzaga University
- Located in Spokane, WA about a 4.5-hour drive from Seattle, WA
- About 5,300 undergraduates
Goucher College
- Located in Towson, MD
- About 1,400 undergraduates
Grinnell College
- Located in Grinnell, IA, about a 1-hour drive from Des Moines.
- About 1,700 undergraduate students.
Hamilton College
- Located in Clinton, NY about a 1-hour drive from Syracuse, NY
- About 1,900 undergraduates
- Has an open curriculum
Harvard University
- In Cambridge, MA, about a 20-minute train ride from Downtown Crossing
- About 6,700 undergraduate students
Harvey Mudd College
- Located in Claremont, CA, about a 45-minute train ride from Los Angeles
- About 890 undergraduate students.
- Part of the Claremont Colleges Consortium
Haverford College
- Located in Haverford, PA, about a 40-minute train ride from Center City Philadelphia.
- About 1,300 undergraduate students.
Hendrix College
- Located in Conway, AR about a 30-minute drive from Little Rock
- About 1,200 undergraduates
High Point University
- Located in High Point, NC about 25-minutes outside of Greensboro, NC
- About 5,200 undergraduates
Hillsdale College
- Located in Hillsdale, MI about a 2-hour drive from Detroit
- About 1,430 students
- Known for its independence from government funding
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- In Geneva, NY, about a 3-hour drive to Albany, NY
- About 2,300 undergraduate students
College of the Holy Cross
- Located in Worcester, MA about a one-hour drive away from Boston, MA
- About 3,100 undergraduate students
Howard University
- Located in Washington, D.C.
- About 6,100 undergraduate students
Indiana University - Bloomington
- In Bloomington, IN, about an hour drive to Indianapolis, IN
- About 39,000 undergraduate students
University of Iowa
- Located in Iowa City, IA about a 2-hour drive from Des Moines, IA
- About 23,000 students
Ithaca College
- Located in Ithaca, New York about a 4-hour drive from New York City
- About 6,250 undergraduate students
James Madison University
- Located in Harrisonburg, VA about a 2-hour drive from Richmond, VA
- About 20,000 undergraduates
Johns Hopkins University
- In the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore, MD, about a 15-minute drive from the Inner Harbor
- About 6,100 undergraduate students
Kalamazoo College
- Located in Kalamazoo, MI about a 2-hour drive from Detroit, MI
- About 1,500 undergraduates
Kenyon College
- In Gambier, OH, just over an hour drive from Columbus, OH
- About 1,700 undergraduate students
Knox College
- Located in Galesburg, IL about a 3-hour drive from Chicago, IL
- About 1,300 students
Lafayette College
- In Easton, PA, about a 2-hour drive from both New York City and Philadelphia.
- About 2,600 undergraduate students.
Lawrence University
- Located in Appleton, WI about a 40-minute drive from Green Bay, WI
- About 1,450 students
- Has two subsidiaries: the Academy of Music and the Björklunden nature preserve
Lehigh University
- Located in Bethlehem, PA about a 1.5-hour drive from Philadelphia
- About 5,200 undergraduates
Lewis and Clark College
- Located in the Collins View neighborhood of Portland, OR about a 15-minute drive from Downtown Portland
- About 2,100 students
Loyola University (MD)
- In the Roland Park neighborhood of Baltimore, about a 20 minute drive to the Inner Harbor
- About 4,100 undergraduate students
Loyola University New Orleans
- Located in New Orleans, LA
- About 2,900 undergraduates
Macalester College
- In St. Paul, MN, about a 20-minute drive from Downtown Minneapolis.
- About 2,100 undergraduate students.
Marist College
- In Poughkeepsie, NY, about a 2 hour drive from New York City
- About 5,600 undergraduate students
University of Mary Washington
- Located in Fredericksburg, VA about a 2-hour drive from Richmond, VA
- About 4,400 undergraduate students
University of Maryland, College Park
- Located in College Park, MD, about a 30-minute train ride from Washington, D.C.
- About 30,000 undergraduate students.
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
- Located in Amherst, MA about a 2-hour drive from Boston, MA
- About 22,000 undergraduates
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Located in Cambridge, MA, about a 30-minute train ride to Downtown Crossing in Boston.
- About 4,600 undergraduate students.
Miami University of Ohio
- In Oxford, OH, about an hour drive from Cincinnati
- About 17,000 undergraduate students
University of Michigan
- Located in Ann Arbor, MI, about a 45-minute drive from Detroit
- About 30,000 undergraduate students
Middlebury College
- In Middlebury, VT, about an hour drive from Burlington, VT.
