America’s Best Colleges

August 12, 2010 by Elias Shams 1 Comment

Here is the list of America’s Best Colleges according to Forbes. I highlighted the ones around Washington, D.C. area including the two I attended, University of Maryland for my undergraduate program in Electrical Engineering and George Washington University for my graduate program in Telecommunications Engineering.

Ranking Names

State

Cost (USD)

# of Students

1	Williams College	MA	49,530	2,072
2	Princeton University	NJ	49,830	7,330
3	Amherst College	MA	50,230	1,697
4	United States Military Academy	NY	0	4,553
5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	50,100	10,299
6	Stanford University	CA	51,760	17,833
7	Swarthmore College	PA	50,381	1,490
8	Harvard University	MA	50,250	26,496
9	Claremont McKenna College	CA	50,990	1,212
10	Yale University	CT	51,400	10,192
11	United States Air Force Academy	CO	0	4,537
12	Wellesley College	MA	50,026	2,498
13	Columbia University	NY	51,406	23,196
14	Haverford College	PA	51,637	1,169
15	Wesleyan University	CT	51,935	3,149
16	Whitman College	WA	46,212	1,458
17	Pomona College	CA	49,745	1,532
18	Northwestern University	IL	52,120	19,291
19	California Institute of Technology	CA	48,990	2,126
20	University of Chicago	IL	53,310	14,788
21	Carleton College	MN	50,000	1,983
22	Harvey Mudd College	CA	50,073	738
23	Vassar College	NY	51,370	2,389
24	Centre College	KY	39,200	1,197
25	Rice University	TX	43,586	5,357

26	Middlebury College	VT	52,460	2,455
27	Boston College	MA	52,060	14,836
28	Colgate University	NY	51,090	2,844
29	United States Naval Academy	MD	1,000	4,488
30	Dartmouth College	NH	50,547	5,848
31	Colby College	ME	50,120	1,847
32	Kenyon College	OH	49,260	1,644
33	University of Notre Dame	IN	49,030	11,731
34	Tufts University	MA	51,400	10,030
35	Smith College	MA	50,588	3,101
36	University of Pennsylvania	PA	51,299	24,107
37	Washington and Lee University	VA	49,268	2,155
38	Bryn Mawr College	PA	50,060	1,745
39	College of the Holy Cross	MA	49,102	2,898
40	Bowdoin College	ME	50,570	1,723
41	Duke University	NC	50,925	14,060
42	Wabash College	IN	37,750	911
43	Vanderbilt University	TN	52,303	12,093
44	University of Virginia	VA	40,709	24,541
45	Brown University	RI	50,560	8,318
46	College of William and Mary	VA	39,886	7,892
47	Rhodes College	TN	43,680	1,678
48	Davidson College	NC	45,725	1,668
49	Union College	NY	50,060	2,240
50	Lawrence University	WI	42,301	1,496

51	Colorado College	CO	48,000	2,026
52	Georgetown University	DC	54,200	15,318
53	Emory University	GA	49,708	12,755
54	Bates College	ME	51,400	1,776
55	Macalester College	MN	46,730	1,900
56	Bucknell University	PA	50,250	3,759
57	Brandeis University	MA	50,148	5,327
58	Wofford College	SC	40,835	1,429
60	Virginia Military Institute	VA	36,573	1,428
61	Lafayette College	PA	49,188	2,382
62	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	NC	33,091	28,567
63	Barnard College	NY	51,976	2,359
64	DePauw University	IN	42,175	2,298
65	University of California, Berkeley	CA	47,194	35,396
66	Oberlin College	OH	50,658	2,864
67	Dickinson College	PA	50,334	2,388
68	Principia College	IL	33,075	519
69	Reed College	OR	49,960	1,471
70	Cornell University	NY	50,384	20,273
71	University of California, Los Angeles	CA	45,152	38,220
72	Wake Forest University	NC	49,820	6,862
73	Kalamazoo College	MI	40,416	1,389
74	Hamilton College	NY	50,210	1,872
75	Knox College	IL	38,433	1,379
76	Washington University, St. Louis	MO	52,464	13,339

