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US Air Force Academy

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Colorado Springs, CO - Falcons - Founded 1954

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Brandeis University

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Boston - Judges - Private - Founded 1948, named after Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis

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Rice University

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Houston, TX - Owls - Consistently ranks high in best schools nationwide

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Ball State University

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Muncie, IN - Cardinals - Founded by the Ball Brothers - Uses to be Indiana Normal School

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Wesleyan

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Middletown, CT - Liberal arts - Cardinals

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Tulane

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New Orleans, LA - Green Wave

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Claremont Colleges

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Claremont (LA), CA - 5 colleges located next to each other- Harvey Mudd, Scripps, Pomona, McKenna, Pitzer - 2 graduate schools, Claremont Graduate and Keck Graduate

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Swarthmore College

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Swarthmore (Philly), PA - The Garnet - Founded by Quakers in 1864, now secular - One of the most selective schools in USA

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Amherst College

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Amherst, MA - Private liberal arts- Founded 1821 - the Lord Jeffs

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Queen’s University

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Kingston, Ontario - Public - Golden Gaels - Founded 1841

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Duke

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Durham, NC - Blue Devils

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York University

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Toronto - York Lions - Public - Canada’s 3rd largest

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Wake Forest

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Winston-Salem, NC - NCAA Division 1 - Demon Deacons

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Georgetown

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Washington, DC - Catholic, Jesuit - Hoyas

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McGill University

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Montreal, Quebec - Redmen (men) / Martlets (women)

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DePaul University

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Chicago - Blue Demons - Largest Catholic uni in US by enrollment - Founded 1898

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Clemson

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Clemson, SC - Tigers

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Purdue

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West Lafayette, IN - Boilermakers

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Bryn Mawr College

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Bryn Mawr (Philadelphia), PA - Owls - Women’s liberal arts college - One of the Seven Sister colleges - Founded by Quakers - Means “big hill” in Welsh

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Butler University

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Indianapolis, IN - Bulldogs - Private - Founded 1855

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Texas A and M (Agricultural and Mechanical)

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College Station, TX - Aggies - Public - 4th largest university in U.S., largest in TX

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Mount Holyoke College

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South Hadley, MA - Women’s liberal arts - 1st member of Seven Sisters colleges - Founded 1837 - Lyons

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Xavier

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Cincinatti, OH - Musketeers- Catholic Jesuit

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Rutgers

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New Brunswick / Newark / Camden, NJ - Scarlet Knights / Raiders / Raptors

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Vassar
Poughkeepsie, NY - Co-ed liberal arts - Was women only until 1969 - Brewers
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Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH - Spartans - Private
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Temple
Philadelphia, PA - Owls
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University of St Andrews
St Andrews, Scotland - 3rd oldest university in the English-speaking world (following Oxford and Cambridge) - Founded 1410
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Gallaudet University
Washington DC - Bison - Private university for the education of the Deaf y hard of hearing - Founded in 1864 as Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and the Blind
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US Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD - Midshipmen - Trains future officers for US Navy - Founded 1845
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Emory University
Atlanta, GA - Methodist - Eagles
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Southern Methodist University
University Park (Dallas), TX - Mustangs
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Creighton
Omaha, NE - Bluejays - Catholic
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Miami University (of Ohio)
Oxford, OH - Public Ivy - Red Hawks - 10th oldest public uni in USA
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Baylor
Waco, TX - Baptist - Founded 1845 - Bears
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Antioch University
Yellow Springs, OH - Liberal Arts - Founded 1850 - Horace Mann first president
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George Washington University
Washington, DC - Colonials
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Howard University
Washington, DC - Bison - Leading black university
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Sarah Lawrence College
Yonkers, NY - Gryphons - Private, Liberal Arts - Rigorous academic standards
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Tufts University
Medford, MA - Jumbos - Private - Founded 1852 - Mascot is Jumbo the Elephant
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Marquette
Milwaukee - Golden Eagles - Jesuit Catholic - Became 1st coed Catholic university in world in 1909
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US Coast Guard Academy (USCGA)
New London, CT - Bears - Founded 1846
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The Citadel
Charleston, SC - Military college - Bulldogs
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Vanderbilt
Nashville TN - Founded 1873 with money from Cornelius Vanderbilt - Commodores
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West Point (US Military Academy)
West Point, NY - Trains future Army officers - Black Knights - Founded 1802
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Texas Christian University (TCU)
Fort Worth, TX - Horned Frogs - Affiliated with Disciples of Christ
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Marshall University
Huntington, WV - The Thundering Herd - Founded 1937, named after Chief Justice John Marshall
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Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA - Public - Monarchs
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Ole Miss (Uni. Of Mississippi)
Oxford, Mississippi - Rebels - Sea and space grant
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Northwestern
Chicago, IL - Wildcats
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La Salle University
Philadelphia - Explorers - Private Catholic - Established 1863 - Named for Jean Baptiste de La Salle, a Catholic saint and founder of Catholic schools
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University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy - 1st y oldest uni in the world; est. 1088 - 85k students in 11 schools around Italy y in Buenos Aires
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Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green (Toledo), OH - Falcons
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Boston Latin School
Boston, MA - Public magnet high school - Founded 1635; 1st public school y oldest existing public school in USA - Still rated among best in country - The Wolfpack
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Notre Dame
South Bend, IN - Catholic - Fighting Irish
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Villanova
Philadelphia - Catholic - Wildcats
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Seton Hall
South Orange, NJ (NYC metro) - Catholic - Pirates - Named for Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st American to become a saint
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Seven Sisters (colleges)
A loose association of seven liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that are historically women's colleges - Barnard College, Bryn Mawr College, Mount Holyoke College, Radcliffe College, Smith College, Vassar College, and Wellesley College
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St. John's University
NYC - Catholic - Red Storm
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Wellesley
Wellesley, MA (Boston) - Women's liberal arts - Blue
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William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA - Tribe - Founded 1693 by King William & Queen Mary - 2nd oldest Uni in USA after Harvard - Many famous and presidential alums (Jefferson, Madison, Tyler)
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The Ohio State University
Columbus - Buckeyes
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Auburn University
Auburn, AL - Tigers - Previously called East Alabama Male College - Land, sea, and space grant research school
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Oglethorpe University
Atlanta, GA - Stormy Petrels - Private, Liberal Arts - Named after James Oglethorpe (1696-1785), founder of the colony of Georgia
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Morehouse College
Atlanta, GA - Maroon Tigers - Private, historically black men's college - One of the few remaining traditional men's liberal arts colleges in the USA

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