- About 2,500 undergraduate students.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
- Located in the Dinkytown neighborhood of Minneapolis, MN about a 10-minute drive from Downtown Minneapolis
- About 31,500 undergraduates
University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)
- Located in Oxford, MS about a 1.5-hour drive from Memphis, TN
- About 17,500 undergraduates
Morehouse College
- In the Atlanta University Center in Atlanta, GA.
- About 2,200 undergraduate students.
- Part of the Atlanta University Center Consortium
- A historically all-male college
Mount Holyoke College
- Located in South Hadley, MA about a 1.5-hour drive from Boston, MA
- About 2,200 undergraduates
- A historically all-women’s college
Muhlenberg College
- Located in Allentown, PA about a 1.5-hour drive from Philadelphia, PA
- About 2,300 students
New York University
- Located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan.
- About 26,000 undergraduate students.
UNC - Chapel Hill
- In Chapel Hill, NC, about a 30-minute drive from Raleigh.
- About 18,000 undergraduate students.
Northeastern University
- In the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston
- About 13,500 undergraduate students
Northwestern University
- Located in Evanston, IL, about a 30-minute train ride to Downtown Chicago.
- About 8,300 undergraduate students.
University of Notre Dame
- Located in South Bend, IN, about a 2-hour drive from Chicago, IL
- About 8,500 undergraduate students.
Oberlin College and Conservatory
- Located in Oberlin, OH, about a 45-minute drive from Cleveland.
- About 2,800 undergraduate students.
Occidental College
- Located in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles.
- About 2,000 undergraduate students.
Ohio State University
- Located in the University District Columbus, OH about a 10-minute drive from Downtown
- About 45,000 undergraduate students.
University of Oregon
- Located in Eugene, OR about a 2-hour drive from Portland, OR
- About 19,000 undergraduates
University of Pennsylvania
- Located in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA.
- About 10,600 undergraduate students.
Pepperdine University
- Located in Malibu, CA about a 25-minute drive from Santa Monica, CA
- About 3,600 undergraduates
Pitzer College
- Located in Claremont, CA, about a 45-minute train ride from Los Angeles.
- About 1,100 undergraduate students.
- Part of the Claremont Colleges Consortium.
Pomona College
- Located in Claremont, CA, about a 45-minute train ride from Los Angeles.
- About 1,700 undergraduate students.
- Part of the Claremont Colleges Consortium
Princeton University
- Located in Princeton, NJ about a 1-hour drive from Philadelphia
- About 5,300 undergraduates
Quinnipiac University
- In Hamden, CT, about a 15-minute drive from New Haven.
- About 7,000 undergraduate students.
Reed College
- Located in Southeast Portland, about a 10-minute drive from Downtown Portland.
- About 1,400 undergraduate students.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- In Troy, NY, about a 15-minute drive from Albany.
- About 6,600 undergraduate students.
Rhodes College
- Located in the Hein Park neighborhood of Memphis, TN.
- About 2,000 undergraduate students.
Rice University
- Located in the Museum District of Houston, TX.
- About 4,000 undergraduate students.
University of Richmond
- In Richmond, VA, about a 15-minute drive from the Downtown area
- About 3,000 undergraduate students
University of Rochester
- In Rochester, NY, about a 3-hour drive from Toronto
- About 6,500 undergraduate students
- Has an open curriculum
Rutgers University - New Brunswick
- Located in New Brunswick, NJ about a 1-hour drive from New York, NY
- About 36,000 undergraduate students
Santa Clara University
- Located in Santa Clara, CA about a 10-minute drive away from downtown San Jose, CA
- About 5,500 undergraduates
Scripps College
- In Claremont, CA, about a 45-minute train ride from Los Angeles.
- About 1,000 undergraduate students.
- Part of the Claremont Colleges Consortium.
Sewanee: The University of the South
- Located in Sewanee, TN about 1.5 hours from Nashville, TN
- About 1,700 undergraduates
Skidmore College
- Located in Saratoga Springs, NY.
- About 2,500 students.
Smith College
- In Northampton, MA, about a 2-hour drive away from Boston.
- About 2,600 undergraduate students.
- An all-female college.
University of South Carolina
- In Columbia, SC.
- About 26,000 undergraduate students.
University of Southern California
- Located in Downtown Los Angeles, CA about a 30-minute drive from West Hollywood
- About 20,000 undergraduate students
Southern Methodist University
- Located in the Uptown Dallas, TX
- About 6,500 undergraduates
Spelman College
- Located in Atlanta, GA
- About 2,100 students.
