COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY VISIT CLUSTERS
The groupings of colleges and universities below are by no means exhaustive; these ideas are meant to serve as good starting points when beginning a college search. Happy travels!
BOSTON/RHODE ISLAND AREA Large: Boston University Northeastern University
Medium: Bentley University (business focus) Boston College Brandeis University Brown University Bryant College (business focus) Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Providence College University of Massachusetts at Lowell University of Rhode Island
Small: Babson College (business focus) Emerson College Rhode Island School of Design (art school) Simmons College (all women) Tufts University Wellesley College (all women) Wheaton College
CENTRAL/WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS Large: University of Massachusetts at Amherst/Lowell
Medium: College of the Holy Cross Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Small: Amherst College Clark University Hampshire College Mount Holyoke College (all women) Smith College (all women) Westfield State University Williams College
CONNECTICUT
Large: University of Connecticut
Medium: Fairfield University Yale University
Small: Connecticut College Trinity College Wesleyan University
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND Large: University of New Hampshire University of Vermont
Medium: Dartmouth College Middlebury College
Small: Bates College Bennington College Bowdoin College Colby College College of the Atlantic Saint Anselm College Saint Michael’s College
UPSTATE NEW YORK Large: Binghamton University (SUNY) Cornell University Syracuse University
Medium: Colgate University Ithaca College Marist College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Rochester
Small: Bard College Clarkson University Hamilton College Hobart-Williams Smith Colleges Skidmore College St. Lawrence University Union College Vassar College
NEW YORK CITY AREA
Large: New York University
Medium: Columbia University Fordham University Hofstra University
Small: Barnard College (all women) Eugene Lang College – The New School Sarah Lawrence College
WASHINGTON, DC/BALTIMORE AREA Large: George Washington University University of Maryland (College Park)
Medium: American University Catholic University Georgetown University Howard University (Historically Black University) Johns Hopkins University Loyola University Maryland
Small: Goucher College St. John’s College (Annapolis) PHILADELPHIA AND SURROUNDING AREA/ PENNSYLVANIA
Large: University of Delaware Drexel University University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh Rutgers University Temple University
Medium: Carnegie Mellon University Dusquesne University Lehigh University Villanova University
Small: Allegheny College Bryn Mawr College (all women) Dickinson College Franklin & Marshall College Gettysburg College Haverford College Juniata College Lafayette College Muhlenberg College Swarthmore College Ursinus College
VIRGINIA/NORTH CAROLINA/SOUTH CAROLINA
Large: Clemson University University of North Carolina University of South Carolina University of Virginia
Medium: College of Charleston Duke University Elon University Hampton University (Historically Black University) High Point University University of Richmond Wake Forest University College of William and Mary
Small: Davidson College Furman University Guilford College Warren Wilson College
FLORIDA/GEORGIA/LOUISIANA/ALABAMA/ARKANSAS Large: Florida State University University of Florida Georgia Institute of Technology University of Georgia
Medium: Emory University University of Miami University of Tampa Tulane University
Small: Agnes Scott College Eckerd College Hendrix College Loyola University New Orleans Millsaps College Morehouse College (all men; Historically Black College) Rollins College Spelman College (all women; Historically Black College) Xavier University of Louisiana (Historically Black Univ.)
CHICAGO/SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AREA/INDIANA
Large: DePaul University University of Illinois University of Indiana Purdue University University of Wisconsin
Medium: University of Chicago Columbia College Loyola University of Chicago Marquette University Northwestern University
Small: Beloit College Earlham College Lake Forest College Lawrence University School of the Art Institute of Chicago
OHIO
Large: Miami University of Ohio The Ohio State University
Medium: Case Western Reserve University
Small: Denison University Kenyon College Oberlin College Ohio Wesleyan University College of Wooster
COLORADO Large: University of Colorado – Boulder
Medium: University of Denver
Small: Colorado College
PACIFIC NORTHWEST Large: University of Oregon University of Washington Western Washington University
Medium: Evergreen State University Gonzaga University
Small: Lewis and Clark College Reed College University of Puget Sound Whitman College Willamette University
SAN FRANCISCO AND SURROUNDING AREA Large: University of California – Berkeley University of California – Santa Cruz
Medium: Santa Clara University Stanford University University of San Francisco
Small: Mills College (all women)
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Large: University of California – Los Angeles University of California – San Diego University of Southern California
Medium: Loyola Marymount University University of San Diego
Small: California Institute of the Arts Chapman University Claremont Colleges: Claremont McKenna Harvey Mudd Pitzer Pomona Scripps Occidental College Whittier College
TEXAS Large: Southern Methodist University Texas A&M University Texas Christian University University of Texas, Austin
Medium: Rice University
Small: Southwestern University Trinity University 1.17