The ivy-covered campus of Princeton University,
a private institution, is located in the quiet town of Princeton, New Jersey.
Princeton was the first university to offer a "no loan" policy to
financially needy students, giving grants instead of loans to accepted students
who need help paying tuition.
Harvard University is a private institution in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston. This Ivy League school is the
oldest higher education institution in the country and has the largest
endowment of any school in the world.
Yale University, located in New Haven,
Connecticut, offers a small college life with the resources of a major research
institution. Yale students are divided into 12 residential colleges that foster
a supportive environment for living, learning and socializing.
WEBSITE: http://www.yale.edu/
Columbia University has three undergraduate
schools: Columbia College, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied
Sciences (SEAS), and the School of General Studies. This Ivy League, private
school guarantees students housing for all four years on campus in Manhattan’s
Morningside Heights neighborhood in New York City.
The sunny campus of Stanford University is
located in California’s Bay Area, about 30 miles from San Francisco. The
private institution stresses a multidisciplinary combination of teaching,
learning, and research, and students have many opportunities to get involved in
research projects.
WEBSITE: https://www.stanford.edu/
The University of Chicago, situated in
Chicago’s Hyde Park community, offers a rich campus life in a big-city setting.
Since 1987, the private institution has hosted the University of Chicago
Scavenger Hunt, a four-day event that is regarded as the largest scavenger hunt
in the world.
WEBSITE: http://www.uchicago.edu/
Though the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology may be best known for its math, science and engineering education,
this private research university also offers architecture, humanities,
management and social science programs. The school is located in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, just across the Charles River from downtown Boston.
Located in Durham, North Carolina, Duke
University is a private institution that has liberal arts and engineering
programs for undergraduates. The Duke Blue Devils sports teams have a fierce
rivalry with the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill Tar Heels and are
best known for their outstanding men's basketball program.
Founded by Benjamin Franklin, the University of
Pennsylvania is a private institution in the University City neighborhood of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Students can study in one of four schools that
grant undergraduate degrees: Arts and Sciences, Nursing, Engineering and
Applied Sciences, and Wharton.
WEBSITE: http://www.upenn.edu/
The California Institute of Technology focuses
on science and engineering education and has a low student-to-faculty ratio of
3:1. This private institution in Pasadena, California, is actively involved in
research projects with grants from NASA, the National Science Foundation and
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Johns Hopkins University is a private
institution in Baltimore, Maryland, that offers a wide array of academic
programs in the arts, humanities, social and natural sciences, and engineering
disciplines. The Hopkins Blue Jays men’s lacrosse team is consistently dominant
in the NCAA Division I; other sports teams at Hopkins compete at the Division
III level.
WEBSITE: https://www.jhu.edu/
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