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The following table compares the special learning opportunities between Top 100 Colleges by Forbes including distance learning opportunities, ROTC program, Study abroad, and more special chances of learning. This statistics is based on the latest data from IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education for academic year 2024-2025.

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Special Learning Opportunities Comparison Between Top 100 Colleges By Forbes
Rank	Name	Online Class	ROTC	Teacher Cert.	Study Abroad	Weekend/ Evening College	Campus Housing^*	Meal Plan^**
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (8,000)	✔ ($6,810)
2	Columbia University in the City of New York	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (13,109)	✔ ($6,300)
3	Princeton University	✗	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (5,594)	✔ ($7,670)
4	Stanford University	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (14,162)	✔ ($6,937)
5	University of California-Berkeley	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (9,765)	✔
6	Harvard University	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (13,748)	✔ ($7,446)
7	Williams College	✗	Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (2,173)	✔ ($7,630)
8	Johns Hopkins University	Under, Grad	Army	✔	✔	✔	✔ (2,737)	✔ ($7,420)
9	Yale University	Under, Grad	NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (5,576)	✔ ($7,950)
10	University of Pennsylvania	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (6,316)	✔ ($6,134)
11	Vanderbilt University	Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (5,966)	✔ ($7,142)
12	Rice University	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (3,701)	✔ ($4,800)
13	University of Chicago	Grad	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (4,573)	✔
14	Cornell University	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (8,954)	✔ ($6,612)
15	University of California-Los Angeles	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (22,884)	✔
16	Northwestern University	Under, Grad	NAVY	✔	✔	✔	✔ (4,456)	✔ ($7,692)
17	Dartmouth College	Grad	Army	✔	✔	✗	✔ (3,873)	✔ ($6,693)
18	Brown University	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (5,196)	✔ ($6,472)
19	Amherst College	✗	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (2,000)	✔ ($7,700)
20	University of California-San Diego	Under, Grad	✗	✗	✔	✗	✔ (18,165)	✔
21	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (11,493)	✔
22	Duke University	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (5,699)	✔ ($7,156)
23	Swarthmore College	✗	✗	✗	✔	✗	✔ (1,580)	✔ ($8,922)
24	California Institute of Technology	✗	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (1,572)	✔ ($7,791)
25	Washington University in St Louis	Under, Grad	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (7,032)	✔ ($5,772)
26	Claremont McKenna College	✗	Army	✔	✔	✗	✔ (1,244)	✔ ($8,653)
27	Emory University	Under, Grad	✗	✗	✔	✔	✔ (4,813)	✔ ($7,346)
28	University of Southern California	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (8,500)	✔ ($6,930)
29	Wellesley College	Under, Grad	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (2,190)	✔ ($9,136)
30	University of Florida	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (11,375)	✔ ($4,600)
31	University of California-Irvine	Under, Grad	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (15,693)	✔
32	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (8,805)	✔ ($5,424)
33	University of Notre Dame	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (6,831)	✔
34	University of Virginia-Main Campus	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (7,429)	✔ ($5,810)
35	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (9,925)	✔ ($5,240)
36	Pomona College	✗	✗	✗	✔	✗	✔ (1,675)	✔ ($8,212)
37	University of Maryland-College Park	Under, Grad	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (12,465)	✔ ($6,036)
38	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (15,648)	✔
39	Bowdoin College	✗	✗	✗	✔	✗	✔ (1,886)	✔ ($8,722)
40	Brigham Young University	Under, Grad	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (7,697)	✔
41	Georgetown University	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (5,493)	✔ ($7,280)
42	University of California-Santa Barbara	Under, Grad	Army	✔	✔	✗	✔ (11,441)	✔
43	Carnegie Mellon University	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (3,587)	✔ ($6,486)
44	University of California-Davis	Under, Grad	Army	✔	✔	✗	✔ (11,290)	✔
45	Boston University	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (11,649)	✔ ($6,140)
46	The University of Texas at Austin	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (7,953)	✔