77	Denison University	OH	45,980	2,200
78	Grinnell College	IA	46,400	1,678
79	Mount Holyoke College	MA	51,516	2,241
80	Skidmore College	NY	51,501	2,777
81	Westmont College	CA	47,786	1,340
82	Juniata College	PA	40,550	1,526
83	Connecticut College	CT	51,685	1,852
84	University of Richmond	VA	49,090	4,249
85	St. Mary’s College of California	CA	NA	NA
86	Occidental College	CA	50,409	1,868
87	Sweet Briar College	VA	39,971	828
88	John Hopkins University	MD	51,478	19,758
89	St. Mary’s College of Maryland	MD	36,494	2,068
90	Furman University	SC	47,040	2,977
91	Drew University	NJ	52,106	2,581
92	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	MI	44,761	41,028
93	University of Florida	FL	32,093	51,474
94	Cooper Union	NY	51,755	972
95	Wells College	NY	29,276	579
96	Trinity College	CT	50,645	2,504
97	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	IL	38,364	43,246
98	Gustavus Adolphus College	MN	39,760	2,503
99	Franklin and Marshall College	PA	50,100	2,164
100	Washington & Jefferson College	PA	41,684	1,519
101	Ursinus College	PA	48,310	1,680

102	Hendrix College	AR	37,758	1,350
103	Randolph-Macon College	VA	39,465	1,201
104	Salem College	NC	35,610	939
105	United States Coast Guard Academy	CT	4,600	975
106	Hillsdale College	MI	NA	NA
107	University of Washington	WA	35,555	39,675
108	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	51,960	10,875
109	Southern Methodist University	TX	47,375	10,965
110	Ithaca College	NY	44,368	6,448
111	St. Olaf College	MN	44,000	3,073
112	University of Southern California	CA	51,881	33,747
113	Westminster College	MO	27,070	1,000
114	Villanova University	PA	49,470	10,274
115	Santa Clara University	CA	50,556	8,758
116	Thomas Aquinas College	CA	31,845	340
117	University of California, Irvine	CA	44,454	26,984
118	Scripps College	CA	51,250	972
119	Nebraska Wesleyan University	NE	30,982	2,086
120	New College of Florida	FL	34,966	785
121	Xavier University	OH	39,130	6,584
122	Luther College	IA	39,550	2,423
123	Gettysburg College	PA	47,830	2,480
124	College of Wooster	OH	43,920	1,884
125	Beloit College	WI	39,736	1,388
126	Southwestern University	TX	38,540	1,270

127	Allegheny College	PA	42,500	2,125
128	Wesleyan College	GA	27,300	739
129	Saint Michael’s College	VT	42,000	2,460
130	Loyola University in Maryland	MD	48,410	6,080
131	Rockhurst University	MO	36,278	3,086
132	Muhlenberg College	PA	46,000	2,492
133	University of Rochester	NY	50,550	9,735
134	George Fox University	OR	36,640	3,383
135	Millsaps College	MS	36,054	1,118
136	Brigham Young University	UT	15,330	34,244
137	Agnes Scott College	GA	40,910	832
138	University of Texas at Austin	TX	41,140	49,984
139	University of California, San Diego	CA	44,371	27,520
140	Hobart and William Smith Colleges	NY	50,886	2,078
141	University of Puget Sound	WA	46,035	2,844
142	Pepperdine University	CA	49,750	7,614
143	University of Minnesota, Morris	MN	19,116	1,607
144	Gonzaga University	WA	39,982	7,272
145	Earlham College	IN	42,694	1,336
146	St. Anselm College	NH	42,465	1,900
147	Albion College	MI	38,770	1,860
148	John Carroll University	OH	39,024	3,826
149	Manhattan College	NY	36,810	3,441
150	University of Georgia	GA	33,070	34,180
151	Tulane University	LA	50,030	10,737

