Rank the Top 20 Schools by Campus Quality

IzzoOne
Fri, 03 Mar 2017 21:37:00 +0000

Very few colleges hold up completely when scrutinized top to bottom. The large research universities in particular have had to add so much building space that they start to appear overbuilt and/or sprawling. A number of reputations for beauty are based on a particular element, like the view to the Pacific from Pepperdine, or the view toward Mount Rainier and the Cherry blossoms at Washington, but the schools fall down in other regards. Other colleges, like Harvard have some extraordinary buildings, but it never quite comes together.

The nicest I’ve seen is Cambridge University in the UK, which is really a collection of colleges. They have had centuries to refine their grounds and buildings. They also, unlike U.S. universities, have competition between the colleges for pride and bragging rights that is perhaps a major contributor.