47	Washington and Lee University	✗	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (1,478)	✔ ($7,975)
48	Colgate University	✗	✗	✗	✔	✗	✔ (3,010)	✔ ($8,328)
49	New York University	Under, Grad	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (12,622)	✔ ($5,612)
50	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (10,310)	✔
51	Wesleyan University	Under, Grad	Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (3,006)	✔
52	Middlebury College	Grad	Army	✔	✔	✗	✔ (2,700)	✔ ($7,780)
53	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (10,243)	✔ ($4,050)
54	Boston College	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (7,619)	✔ ($6,000)
55	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	Under, Grad	Army	✔	✔	✗	✔ (8,702)	✔ ($6,770)
56	Haverford College	✗	Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (1,435)	✔ ($7,082)
57	University of Georgia	Under, Grad	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (10,218)	✔ ($4,094)
58	Tufts University	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (4,216)	✔ ($7,636)
59	Davidson College	✗	Army	✔	✔	✗	✔ (1,810)	✔ ($7,800)
60	William & Mary	Under, Grad	Army	✔	✔	✗	✔ (4,755)	✔ ($5,246)
61	Texas A & M University-College Station	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (11,306)	✔
62	Purdue University-Main Campus	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (16,056)	✔ ($5,398)
63	University of California-Santa Cruz	Under, Grad	✗	✗	✔	✗	✔ (9,440)	✔
64	Lehigh University	Under, Grad	Army	✔	✔	✗	✔ (2,952)	✔ ($6,540)
65	Santa Clara University	Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (3,797)	✔
66	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (9,394)	✔ ($5,316)
67	George Washington University	Under, Grad	NAVY	✔	✔	✗	✔ (7,274)	✔ ($4,325)
68	Binghamton University	Under, Grad	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (7,562)	✔ ($5,900)
69	University of Rochester	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (6,084)	✔ ($7,230)
70	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (15,838)	✔ ($5,494)
71	Colby College	✗	✗	✗	✔	✗	✔ (2,398)	✔ ($7,870)
72	Florida State University	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (6,709)	✔ ($5,148)
73	Hamilton College	✗	✗	✗	✔	✗	✔ (2,057)	✔ ($7,220)
74	College of the Holy Cross	✗	NAVY	✔	✔	✗	✔ (2,642)	✔ ($7,520)
75	Villanova University	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (5,400)	✔ ($7,500)
76	University of Miami	Under, Grad	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (4,495)	✔ ($7,450)
77	University of California-Riverside	Under, Grad	✗	✗	✔	✔	✔ (8,600)	✔
78	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (7,558)	✔ ($5,240)
79	Michigan State University	Under, Grad	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (17,517)	✔ ($6,452)
80	Stony Brook University	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (10,315)	✔ ($6,154)
81	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (10,300)	✔ ($5,456)
82	Trinity University	Grad	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (2,038)	✔ ($6,079)
83	Ohio State University-Main Campus	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (15,082)	✔
84	Harvey Mudd College	✗	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (918)	✔ ($8,916)
85	Bucknell University	✗	Army	✔	✔	✗	✔ (3,406)	✔ ($5,868)
86	Clemson University	Under, Grad	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (7,800)	✔ ($4,626)
87	San Diego State University	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (8,288)	✔ ($6,688)
88	Trinity College	Under, Grad	✗	✗	✔	✗	✔ (1,930)	✔ ($5,880)
89	Smith College	✗	✗	✗	✔	✗	✔ (2,479)	✔ ($10,140)
90	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	Under, Grad	✗	✗	✔	✔	✔ (288)	✔
91	Lafayette College	Under, Grad	Army	✔	✔	✗	✔ (2,510)	✔ ($6,616)
92	University of Richmond	Under, Grad	Army	✔	✔	✔	✔ (2,875)	✔ ($8,020)
93	University of Colorado Boulder	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (7,500)	✔
94	Indiana University-Bloomington	Under, Grad	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (13,467)	✔ ($4,430)
95	Babson College	Under, Grad	✗	✗	✔	✗	✔ (2,130)	✔ ($6,736)
96	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (6,417)	✔ ($5,220)
97	California State University-Long Beach	Under, Grad	Army, Air Force	✔	✔	✗	✔ (3,196)	✔ ($4,440)
98	Wake Forest University	Under, Grad	Army	✔	✔	✔	✔ (4,132)	✔ ($8,334)
99	University of Utah	Under, Grad	Army, NAVY, Air Force	✔	✔	✔	✔ (6,770)	✔ ($5,020)
100	Bates College	✗	✗	✗	✔	✗	✔ (1,731)	✔

^*dormitory capacity

^**yearly costs

Student Services on Campus

The following table compares the on-campus students services and facilities between Top 100 Colleges by Forbes including Student Counseling, Employment services for current students, Placement service for program completers, On-campus daycare facility, and library information.