152	St. Norbert College	WI	34,707	2,137
153	University of Dallas	TX	37,955	2,977
154	Lake Forest College	IL	43,500	1,400
155	St. John’s College	MD	49,818	562
156	Virginia Tech	VA	32,165	30,739
157	William Jewell College	MO	33,630	1,210
158	Marlboro College	VT	42,220	326
159	Doane College	NE	28,600	894
160	Gordon College	MA	36,918	1,717
161	Clark University	MA	42,620	3,330
162	University of California, Davis	CA	45,619	30,568
163	Berry College	GA	33,198	1,795
164	Trinity University	TX	38,521	2,703
165	United States Merchant Marine Academy	NY	9,010	986
166	Hiram College	OH	36,985	1,360
167	Pitzer College	CA	50,800	1,025
168	Colorado School of Mines	CO	35,684	4,704
169	James Madison University	VA	30,196	18,454
170	Sarah Lawrence College	NY	54,854	1,715
171	Pacific University	OR	38,202	3,167
172	University of California, Santa Cruz	CA	46,526	16,615
173	New York University	NY	52,082	42,189
174	Marietta College	OH	35,784	1,606
175	Lehigh University	PA	49,540	6,994
176	Wittenberg University	OH	44,550	1,976

177	California Polytechnic State University	CA	29,295	19,471
178	Capital University	OH	38,120	3,632
179	Covenant College	GA	33,520	1,343
180	Lewis and Clark College	OR	45,576	3,565
181	Sewanee – University of the South	TN	44,020	1,562
182	College of Idaho	ID	27,876	944
183	Hanover College	IN	35,120	926
184	Carroll University	WI	31,954	3,318
185	University of Colorado, Boulder	CO	42,739	32,469
186	University of Redlands	CA	46,932	4,317
187	Willamette University	OR	43,910	2,721
188	The University of Utah	UT	29,749	28,211
189	Illinois Wesleyan University	IL	41,214	2,125
190	College of the Atlantic	ME	41,637	327
191	California Lutheran University	CA	41,765	3,499
192	Pennsylvania State University	PA	37,976	44,406
193	Florida State University	FL	31,896	38,682
194	Texas A&M University, College Station	TX	34,235	48,039
195	Ripon College	WI	33,315	1,057
196	Cornell College	IA	37,260	1,112
197	SUNY, Binghamton	NY	23,906	14,882
198	Austin College	TX	37,187	1,298
199	Providence College	RI	43,910	5,085
200	Brigham Young University, Idaho	ID	12,441	14,276
201	University of Pittsburgh	PA	NA	81

202	Susquehanna University	PA	41,400	2,137
203	Fordham University	NY	51,407	14,666
204	Presbyterian College	SC	39,296	1,177
205	Hampden-Sydney College	VA	40,849	1,120
206	Hampshire College	MA	49,729	1,428
207	University of Denver	CO	47,617	11,328
208	University of Mary Washington	VA	28,768	5,084
209	Whitworth University	WA	38,604	2,704
210	Berea College	KY	9,186	1,549
211	University of California, Santa Barbara	CA	47,061	21,868
212	University of Wisconsin, Madison	WI	33,223	41,620
213	Houghton College	NY	33,020	1,415
214	University of San Francisco	CA	49,030	8,750
215	Whittier College	CA	45,856	2,047
216	Ouachita Baptist University	AR	27,430	1,493
217	St. John’s College	NM	50,513	511
218	University of Delaware	DE	31,904	20,500
219	Bard College	NY	51,240	2,158
220	Washington College	MD	44,935	1,394
221	Boston University	MA	51,100	31,766
222	Indiana University, Bloomington	IN	36,343	40,354
223	University of Wyoming	WY	23,030	12,067
224	University of Scranton	PA	45,316	5,651
225	Coe College	IA	37,610	1,326
226	St. Joseph’s College	NY	NA	NA

