Stunning College Campuses in All 50 States (Plus D.C.)

See which universities from across the country caught our eye.

April 05, 2021

By: Ryan Reed

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Alabama

Auburn University

Location: Auburn University
Established: 1856
Notable Alumni: Octavia Spencer, Tim Cook, Bo Jackson
Pictured: The clock tower at William J. Samford Hall is one of the most recognizable structures on campus.

Alaska

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
Established: 1917
Pictured: University of Alaska Museum of the North highlights native cultures, wildlife and more.

Arizona

Arizona State University

Location: Tempe, Arizona
Established: 1885
Notable Alumni: Al Michaels, David Spade, Phil Mickelson
Pictured: West Hall was built in 1936 and was originally a women's dormitory.

Arkansas

University of Arkansas

Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Established: 1871
Notable Alumni: Pat Summerall, Jerry Jones
Pictured: Built in 1875, Old Main is the oldest building on campus.

California

Pepperdine University

Location: Malibu, California
Established: 1937
Notable Alumni: Kim Fields, Brandy Norwood, Tia and Tamera Mowry
Pictured: The campus is located on a hillside that overlooks the Pacific Ocean.

Colorado

University of Colorado Boulder

Location: Boulder, Colorado
Established: 1876
Notable Alumni: Matt Stone, Trey Parker, Chris Fowler, Rick Reilly
Pictured: The sprawling campus is home to over 30,000 students.

Connecticut

Yale University

Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Established: 1701
Notable Alumni: Anderson Cooper, Meryl Streep, George W. Bush
Pictured: Sterling Memorial Library opened in 1931.

Delaware

University of Delaware

Location: Newark, Delaware
Established: 1743
Notable Alumni: Joe Biden, Joe Flacco, Chris Christie
Pictured: Memorial Hall is a historic building on campus.

Florida

Flagler College

Location: St. Augustine, Florida
Established: 1968
Pictured: The Ponce de Leon Hotel, built in 1888, is now part of Flagler College.

Georgia

Berry College

Location: Mount Berry, Georgia
Established: 1902
Pictured: Western-style castle and Ford Dining Hall.

Hawaii

Brigham Young University—Hawaii

Location: Laie, Hawaii
Established: 1955
Pictured: Main entrance to the university.

Idaho

Boise State University

Location: Boise, Idaho
Established: 1932
Pictured: Bronco statue on campus during winter.

Illinois

The University of Chicago

Location: Chicago, Illinois
Established: 1890
Notable Alumni: Roger Ebert, Kurt Vonnegut, Saul Bellow, Susan Sontag
Pictured: The Main Quadrangle, Culver Hall built by architect Henry Ives Cobb in 1897 in Chicago neo-Gothic style.

Indiana

Indiana University

Location: Bloomington, Indiana
Established: 1820
Notable Alumni: Mark Cuban, Isiah Thomas, Tavis Smiley
Pictured: The Student Building on campus.

Iowa

Iowa State University

Location: Ames, Iowa
Established: 1858
Notable Alumni: George Washington Carver, Carrie Chapman Catt, John Vincent Atanasoff
Pictured: The Campanile clock tower on campus.

Kansas

University of Kansas

Location: Lawrence, Kansas
Established: 1865
Notable Alumni: Paul Rudd, Wilt Chamberlain, Gale Sayers
Pictured: Dyche Hall Museum of Natural History.

Kentucky

University of Louisville

Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Established: 1798
Notable Alumni: Sue Grafton, Tom Jackson, Johnny Unitas
Pictured: The Thinker statue in front of Grawemeyer Hall.

Louisiana

Tulane University

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Established: 1834
Notable Alumni: Newt Gingrich, Jerry Springer
Pictured: Gibson Hall, the oldest building on campus. Over 13,000 students attend Tulane University.

Maine

Colby College

Location: Waterville, Maine
Established: 1813
Notable Alumni: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Billy Bush
Pictured: Colby College Museum of Art.

Maryland

Johns Hopkins University

Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Established: 1876
Notable Alumni: Woodrow Wilson, Wolf Blitzer, Michael Bloomberg
Pictured: Gilman Hall is located at the Homewood campus and was named for the university's first president, Daniel Coit Gilman.

Massachusetts

Harvard University

Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Established: 1636
Notable Alumni: Natalie Portman, Barack Obama, Conan O'Brien
Pictured: The campus reflecting on the Charles River.

Michigan

University of Michigan

Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Established: 1817
Notable Alumni: Tom Brady, Gerald Ford, Sanjay Gupta
Pictured: University of Michigan Law School designed in the English Gothic style.

Minnesota

University of Minnesota

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Established: 1851
Notable Alumni: Yanni, Tony Dungy, Brock Lesnar
Pictured: The Weisman Art Museum designed by Frank Gehry is located on campus.

Mississippi

University of Mississippi

Location: Oxford, Mississippi
Established: 1848
Notable Alumni: William Faulkner, Eli Manning, Shepard Smith
Pictured: The lawn in front of Lyceum, the most famous building at the university.

Missouri

University of Missouri

Location: Columbia, Missouri
Established: 1839
Notable Alumni: Sam Walton, Jim Lehrer, Sheryl Crow
Pictured: An aerial view of the campus, which was the first public institution of higher education west of the Mississippi River.

