PHOTOS: Top 10 Most Beautiful College Campuses in the U.S.
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Top 10 Most Beautiful College Campuses in the U.S. #1: Stanford University: "The entryway to Stanford's 8,180-acre campus is arguably the grandest of any beautiful college campus: A mile-long, tree-lined Palm Drive leads up to the expansive green oval Main Quad, surrounded by red-roofed buildings and the campus's crown architectural jewel, Memorial Church, with its striking mosaic façade. Beauty continues at the Cantor Arts Center's collection of 170 bronzes by Auguste Rodin, one of the largest beyond Paris. The view of campus — and all the way to San Francisco on a clear day — is best captured from the Hoover Tower observation platform," Travel & Leisure Magazine said. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Top 10 Most Beautiful College Campuses in the U.S. #2: Berry College: "This rural college in Mount Berry, Georgia holds a lofty record: It's the world's largest contiguous college campus, with more than 27,000 acres of fields, lakes, forests, and mountains. Berry makes prime use of its setting too, with numerous reflecting pools and fountains situated nearby its beautiful English Gothic-inspired buildings like the Ford Dining Hall, Ford Auditorium, and Mary Hall, made possible by the school's largest benefactor, Henry Ford," Travel & Leisure Magazine said. (PHOTO: Berry College)
Top 10 Most Beautiful College Campuses in the U.S. #3: University of Notre Dame: "It's hard to miss the glistening golden dome of Notre Dame's Main Building, not to mention the Neo-Gothic Basilica of the Sacred Heart that defines this Catholic school founded in 1842. Besides gorgeous architecture, the campus is chock-full of lush quads, where students congregate to kick back when they're not in class or at the football stadium," Travel & Leisure Magazine said. (Photo by Matt Cashore-Pool/Getty Images) (Matt Cashore/Getty Images)
Top 10 Most Beautiful College Campuses in the U.S. #4: Florida Southern College: "You might be surprised to learn that Florida Southern — on a hillside overlooking Lake Hollingsworth in Lakeland, Florida — has the world's largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, including the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel with its colored pieces of glass and wrought-iron tower. It was dubbed the "first uniquely American campus" by Wright himself and was named a National Historic Landmark in 2012," Travel & Leisure Magazine said. (PHOTO: Florida Southern College)
Top 10 Most Beautiful College Campuses in the U.S. #5: University of San Diego: "Some of the most beautiful campuses are an amalgam of styles; the University of San Diego sticks to just one, and what a glorious one it has chosen — Spanish Renaissance, with elaborate façades, delicate ironwork, and carved woodwork. Ocean views and palm-tree-lined courtyards only add to the paradise-on-campus appeal. The Immaculata Chapel, with its piercingly blue dome and solid bronze front door is visible from much of the city, and is one of the many photo-op-worthy landmarks on the campus," Travel & Leisure Magazine said. (PHOTO: University of San Diego)
Top 10 Most Beautiful College Campuses in the U.S. #6: Bard College: "Frank Gehry's Fisher Center — an undulating work of glass and brushed stainless steel — showcases Bard's thriving arts scene throughout the year. The center is on the contemporary side of the 19th-century rural campus's architectural spectrum which includes Post Modern, Collegiate, and Greek Revival styles. Pathways make for easy exploring, with the Catskill Mountains visible in the distance," Travel & Leisure Magazine said. (PHOTO: Bard College)
Top 10 Most Beautiful College Campuses in the U.S. #7: Rice University: "Don't be fooled by Rice's urban Houston address. A double row of majestic oak trees encloses its perimeter — a harbinger of the lush 300-acre campus to come, divided into quadrangles and planted with thousands of elms, hickories, maples, and other trees. The oldest buildings, like the standout Lovett Hall, borrow elements of medieval southern European architecture, including grand, arched passageways and rose-hued brick," Travel & Leisure Magazine said. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (BRANDON BELL/Getty Images)
Top 10 Most Beautiful College Campuses in the U.S. #8: Cornell University: "Ambitious campus planners at Cornell wanted to create a main quad over dramatic Cayuga Lake, the longest of the Finger Lakes. That original plan evolved, and the beautiful setting now accommodates both historic structures like McGraw Tower and contemporary ones like the I. M. Pei-designed Johnson Museum of Art and the Milstein Hall by Rem Koolhaas. Prospective students (and their parents) are always impressed by Cascadilla Gorge, where eight waterfalls drop more than 400 feet from Cornell's campus to downtown Ithaca," Travel & Leisure Magazine said. (Robert Barker (UREL))
Top 10 Most Beautiful College Campuses in the U.S. #9: The University of the South: "This 13,000-acre rural campus on the Cumberland Plateau overlooking the Tennessee Valley combines Gothic-inspired architecture with magnificent surroundings: forest, lakefront bluffs, and a garden ravine that follows a stream through campus. In spring, it blooms with daffodils, hyacinths, and tulips. The All Saints' Chapel draws inspiration from the University Church at Oxford and Notre Dame in Paris. Catch a performance at the on-site Tennessee Williams Center, named after the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who left his estate to Sewanee," Travel & Leisure Magazine said. (PHOTO: University of the South)
Top 10 Most Beautiful College Campuses in the U.S. #10: University of Washington: "The eye-catching Collegiate Gothic Suzzallo Library at UW's Seattle campus has 35-foot-high stained-glass windows and elaborately gilded vaulted ceilings that soar 65 feet in the air. But come spring, the quad's 29 Yoshino cherry trees steal the spotlight with blooms of delicate pink petals set against red-brick buildings. The Drumheller Fountain is a great spot for views of snowcapped Mount Rainier," Travel & Leisure Magazine said. (PHOTO: University of Washington)