227	University of California, Riverside	CA	44,678	18,079
228	Creighton University	NE	39,458	7,051
229	Hope College	MI	34,832	3,238
230	Loyola Marymount University	CA	49,174	9,011
231	Siena College	NY	35,870	3,305
232	Pacific Lutheran University	WA	38,351	3,652
233	Oklahoma Baptist University	OK	24,378	1,769
234	Utah State University	UT	22,291	15,099
235	College of the Ozarks	MO	24,475	1,334
236	Linfield College	OR	37,234	1,720
237	Troy University	AL	18,308	28,303
238	Wisconsin Lutheran College	WI	30,120	753
239	Case Western Reserve University	OH	48,052	9,814
240	The Master’s College	CA	33,812	1,417
241	Mills College	CA	49,760	1,476
242	Georgia Institute of Technology	GA	35,376	19,413
243	Miami University, Oxford	OH	40,618	17,191
244	Wheaton College	MA	35,900	2,915
244	Wheaton College	IL	50,130	1,655
245	Eckerd College	FL	43,494	2,508
246	Ohio State University	OH	35,793	53,715
247	Emerson College	MA	42,867	4,536
248	Ohio Wesleyan University	OH	44,120	1,959
249	University of Maryland, College Park	MD	36,432	37,000
250	Rollins College	FL	49,587	3,259

251	Bennington College	VT	51,950	759
252	St. Lawrence University	NY	49,010	2,325
253	Wheeling Jesuit University	WV	35,030	1,319
254	Birmingham-Southern College	AL	36,691	1,458
255	Transylvania University	KY	33,610	1,158
256	Seattle University	WA	41,688	7,560
257	Cedar Crest College	PA	38,977	1,872
258	Calvin College	MI	33,910	4,171
259	University of Oregon	OR	31,665	21,452
260	American University	DC	48,001	11,684
261	Saint John’s University	MN	37,616	2,063
262	Hamline University	MN	37,786	4,876
263	Stetson University	FL	41,272	3,696
264	Spring Hill College	AL	37,740	1,534
265	The Citadel	SC	33,500	3,328
266	Mount St. Mary’s College	CA	42,130	2,363
267	Hollins University	VA	39,505	1,058
268	Goshen College	IN	32,290	957
269	Alfred University	NY	37,374	2,427
270	Converse College	SC	35,600	2,068
271	Bellarmine University	KY	42,496	3,040
272	Randolph College	VA	38,530	568
273	Taylor University	IN	33,498	1,871
274	California Maritime Academy	CA	28,758	875
275	University of Connecticut	CT	37,094	24,273

276	Fisk University	TN	28,715	726
277	SUNY, Environmental Science and Forestry	NY	25,639	2,523
278	Emory and Henry College	VA	34,740	1,015
279	Grove City College	PA	20,264	2,499
280	Northwestern College	MN	32,290	3,023
281	Marist College	NY	39,451	5,828
282	Michigan State University	MI	35,388	46,510
283	Augustana College	IL	39,900	2,547
284	University of South Carolina, Columbia	SC	35,097	27,488
285	College of New Jersey	NJ	33,527	6,949
286	Mississippi College	MS	22,865	4,741
287	Union University	TN	29,510	3,655
288	Concordia College-Moorhead	MN	33,090	2,823
289	Huntington University	IN	29,390	1,230
290	Moravian College	PA	41,098	2,040
291	George Washington University	DC	52,692	25,116
292	Syracuse University	NY	47,820	19,366
293	University of Miami	FL	49,950	15,323
294	King’s College	PA	37,052	2,673
295	University of Mississippi	MS	25,800	15,289
296	University of Evansville	IN	36,875	2,742
297	George Mason University	VA	33,440	30,613
298	Carroll College	MT	32,344	1,409
299	North Central College	IL	36,855	2,726
300	Otterbein University	OH	36,909	3,131

