The 25 Most desirable Rural Schools - Newsweek

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<p>[The</a> 25 Most Desirable Rural Schools - Newsweek - Education](<a href=“http://education.newsweek.com/2010/09/12/the-25-most-desirable-rural-schools.all.html]The”>http://education.newsweek.com/2010/09/12/the-25-most-desirable-rural-schools.all.html)</p>

<p>The 25 Most Desirable Rural Schools
Dartmouth College
Williams College
Amherst College
Bowdoin College
Middlebury College
College of the Ozarks
Washington and Lee University
Berea College
Carleton College
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Colgate University
Bucknell University
Colby College
Grinnell College
Kenyon College
Ave Maria University
Whitman College
Gettysburg College
Kansas State University
Dickinson College
State University of New York at Geneseo
St. Olaf College
Clemson University
University of Central Arkansas
St. Mary’s College of Maryland</p>

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<p>Who would want to go to a rural school?</p>

<p>Kidding of course ;)</p>

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<p>Obvious schools missing:</p>

<p>Bard
DePauw
Hamilton
Hampshire
Deep Springs (the poster child, eh?)
Oberlin
Sewanee
U Conn</p>

<p>Others that maybe should’ve been included:</p>

<p>Bennington
College of the Atlantic
Cornell
Juniata
UNH</p>

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<p>Yeah Clemson! Go Tigers! :)</p>

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<p>No such thing.</p>

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<p>This is what they call an oxymoron lol</p>

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<p>excuse me? I like my rural school thank you.</p>

<p>-Source: someone who lived in Boston for 16 years</p>

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<p>pierre0913…couldn’t agree more. Plenty of students prefer a small school. There are some great colleges on this list! </p>

<p>I was glad to see Geneseo (SUNY Public) make the list.</p>

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<p>Another article from that same issue of Newsweek:</p>

<p>[Can</a> You Trust College Rankings? - Newsweek - Education](<a href=“http://education.newsweek.com/2010/09/12/can-you-trust-college-rankings.html]Can”>http://education.newsweek.com/2010/09/12/can-you-trust-college-rankings.html)</p>

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