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If you’re looking for that elite academic institution nestled in the beautiful middle of nowhere (or easily accessible to the middle of nowhere), this is a good start.

  1. 1. Williams College
  2. 2. Middlebury College
  3. 3. Swarthmore College
  4. 4. Pomona College
  5. 5. Amherst College
  6. 6. Dartmouth College
  7. 7. Cornell University
  8. 8. Smith College
  9. 9. Washington and Lee University
  10. 10. Carleton College
  11. 11. Connecticut College
  12. 12. Claremont McKenna College
  13. 13. Bowdoin College
  14. 14. Colorado College
  15. 15. Colby College
  16. 16. Harvey Mudd College
  17. 17. St. Olaf College
  18. 18. College of William and Mary
  19. 19. Bard College
  20. 20. Mount Holyoke College
  21. 21. Scripps College
  22. 22. Wellesley College
  23. 23. Vassar College
  24. 24. University of Virginia, Charlottesville
  25. 25. Pitzer College
  26. 26. U.S. Air Force Academy
  27. 27. Hampshire College
  28. 28. Princeton University
  29. 29. Furman University
  30. 30. University of California, Santa Barbara
  31. 31. Pepperdine University
  32. 32. St. John’s University, Maryland
  33. 33. University of California, Santa Cruz
  34. 34. Whitman College
  35. 35. Westmont College
  36. 36. St. Lawrence University
  37. 37. Bates College
  38. 38. Oberlin College
  39. 39. Davidson College
  40. 40. Ithaca College

This ranking requires a location in a small town or college town with easy access to outdoor activities. Within that requirement, schools are ranked with heavy weight to the degree of said access, but also including equal weights to PhD production, Fulbright production, the Wall Street Journal Feeder School ranking, and the SAT ranking.

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