301	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	49,470	4,556
302	Western Washington University	WA	28,820	14,620
303	Simpson College	IA	35,184	2,018
304	Cedarville University	OH	28,102	3,066
305	Baldwin-Wallace College	OH	34,352	4,374
306	Colorado State University	CO	32,992	28,882
307	Augustana College	SD	30,770	1,754
308	University of Oklahoma, Norman	OK	30,329	26,140
309	Guilford College	NC	35,820	2,641
310	University of San Diego	CA	50,670	7,832
311	University of North Carolina, Wilmington	NC	25,419	12,643
312	SUNY, Stony Brook	NY	23,894	23,991
313	Fairfield University	CT	49,725	5,128
314	University of the Pacific	CA	44,778	6,251
315	University of Iowa	IA	32,801	29,152
316	Vanguard University of Southern California	CA	36,514	2,149
317	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	50,535	6,777
318	University of Idaho	ID	27,450	11,791
319	Le Moyne College	NY	36,900	3,479
320	Stonehill College	MA	44,170	2,426
321	University of La Verne	CA	42,516	7,511
322	SUNY, Geneseo	NY	23,388	5,585
323	Louisiana State University	LA	25,260	28,810
324	Biola University	CA	39,080	5,893
325	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	30,198	14,913

326	Rocky Mountain College	MT	29,214	661
327	Centenary College of Louisiana	LA	33,600	907
328	Lyon College	AR	29,024	458
329	University of Vermont	VT	40,408	12,800
330	Marquette University	WI	39,578	11,633
331	Polytechnic Institute of NYU	NY	43,940	3,983
332	Butler University	IN	40,526	4,438
333	John Brown University	AR	28,196	2,017
334	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	NM	22,424	1,767
335	Asbury University	KY	29,888	1,550
336	University of Alabama	AL	31,996	27,014
337	Chapman University	CA	49,015	6,128
338	Clemson University	SC	35,137	18,317
339	University of Arizona	AZ	31,424	38,057
340	Dordt College	IA	30,700	1,361
341	St. Edward’s University	TX	35,200	5,348
342	Catholic University of America	DC	45,620	6,705
343	West Virginia University	WV	26,092	28,840
344	University of Alabama, Huntsville	AL	24,016	7,431
345	Elmhurst College	IL	36,200	3,316
346	Baylor University	TX	39,276	14,541
347	Clarkson University	NY	44,800	3,045
348	Warren Wilson College	NC	33,700	1,002
349	Elon University	NC	35,346	5,628
350	Oregon State University	OR	30,961	20,305

351	Maryville College	TN	37,839	1,114
352	University of Colorado Denver	CO	32,564	21,903
353	Oglethorpe University	GA	38,680	1,053
354	New Mexico State University, Las Cruces	NM	26,924	17,239
355	Hastings College	NE	30,284	1,153
356	Spelman College	GA	35,665	2,270
357	St. John Fisher College	NY	35,230	3,832
358	Adelphi University	NY	38,540	8,177
359	DePaul University	IL	39,130	24,352
360	North Carolina State University, Raleigh	NC	28,326	32,872
361	University of Portland	OR	42,006	3,661
362	Purdue University	IN	34,294	41,433
363	CUNY, Baruch College	NY	NA	16,321
364	University of Missouri, Columbia	MO	31,568	30,130
365	North Greenville University	SC	24,500	2,160
366	Rutgers University, New Brunswick	NJ	36,282	36,041
367	University of Tulsa	OK	37,530	4,192
368	Mississippi State University	MS	24,149	17,824
369	Bentley University	MA	47,958	5,693
370	Illinois College	IL	30,070	898
371	University of New Hampshire	NH	37,580	14,898
372	Saint Mary’s College	IN	39,948	1,628
373	Duquesne University	PA	36,513	10,106
374	Goucher College	MD	44,794	2,319
375	College of St. Benedict	MN	38,227	2,110

