<p>^ helpful knowing it’s close to the airport, but even more helpful if you can mention how to get to campus (train, shuttle, etc).</p>
<p>I live in MN and many colleges around the Twin Cities here are close enough to the Minneapolis International Airport, which flies just about anywhere, so check out any colleges around there. I don’t know your academic stats though, so not sure if you’d be interested in those schools. None that are too difficult to get into.</p>
<p>Also, I’m going to Illinois Wesleyan this fall and the airport is about 5 minutes from campus, but it’s sort of a small airport in Bloomington, IL, so I’m not sure if that’s what you’re looking for.</p>
<p>There are major airports in Chicago and several colleges, so look into colleges there.</p>
<p>Basically about any major city with a large/major airport has some colleges around it, so just google major cities and colleges around them.</p>
<p>^ since you asked, I’m looking at top schools, but this info is probably important for everyone. For instance, Chicago obviously has major airports, but I don’t think UChic or Northwestern are convenient to them.</p>
<p>OP, I can sort of see closeness to an airport being a tiebreaker among schools … however, for my kids I would HATE to see them turn down a “better” option to get closer to an airport … and frankly, starting a list by focussing on proximaty to an airport greatly increases the odds this happens. Unless there is a known reason for lots of trips home (a very ill parent, for example) planning college around travel arrangements (4 round trips a year) doesn’t make a lot of sense to me … and of course, YMMV.</p>
<p>^ it’s not so much about turning down a better option. It’s more that if a school is a real hassle to get to and from, why consider it in the first place? For instance, as I said earlier, I’m in NY looking at top schools for engineering. Purdue is a great school. However, it’s a major hassle to get there from NY. Way to far to drive, and nowhere near an airport. Why even consider Purdue when Georgia Tech is comparable but more accessible? Most out of the way schools have comparable schools that are easier to get to, so if you can find more convenient fits, why even consider the inconvenient ones?</p>
<p>Pitt/Carnegie have a shuttle. I’ll get the details from my neighbor who uses it and get back to you.</p>
<p>I’ll get the details on Rice too. I have a co-worker whose nephew finds it easy and within the 30 minute time frame.</p>
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Becasue what if it turns out for you it is one of the obvious best 10 fit schools? You’ll never know if you chop schools off before you even consider them. Maybe one of these not close to airport schools has a major that is not common in which you are interested, would award you more merit money than any other school, or is the school that about 5 minutes into your visit you head to the campus store to buy the sweatshirt because you LOVE the school. If you don’t give school like Purdue or Cornell a chance you might miss a great opportunity.</p>
<p>Full disclosure … on my drive to visit Cornell I was thinking this place is in the boonies … and then I got there and absolutely fell in love with the place; and the location is part of what makes Cornell special … is Ithaca out of the way; it sure is and that is part of what makes it such a GREAT college town.</p>
<p>Well a lot of colleges will be one train ride away from a college.</p>
<p>Northwestern-Evanston.
Take CTA train [2 bucks] blue line straight from airport transfer to purple line [.25 cent transfer] and you’re there.</p>
<p>Well, fwiw, Cornell is driving distance from nyc. Not an issue for us.</p>
<p>Chardo, having lived in various boroughs in NYC, in LA, N.Cal, and D.C., I’m curious about how you view New York schools and airports. LaGuardia and JFK are in Queens. Yes, there are “trains to the planes”, but it’s still at least an hour, right? And Cornell? Yeesh!! You could drive to D.C. !</p>
<p>P.S. UC Daviis is about 20 minutes from the Sacto Airport, with Jet Blue, among others, to JFK, but no fast public transit from Davis to Sacto that I know of.</p>
<p>University of Rochester is literally about a 10 minute cab ride to the airport from campus. I don’t remember but I think that there are shuttles to airports for holiday breaks. The distance to airport is a factor but not the deciding one- when we toured Oberlin I realize that it is about forty-five minute drive to airport and except for holiday breaks, no way to get there easily from campus. With both my daughters there were times they came home for weekends apart from holiday breaks-for religious holidays, older d to see younger d star in h.s. show, internship interviews, etc.</p>
<p>^ and RIT is even closer to the Rochester airport.</p>
<p>JFK airport is not convenient for anything in NYC except perhaps St. Johns. For NYU or Columbia, LGA is closer, though still more than 30 mins by subway.</p>
<p>Berkeley: Public transport access to two major airports. BART station is one block west of Berkeley campus.</p>
<ol>
<li>Air BART bus/BART train from OAK to Downtown Berkeley station ( ~ 30 min)</li>
<li>BART train from SFO to Downtown Berkeley station. ( ~ 1 hour)</li>
</ol>
<p>Ohio State!</p>
<p>UIUC
University of Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ohio State
Michigan
Every UC I can think of
Arizona
Arizona State
Washington
Oregon
Pittsburgh
Stanford
North Carolina
Duke
Most Big City Schools
…just to name a few</p>
<p>^ as far as I know, most of those are not within short easy transit from a major airport. Can you break them down please?</p>
<p>Michigan is only 30 minutes away from the Detroit Airport.</p>
<p>^ 30 mins by what method? Is there a shuttle or train, or is it taxi only?</p>
<p>During the school year (except for the VERY beginning and end of the academic year), there is the Air Bus, which only costs $7 round trip and drops off/picks up students at 3 major spots on campus. Otherwise, there is the Ann Arbor Shuttle Express (runs all year), which costs $35 for each way to the airport. However, the shuttle drops you off right at your house/dorm/apartment.</p>
<p>^ that’s what I’m talking about. If listing a school, please mention how students get to/from the airport and about how long it takes.</p>