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On-campus Student Services Between Top 100 Colleges By Forbes
Rank	Name	Career Counseling	Employment Service	Placement Service	On Campus Daycare	Library Facilities
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
2	Columbia University in the City of New York	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
3	Princeton University	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
4	Stanford University	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
5	University of California-Berkeley	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
6	Harvard University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
7	Williams College	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
8	Johns Hopkins University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
9	Yale University	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
10	University of Pennsylvania	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
11	Vanderbilt University	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
12	Rice University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
13	University of Chicago	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
14	Cornell University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
15	University of California-Los Angeles	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
16	Northwestern University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
17	Dartmouth College	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
18	Brown University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
19	Amherst College	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
20	University of California-San Diego	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
21	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
22	Duke University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
23	Swarthmore College	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
24	California Institute of Technology	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
25	Washington University in St Louis	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
26	Claremont McKenna College	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
27	Emory University	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
28	University of Southern California	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
29	Wellesley College	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
30	University of Florida	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
31	University of California-Irvine	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
32	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
33	University of Notre Dame	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
34	University of Virginia-Main Campus	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
35	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	✔	✔	✗	✔	Own Library
36	Pomona College	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
37	University of Maryland-College Park	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
38	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
39	Bowdoin College	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
40	Brigham Young University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
41	Georgetown University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
42	University of California-Santa Barbara	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
43	Carnegie Mellon University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
44	University of California-Davis	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
45	Boston University	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
46	The University of Texas at Austin	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
47	Washington and Lee University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
48	Colgate University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
49	New York University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
50	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
51	Wesleyan University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
52	Middlebury College	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
53	University of Wisconsin-Madison	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
54	Boston College	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
55	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
56	Haverford College	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
57	University of Georgia	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
58	Tufts University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
59	Davidson College	✔	✗	✗	✗	Own Library
60	William & Mary	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
61	Texas A & M University-College Station	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
62	Purdue University-Main Campus	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
63	University of California-Santa Cruz	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
64	Lehigh University	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
65	Santa Clara University	✔	✔	✗	✔	Own Library
66	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
67	George Washington University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
68	Binghamton University	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
69	University of Rochester	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
70	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
71	Colby College	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
72	Florida State University	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
73	Hamilton College	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
74	College of the Holy Cross	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
75	Villanova University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
76	University of Miami	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
77	University of California-Riverside	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
78	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
79	Michigan State University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
80	Stony Brook University	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
81	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
82	Trinity University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
83	Ohio State University-Main Campus	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
84	Harvey Mudd College	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
85	Bucknell University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
86	Clemson University	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
87	San Diego State University	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
88	Trinity College	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
89	Smith College	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
90	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
91	Lafayette College	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
92	University of Richmond	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
93	University of Colorado Boulder	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
94	Indiana University-Bloomington	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
95	Babson College	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
96	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	✔	✔	✗	✔	Own Library
97	California State University-Long Beach	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
98	Wake Forest University	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library
99	University of Utah	✔	✔	✔	✔	Own Library
100	Bates College	✔	✔	✔	✗	Own Library

Athletics Associations

The following table summarizes the alheletic teams and program information of Top 100 Colleges by Forbes. Among 100 Top 100 Colleges by Forbes, all schools are NAA members, and all schools are NCAA members.