376	University of Hawaii, Manoa	HI	27,484	20,169
377	Washington State University	WA	31,560	25,352
378	Florida Southern College	FL	32,235	2,319
379	Clarke College	IA	31,960	1,156
380	Georgetown College	KY	34,380	1,856
381	Saint Louis University	MO	47,242	16,086
382	Arizona State University	AZ	31,059	67,082
383	Bradley University	IL	33,364	5,873
384	Oklahoma State University	OK	29,188	22,995
385	Texas Tech University	TX	24,149	28,422
386	Hartwick College	NY	41,985	1,493
387	Northwestern College	IA	33,924	1,226
388	Lycoming College	PA	40,087	1,328
389	Seattle Pacific University	WA	39,018	3,891
390	Carson-Newman College	TN	26,750	2,032
391	Drury University	MO	30,027	5,260
392	Appalachian State University	NC	23,752	16,610
393	Truman State University	MO	22,633	5,880
394	Simmons College	MA	46,618	4,933
395	St. Joseph’s University	PA	48,360	7,900
396	Lebanon Valley College	PA	39,610	1,965
397	University of Kansas	KS	28,523	29,365
398	Weber State University	UT	23,407	21,388
399	University of Arkansas	AR	27,340	19,194
400	St. Vincent College	PA	36,665	2,021

401	California State University, Chico	CA	28,034	17,132
402	University of Massachusetts Amherst	MA	32,243	26,359
403	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	49,660	5,595
404	University of Alabama, Birmingham	AL	23,926	16,149
405	Illinois State University	IL	28,057	20,799
406	Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	41,039	7,453
407	Georgia State University	GA	35,382	28,229
408	Russell Sage College	NY	38,800	699
409	Samford University	AL	31,104	4,469
410	SUNY, Albany	NY	24,908	18,204
411	Quinnipiac University	CT	44,900	7,413
412	University of St. Thomas	MN	38,800	10,963
413	California State University, Long Beach	CA	26,242	37,891
414	Alma College	MI	35,230	1,382
415	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	CA	26,640	21,190
416	Montana State University, Bozeman	MT	28,007	11,976
417	University of Montana	MT	27,263	14,207
418	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	MN	25,144	51,140
419	University of Dayton	OH	38,210	10,920
420	LaGrange College	GA	31,168	958
421	Ohio University	OH	31,341	21,369
422	University of New Mexico	NM	27,138	25,754
423	College of Charleston	SC	33,311	11,367
424	Bethel University	MN	36,440	4,332
425	Hood College	MD	37,480	2,533

426	Texas Christian University	TX	38,928	8,696
427	Elizabethtown College	PA	40,050	2,311
428	Azusa Pacific University	CA	38,718	8,548
429	University of Tampa	FL	31,989	5,800
430	California State University, Fullerton	CA	27,910	36,996
431	University of North Carolina, Asheville	NC	25,874	3,629
432	Missouri University of Science and Technology	MO	29,860	6,367
433	Roanoke College	VA	39,820	2,021
434	Auburn University	AL	29,726	24,530
435	Trinity International University	IL	33,010	2,694
436	The University of Texas-Pan American	TX	20,538	17,534
437	San Jose State University	CA	29,961	32,746
438	Seton Hall University	NJ	44,946	9,669
439	Yeshiva University	NY	44,199	6,292
440	Millikin University	IL	35,335	2,344
441	CUNY, Queens College	NY	NA	19,572
442	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	28,282	23,573
443	San Diego State University	CA	30,558	34,889
444	Messiah College	PA	36,070	2,802
445	St. Francis College	NY	32,220	2,425
446	Andrews University	MI	27,670	3,419
447	Loyola University New Orleans	LA	39,796	4,474
448	Drake University	IA	36,852	5,668
449	CUNY, City College	NY	27,247	15,306
450	University at Buffalo, SUNY	NY	17,539	11,234