Montana

University of Montana

Location: Missoula, Montana
Established: 1893
Notable Alumni: J.K. Simmons, Carroll O'Connor
Pictured: A grizzly bear sculpture is the centerpiece on campus.

Nebraska

University of Nebraska

Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Established: 1869
Notable Alumni: Johnny Carson, Warren Buffet
Pictured: A side entrance to the campus.

Nevada

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Established: 1957
Notable Alumni: Guy Fieri, Kenny Mayne, Jimmy Kimmel
Pictured: The central campus at UNLV.

New Hampshire

University of New Hampshire

Location: Durham, New Hampshire
Established: 1866
Notable Alumni: Mike O'Malley, Carlton Fisk, Chip Kelly
Pictured: Thompson Hall was built in 1892.

New Jersey

Princeton University

Location: Princeton, New Jersey
Established: 1746
Notable Alumni: Jeff Bezos, Alan Turing, Dean Cain
Pictured: Blair Hall was built in 1897.

New Mexico

New Mexico State University

Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Established: 1888
Pictured: The campus was renamed New Mexico State University in 1960.

New York

Cornell University

Location: Ithaca, New York
Established: 1865
Notable Alumni: Bill Nye, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bill Maher
Pictured: The view of campus from McGraw Tower.

North Carolina

Duke University

Location: Durham, North Carolina
Established: 1838
Notable Alumni: Ken Jeong, Richard Nixon, Charlie Rose
Pictured: Duke Chapel, which is located in the center of campus.

North Dakota

North Dakota State University

Location: Fargo, North Dakota
Established: 1890
Pictured: Entrance to campus along North University Drive.

Ohio

Oberlin College

Location: Oberlin, Ohio
Established: 1833
Notable Alumni: Lena Dunham, Ed Helms, Liz Phair
Pictured: The Memorial Arch in front of Peters Hall.

Oklahoma

Oral Roberts University

Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Established: 1965
Notable Alumni: Kathie Lee Gifford, Joel Osteen
Pictured: The Praying Hands sculpture at the main entrance.

Oregon

Reed College

Location: Portland, Oregon
Established: 1908
Notable Alumni: Steve Jobs, James Beard, Larry Sanger
Pictured: Built in 1912, Eliot Hall features Tudor Gothic architecture.

Pennsylvania

Lehigh University

Location: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Established: 1865
Notable Alumni: Lee Iacocca, Michael Smerconish
Pictured: Linderman Library in autumn.

Rhode Island

Salve Regina University

Location: Newport, Rhode Island
Established: 1934
Pictured: Historic Ochre Court Mansion was built in 1892 and later became part of the university.

South Carolina

Furman University

Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Established: 1826
Notable Alumni: Clint Dempsey, Mark Sanford, Amy Grant
Pictured: A view of the Bell Tower from across Furman Lake.

South Dakota

Augustana University

Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Established: 1860
Pictured: Sculpture of Augustana University mascot Ole the Viking on campus.

Tennessee

Sewanee: University of the South

Location: Sewanee, Tennessee
Established: 1857
Notable Alumni: Jon Meacham
Pictured: All Saints Chapel.

Texas

Rice University

Location: Houston, Texas
Established: 1912
Notable Alumni: Howard Hughes, Lance Berkman, Candace Bushnell
Pictured: Students walk the grounds of campus with Lovett Hall in the background.

Utah

Utah State University

Location: Logan, Utah
Established: 1888
Notable Alumni: Harry Reid, Chris Cooley
Pictured: The quad at Utah State University.

Vermont

Middlebury College

Location: Middlebury, Vermont
Established: 1800
Notable Alumni: Ari Fleischer, James Cromwell, Roscoe Lee Browne
Pictured: Mead Memorial Chapel stands high above the autumn trees.

Virginia

University of Virginia

Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Established: 1819
Notable Alumni: Alexis Ohanian, Tina Fey, Katie Couric
Pictured: A blossoming tree just outside the Thomas Jefferson Rotunda.

Washington

University of Washington

Location: Seattle, Washington
Established: 1861
Notable Alumni: Ana Faris, Hope Solo, Rainn Wilson
Pictured: Buildings surround Drumheller Fountain in the center of campus.

Washington, D.C.

Howard University

Location: Washington, D.C.
Established: 1867
Notable Alumni: Thurgood Marshall, Sean Combs, Taraji P. Henson
Pictured: Founders Library is a National Historic Landmark.

West Virginia

West Virginia University

Location: Morgantown, West Virginia
Established: 1867
Notable Alumni: Jerry West, Don Knotts, Billy Mays
Pictured: Woodburn Hall was built between 1874 and 1876.

Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin

Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Established: 1848
Notable Alumni: Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles Lindbergh, Joan Cusack
Pictured: Bascom Hall is located on top of Basom Hill, a popular location for students.

Wyoming

University of Wyoming

Location: Laramie, Wyoming
Established: 1886
Notable Alumni: Dick Cheney, Jerry Buss
Pictured: The Classroom Building on campus.

Stunning College Campuses in All 50 States (Plus D.C.)

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Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

Washington, D.C.

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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