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Athletic Teams In Top 100 Colleges By Forbes
Rank	Name	Members	Football	Basketball	Baseball	All Programs
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	NAA, NCAA	New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference	New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference	New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference	19 athletic programs
2	Columbia University in the City of New York	NAA, NCAA	Ivy League	Ivy League	Ivy League	18 athletic programs
3	Princeton University	NAA, NCAA	Ivy League	Ivy League	Ivy League	19 athletic programs
4	Stanford University	NAA, NCAA	Pacific-12 Conference	Pacific-12 Conference	Pacific-12 Conference	22 athletic programs
5	University of California-Berkeley	NAA, NCAA	Pacific-12 Conference	Pacific-12 Conference	Pacific-12 Conference	17 athletic programs
6	Harvard University	NAA, NCAA	Ivy League	Ivy League	Ivy League	21 athletic programs
7	Williams College	NAA, NCAA	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	19 athletic programs
8	Johns Hopkins University	NAA, NCAA	Centennial Conference	Centennial Conference	Centennial Conference	13 athletic programs
9	Yale University	NAA, NCAA	Ivy League	Ivy League	Ivy League	19 athletic programs
10	University of Pennsylvania	NAA, NCAA	Ivy League	Ivy League	Ivy League	18 athletic programs
11	Vanderbilt University	NAA, NCAA	Southeastern Conference	Southeastern Conference	Southeastern Conference	11 athletic programs
12	Rice University	NAA, NCAA	Conference USA	Conference USA	Conference USA	9 athletic programs
13	University of Chicago	NAA, NCAA	Midwest Conference	University Athletic Association	Midwest Conference	10 athletic programs
14	Cornell University	NAA, NCAA	Ivy League	Ivy League	Ivy League	20 athletic programs
15	University of California-Los Angeles	NAA, NCAA	Pacific-12 Conference	Pacific-12 Conference	Pacific-12 Conference	14 athletic programs
16	Northwestern University	NAA, NCAA	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	14 athletic programs
17	Dartmouth College	NAA, NCAA	Ivy League	Ivy League	Ivy League	18 athletic programs
18	Brown University	NAA, NCAA	Ivy League	Ivy League	Ivy League	21 athletic programs
19	Amherst College	NAA, NCAA	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	14 athletic programs
20	University of California-San Diego	NAA, NCAA	-	Big West Conference	Big West Conference	12 athletic programs
21	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	NAA, NCAA	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	17 athletic programs
22	Duke University	NAA, NCAA	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	14 athletic programs
23	Swarthmore College	NAA, NCAA	-	Centennial Conference	Centennial Conference	12 athletic programs
24	California Institute of Technology	NAA, NCAA	-	Southern California Intercoll Ath Conf	Southern California Intercoll Ath Conf	10 athletic programs
25	Washington University in St Louis	NAA, NCAA	University Athletic Association	University Athletic Association	University Athletic Association	11 athletic programs
26	Claremont McKenna College	NAA, NCAA	Southern California Intercoll Ath Conf	Southern California Intercoll Ath Conf	Southern California Intercoll Ath Conf	13 athletic programs
27	Emory University	NAA, NCAA	-	University Athletic Association	University Athletic Association	9 athletic programs
28	University of Southern California	NAA, NCAA	Pacific-12 Conference	Pacific-12 Conference	Pacific-12 Conference	15 athletic programs
29	Wellesley College	NAA, NCAA	-	New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference	-	-
30	University of Florida	NAA, NCAA	Southeastern Conference	Southeastern Conference	Southeastern Conference	12 athletic programs
31	University of California-Irvine	NAA, NCAA	-	Big West Conference	Big West Conference	10 athletic programs
32	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	NAA, NCAA	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	9 athletic programs
33	University of Notre Dame	NAA, NCAA	Division I-A Independents	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	14 athletic programs
34	University of Virginia-Main Campus	NAA, NCAA	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	14 athletic programs
35	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NAA, NCAA	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	16 athletic programs
36	Pomona College	NAA, NCAA	Southern California Intercoll Ath Conf	Southern California Intercoll Ath Conf	Southern California Intercoll Ath Conf	12 athletic programs
37	University of Maryland-College Park	NAA, NCAA	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	14 athletic programs
38	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	NAA, NCAA	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	12 athletic programs
39	Bowdoin College	NAA, NCAA	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	17 athletic programs
40	Brigham Young University	NAA, NCAA	Big 12 Conference	Big 12 Conference	Big 12 Conference	11 athletic programs
41	Georgetown University	NAA, NCAA	Patriot League	Big East Conference	Big East Conference	14 athletic programs
42	University of California-Santa Barbara	NAA, NCAA	-	Big West Conference	Big West Conference	12 athletic programs
43	Carnegie Mellon University	NAA, NCAA	University Athletic Association	University Athletic Association	-	8 athletic programs
44	University of California-Davis	NAA, NCAA	Big Sky Conference	Big West Conference	Big West Conference	14 athletic programs
45	Boston University	NAA, NCAA	-	Patriot League	-	12 athletic programs
46	The University of Texas at Austin	NAA, NCAA	Big 12 Conference	Big 12 Conference	Big 12 Conference	11 athletic programs
47	Washington and Lee University	NAA, NCAA	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	15 athletic programs
48	Colgate University	NAA, NCAA	Patriot League	Patriot League	-	14 athletic programs
49	New York University	NAA, NCAA	-	University Athletic Association	University Athletic Association	9 athletic programs
50	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	NAA, NCAA	Pacific-12 Conference	Pacific-12 Conference	Pacific-12 Conference	12 athletic programs