451	Canisius College	NY	40,137	4,916
452	Westminster College	PA	37,310	1,516
453	The University of Tennessee, Knoxville	TN	32,576	30,410
454	California State University, San Bernardino	CA	28,268	17,646
455	New School	NY	51,347	9,825
456	Western State College of Colorado	CO	24,795	2,315
457	St. Mary’s University of Minnesota	MN	33,000	5,611
458	Wartburg College	IA	35,615	1,799
459	University of South Florida	FL	30,314	46,189
460	Northern Arizona University	AZ	28,416	22,502
461	Oklahoma Wesleyan University	OK	25,935	1,021
462	Longwood University	VA	28,641	4,727
463	University of Central Florida	FL	33,001	50,121
464	Mount Union College	OH	32,270	2,204
465	California State University, Sacramento	CA	30,304	29,011
466	Valparaiso University	IN	37,410	3,975
467	University of Maine	ME	33,718	11,818
468	Loyola University Chicago	IL	42,776	15,670
469	Fort Lewis College	CO	29,478	3,740
470	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	MD	29,992	12,268
471	Central College	IA	34,600	1,558
472	University of Texas, Arlington	TX	25,668	25,084
473	Claflin University	SC	24,831	1,773
474	Seton Hill University	PA	37,672	2,087
475	University of Massachusetts Lowell	MA	30,758	12,471

476	Bethany College	WV	30,825	825
477	University of Rhode Island	RI	36,866	15,904
478	Towson University	MD	30,930	21,111
479	Dillard University	LA	27,091	851
480	Carthage College	WI	37,700	2,972
481	Murray State University	KY	25,106	10,014
482	Albright College	PA	41,740	2,305
483	Corban University	OR	34,490	1,031
484	Abilene Christian University	TX	30,500	4,669
485	Iona College	NY	41,456	4,375
486	Missouri State University	MO	22,286	19,489
487	Monmouth College	NJ	33,750	1,328
488	California State University, Fresno	CA	26,427	22,613
489	Erskine College	SC	35,426	864
490	La Salle University	PA	42,579	6,176
491	East Carolina University	NC	26,150	27,677
492	Michigan Technological University	MI	33,703	7,009
493	University of Nevada, Reno	NV	30,795	16,867
494	Ball State University	IN	30,504	20,243
495	University of North Florida	FL	25,430	15,280
496	Webster University	MO	35,234	19,154
497	St. Mary’s University, San Antonio	TX	34,042	3,889
498	Old Dominion University	VA	25,885	23,086
499	Mercer University	GA	40,351	7,622
500	University of North Carolina, Greensboro	NC	26,087	19,976

501	University of Northern Iowa	IA	25,606	12,998
502	Iowa State University	IA	28,690	26,856
503	Bryant University	RI	44,646	3,800
504	University of Louisville	KY	28,562	20,834
505	St. John’s University	NY	46,160	20,109
506	Wright State University	OH	25,591	16,672
507	University of Kentucky	KY	27,636	26,054
508	High Point University	NC	33,000	3,409
509	Temple University	PA	34,252	35,490
510	Florida Atlantic University	FL	25,181	26,839
511	University of Texas, El Paso	TX	22,936	20,458
512	Florida International University	FL	32,161	38,759
513	Middle Tennessee State University	TN	26,845	23,872
514	University of North Carolina, Charlotte	NC	NA	NA
515	CUNY, Brooklyn College	NY	NA	16,689
516	San Francisco State University	CA	31,366	30,014
517	Northern Kentucky University	KY	22,113	15,082
518	California State University, Northridge	CA	29,508	36,208
519	Northeastern University	MA	48,361	25,837
520	Indiana University – Purdue University, Indianapolis	IN	31,882	30,300
521	University of Southern Mississippi	MS	23,294	14,793
522	Ohio Northern University	OH	42,075	3,721
523	CUNY, Hunter College	NY	24,357	21,258
524	Merrimack College	MA	41,298	2,143
525	Oral Roberts University	OK	29,195	3,067