- Part of the Atlanta University Center Consortium
- A historically all-female college
St. Lawrence University
- Located in Canton, NY about a 1.5 hour drive from Ottawa, Canada
- About 2,400 undergraduates
Stanford University
- Located in Palo Alto, CA about a 30-minute drive from San Francisco
- About 7,000 undergraduate students
Stevens Institute of Technology
- Located in Hoboken, NJ about a 30-minute train ride from Manhattan, NY
- About 3,700 students
Swarthmore College
- In Swarthmore, PA, about a 30-minute train ride from Philadelphia
- About 1,600 undergraduate students.
- Part of the Tri-College Consortium.
Syracuse University
- In Syracuse, NY, about a 4.5-hour drive from New York City.
- About 15,500 undergraduate students
Temple University
- About 29,000 undergraduates
- Located in North Philadelphia, PA about a 10-minute drive from Center City Philadelphia
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
- Located in Knoxville, TN about a 2.5-hour drive from Nashville, TN
- About 23,300 undergraduates
University of Texas at Austin
- Located in Central Austin, TX.
- About 40,000 undergraduate students.
Texas A&M University
- Located in College Station, TX about a 2-hour drive from Austin, TX
- About 54,000 undergraduates
Texas Christian University
- Located in Fort Worth, TX about a 30-minute drive from Dallas, TX
- About 9,500 undergraduates
Towson University
- Located in Towson, MD about a 30-minute drive from the Inner Harbor of Baltimore
- About 20,000 undergraduates
Trinity University
- Located in the Monte Vista neighborhood of San Antonio, TX about a 10-minute drive from Downtown San Antonio
- About 2,500 undergraduates
Trinity College
- In Hartford, CT, about a 2.5-hour drive from Boston
- About 2,300 undergraduate students
Tufts University
- In Medford, MA, about a 45 minute train ride from Downtown Crossing in Boston
- About 5,500 undergraduate students
Tulane University
- In New Orleans, LA, about a 15-minute drive from the French Quarter
- About 8,600 undergraduate students
Union College
- Located in Schenectady, NY, about 25-minutes away from Albany.
- About 2,200 undergraduate students.
Ursinus College
- Located in Collegeville, PA about a 45-minute drive away from Philadelphia, PA
- About 1,450 students
Vanderbilt University
- Located in the West End of Nashville, TN.
- About 6,800 undergraduate students.
Vassar College
- In Poughkeepsie, NY, about a 2-hour train ride to Manhattan.
- About 2,300 undergraduate students.
University of Vermont
- In Burlington, VT, about a 20-minute walk from Downtown Burlington.
- About 11,000 undergraduate students
Villanova University
- Located in Villanova, PA about a 30-minute drive from Philadelphia, PA
- About 6,500 undergraduates
University of Virginia
- In Charlottesville, VA, about a 1-hour drive from Richmond.
- About 16,000 undergraduate students.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- About 29,500 students
- Located in Blacksburg, VA about a 3-hour drive from Richmond, VA and Charlotte, NC
Wabash College
- About 880 students
- Located in Crawfordsville, IN about a 1-hour drive from Indianapolis, IN
- An all-male college
Wake Forest University
- In Winston-Salem, NC, about a 1.5-hour drive from Charlotte.
- About 5,100 undergraduate students.
Washington College
- In Chestertown, MD, about a 1.5 hour drive from Washington D.C.
- About 1,500 undergraduate students
University of Washington at Seattle
- Near the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle, WA.
- About 30,000 undergraduate students.
Washington & Lee University
- Located in Lexington, VA about a 2-hour drive from Richmond, VA
- About 1,800 undergraduate students
Washington University in St. Louis
- Located in the Clayton neighborhood of St. Louis, MO, about a 15-minute drive from Downtown St. Louis.
- About 7,500 undergraduate students.
Wesleyan University
- In Middletown, CT, about a 30-minute drive from New Haven.
- About 3,000 undergraduate students.
Whitman College
- Located in Walla Walla, WA about a 2.5-hour drive from Spokane, WA
- About 1,500 students
College of William & Mary
- In Williamsburg, VA, about an hour drive from Richmond, VA
- About 6,300 undergraduate students
Williams College
- In Williamstown, MA, about an hour drive from Albany, NY.
- About 2,000 undergraduate students
College of Wooster
- A liberal arts college in Wooster, Ohio, about an hour drive from Cleveland.
- About 2,000 undergraduate students.
Yale University
- In New Haven, CT, about a 2-hour train ride from Manhattan.
- About 5,500 undergraduate students.