51	Wesleyan University	NAA, NCAA	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	17 athletic programs
52	Middlebury College	NAA, NCAA	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	17 athletic programs
53	University of Wisconsin-Madison	NAA, NCAA	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	-	12 athletic programs
54	Boston College	NAA, NCAA	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	17 athletic programs
55	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	NAA, NCAA	Big Sky Conference	Big West Conference	Big West Conference	12 athletic programs
56	Haverford College	NAA, NCAA	-	Centennial Conference	Centennial Conference	11 athletic programs
57	University of Georgia	NAA, NCAA	Southeastern Conference	Southeastern Conference	Southeastern Conference	12 athletic programs
58	Tufts University	NAA, NCAA	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	17 athletic programs
59	Davidson College	NAA, NCAA	Pioneer Football League	Atlantic 10 Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference	12 athletic programs
60	William & Mary	NAA, NCAA	Coastal Athletic Association	Coastal Athletic Association	Coastal Athletic Association	12 athletic programs
61	Texas A & M University-College Station	NAA, NCAA	Southeastern Conference	Southeastern Conference	Southeastern Conference	11 athletic programs
62	Purdue University-Main Campus	NAA, NCAA	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	11 athletic programs
63	University of California-Santa Cruz	NAA, NCAA	-	Division III Independents	-	8 athletic programs
64	Lehigh University	NAA, NCAA	Patriot League	Patriot League	Patriot League	15 athletic programs
65	Santa Clara University	NAA, NCAA	-	West Coast Conference	West Coast Conference	12 athletic programs
66	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NAA, NCAA	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	13 athletic programs
67	George Washington University	NAA, NCAA	-	Atlantic 10 Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference	15 athletic programs
68	Binghamton University	NAA, NCAA	-	America East	America East	11 athletic programs
69	University of Rochester	NAA, NCAA	University Athletic Association	University Athletic Association	University Athletic Association	14 athletic programs
70	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NAA, NCAA	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	15 athletic programs
71	Colby College	NAA, NCAA	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	18 athletic programs
72	Florida State University	NAA, NCAA	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	11 athletic programs
73	Hamilton College	NAA, NCAA	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	17 athletic programs
74	College of the Holy Cross	NAA, NCAA	Patriot League	Patriot League	Patriot League	14 athletic programs
75	Villanova University	NAA, NCAA	Coastal Athletic Association	Big East Conference	Big East Conference	14 athletic programs
76	University of Miami	NAA, NCAA	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	11 athletic programs
77	University of California-Riverside	NAA, NCAA	-	Big West Conference	Big West Conference	8 athletic programs
78	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	NAA, NCAA	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	14 athletic programs
79	Michigan State University	NAA, NCAA	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	15 athletic programs
80	Stony Brook University	NAA, NCAA	Coastal Athletic Association	Coastal Athletic Association	Coastal Athletic Association	9 athletic programs
81	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	NAA, NCAA	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	12 athletic programs
82	Trinity University	NAA, NCAA	Southern Athletic Association	Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference	Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference	10 athletic programs
83	Ohio State University-Main Campus	NAA, NCAA	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	21 athletic programs
84	Harvey Mudd College	NAA, NCAA	Southern California Intercoll Ath Conf	Southern California Intercoll Ath Conf	Southern California Intercoll Ath Conf	-
85	Bucknell University	NAA, NCAA	Patriot League	Patriot League	Patriot League	15 athletic programs
86	Clemson University	NAA, NCAA	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	10 athletic programs
87	San Diego State University	NAA, NCAA	Mountain West Conference	Mountain West Conference	Mountain West Conference	13 athletic programs
88	Trinity College	NAA, NCAA	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	16 athletic programs
89	Smith College	NAA, NCAA	-	New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference	-	-
90	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	NAA, NCAA	-			8 athletic programs
91	Lafayette College	NAA, NCAA	Patriot League	Patriot League	Patriot League	13 athletic programs
92	University of Richmond	NAA, NCAA	Coastal Athletic Association	Atlantic 10 Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference	11 athletic programs
93	University of Colorado Boulder	NAA, NCAA	Pacific-12 Conference	Pacific-12 Conference	-	9 athletic programs
94	Indiana University-Bloomington	NAA, NCAA	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference	14 athletic programs
95	Babson College	NAA, NCAA	-	New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference	New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference	13 athletic programs
96	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	NAA, NCAA	Big 12 Conference	Big 12 Conference	Big 12 Conference	12 athletic programs
97	California State University-Long Beach	NAA, NCAA	-	Big West Conference	Big West Conference	10 athletic programs
98	Wake Forest University	NAA, NCAA	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference	9 athletic programs
99	University of Utah	NAA, NCAA	Pacific-12 Conference	Pacific-12 Conference	Pacific-12 Conference	14 athletic programs
100	Bates College	NAA, NCAA	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	New England Small College Ath Conf	16 athletic programs

