The List

Top Ten Exceptional Schools

1. Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
2. University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
3. The University of the South (Sewanee, TN)
4. The United States Military Academy (West Point, NY)
5. Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)
6. Baylor University (Waco, TX)
7. Providence College (Providence, RI)
8. Texas A&M (College Station, TX)
9. Gordon College (Wenham, MA)
10. Christendom College (Front Royal, VA)

Top Ten Train Wreck Schools

1. Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT)
2. Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY)
3. College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA)
4. Amherst College (Amherst, MA)
5. Barnard College (New York, NY)
6. University of California at Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA)
7. Duke University (Durham, NC)
8. Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA)
9. Occidental College (Los Angeles, CA)
10. Macalester College (St. Paul, MN)