NAA: National Athletic Association

NCAA: National Collegiate Athletic Association

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Additional Characteristics Of Top 100 Colleges By Forbes
Rank	Name	Religious Affiliation	Historical Black School	Tribal School	Has Hospital	Offer Medical Degree
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
2	Columbia University in the City of New York	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
3	Princeton University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
4	Stanford University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
5	University of California-Berkeley	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
6	Harvard University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
7	Williams College	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
8	Johns Hopkins University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
9	Yale University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
10	University of Pennsylvania	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
11	Vanderbilt University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
12	Rice University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
13	University of Chicago	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
14	Cornell University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
15	University of California-Los Angeles	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
16	Northwestern University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
17	Dartmouth College	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
18	Brown University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
19	Amherst College	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
20	University of California-San Diego	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
21	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
22	Duke University	United Methodist	✗	✗	✔	✔
23	Swarthmore College	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
24	California Institute of Technology	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
25	Washington University in St Louis	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
26	Claremont McKenna College	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
27	Emory University	United Methodist	✗	✗	✔	✔
28	University of Southern California	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
29	Wellesley College	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
30	University of Florida	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
31	University of California-Irvine	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
32	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
33	University of Notre Dame	Roman Catholic	✗	✗	✗	✗
34	University of Virginia-Main Campus	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
35	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
36	Pomona College	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
37	University of Maryland-College Park	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
38	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
39	Bowdoin College	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
40	Brigham Young University	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	✗	✗	✗	✗
41	Georgetown University	Roman Catholic	✗	✗	✗	✔
42	University of California-Santa Barbara	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
43	Carnegie Mellon University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
44	University of California-Davis	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
45	Boston University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
46	The University of Texas at Austin	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
47	Washington and Lee University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
48	Colgate University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
49	New York University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
50	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
51	Wesleyan University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
52	Middlebury College	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
53	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
54	Boston College	Roman Catholic	✗	✗	✗	✗
55	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
56	Haverford College	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
57	University of Georgia	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
58	Tufts University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
59	Davidson College	Presbyterian Church (USA)	✗	✗	✗	✗
60	William & Mary	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
61	Texas A & M University-College Station	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
62	Purdue University-Main Campus	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
63	University of California-Santa Cruz	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
64	Lehigh University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
65	Santa Clara University	Roman Catholic	✗	✗	✗	✗
66	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
67	George Washington University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
68	Binghamton University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
69	University of Rochester	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
70	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
71	Colby College	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
72	Florida State University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
73	Hamilton College	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
74	College of the Holy Cross	Roman Catholic	✗	✗	✗	✗
75	Villanova University	Roman Catholic	✗	✗	✗	✗
76	University of Miami	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
77	University of California-Riverside	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
78	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
79	Michigan State University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
80	Stony Brook University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
81	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
82	Trinity University	Presbyterian Church (USA)	✗	✗	✗	✗
83	Ohio State University-Main Campus	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
84	Harvey Mudd College	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
85	Bucknell University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
86	Clemson University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
87	San Diego State University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
88	Trinity College	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
89	Smith College	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
90	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
91	Lafayette College	Presbyterian Church (USA)	✗	✗	✗	✗
92	University of Richmond	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
93	University of Colorado Boulder	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
94	Indiana University-Bloomington	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
95	Babson College	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
96	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
97	California State University-Long Beach	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗
98	Wake Forest University	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✔
99	University of Utah	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✔	✔
100	Bates College	Not affiliated	✗	✗	✗	✗

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