526	Colby-Sawyer College	NH	41,710	1,004
527	Montana Tech of the University of Montana	MT	25,765	1,980
528	Utah Valley University	UT	NA	26,696
529	Hofstra University	NY	43,170	12,333
530	Kansas State University	KS	28,017	23,520
531	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	34,814	32,044
532	Bethel College	KS	29,000	500
533	Christopher Newport University	VA	28,007	4,904
534	Metropolitan State College of Denver	CO	NA	21,729
535	Millersville University	PA	24,991	8,320
536	Meredith College	NC	32,840	2,250
537	Montclair State University	NJ	28,458	17,475
538	Morehouse College	GA	36,582	2,781
539	Texas State University, San Marcos	TX	23,940	29,105
540	South Carolina State University	SC	26,942	4,888
541	Portland State University	OR	33,112	26,382
542	University of Cincinnati	OH	40,407	29,617
543	Christian Brothers University	TN	30,270	1,869
544	Rutgers University, Newark	NJ	35,425	11,032
545	Boise State University	ID	24,232	19,667
546	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	LA	18,124	16,320
547	Southeastern Louisiana University	LA	19,861	15,215
548	Belmont University	TN	36,210	4,991
549	University of Houston	TX	25,761	36,104
550	Florida Institute of Technology	FL	44,640	6,400

551	Western Kentucky University	KY	25,235	19,742
552	Drexel University	PA	48,125	21,537
553	Mary Baldwin College	VA	32,890	1,738
554	Georgia Southern University	GA	25,430	17,764
555	Mesa State College	CO	25,757	6,262
556	Eastern Kentucky University	KY	27,346	16,031
557	Bloomfield College	NJ	32,414	2,029
558	Rochester Institute of Technology	NY	39,341	15,055
559	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	NV	28,868	28,600
560	Grand Valley State University	MI	22,774	23,892
561	Oregon Institute of Technology	OR	27,690	3,515
562	Wayne State University	MI	27,061	31,024
563	University of Illinois, Chicago	IL	37,364	25,835
564	Southern Illinois University, Carbondale	IL	30,833	20,673
565	Northern Illinois University	IL	28,540	24,397
566	University of North Texas	TX	23,117	34,830
567	Bowling Green State University	OH	27,914	17,874
568	Rider University	NJ	41,410	5,974
569	University of Central Oklahoma	OK	22,920	15,724
570	Kennesaw State University	GA	27,030	21,449
571	Oakland University	MI	29,018	18,175
572	University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee	WI	27,361	29,215
573	Rowan University	NJ	35,332	10,270
574	Milwaukee School of Engineering	WI	40,765	2,621
575	Western Illinois University	IL	23,335	13,175

576	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	PA	25,026	14,310
577	North Dakota State University	ND	24,545	13,230
578	St. Catherine University	MN	37,304	5,201
579	University of North Dakota	ND	25,245	12,748
580	Western Michigan University	MI	29,873	24,818
581	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	PA	26,622	13,619
582	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	36,442	8,398
583	University of Memphis	TN	30,041	20,220
584	Howard University	DC	25,221	10,320
585	Pace University	NY	45,185	12,704
586	Central Michigan University	MI	32,127	27,225
587	Elmira College	NY	44,350	1,639
588	Catawba College	NC	33,590	1,261
589	University of Toledo	OH	29,834	22,336
590	Sam Houston State University	TX	24,892	16,662
591	Roger Williams University	RI	42,345	4,609
592	Tuskegee University	AL	27,630	2,994
593	Rhode Island College	RI	25,072	9,085
594	Kent State University	OH	28,832	22,944
595	Minnesota State University, Mankato	MN	21,400	14,621
596	University of Akron	OH	29,592	24,119
597	Embry Riddle Aeronautical University	FL	40,712	5,062
598	University of the Ozarks	AR	26,670	675
599	University of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	36,034	14,481
600	Columbia College Chicago	IL	37,215	12,464

601	Fairleigh Dickinson University	NJ	44,453	8,693
602	Eastern Michigan University	MI	31,384	22,032
603	University of Texas, San Antonio	TX	24,200	28,413
604	Youngstown State University	OH	21,940	13,704
605	St. Cloud State University	MN	22,328	17,430
606	Bob Jones University	SC	21,843	4,141
607	Franklin Pierce University	NH	39,684	2,535
608	Widener University	PA	44,595	4,861
609	Liberty University	VA	27,034	33,604
610	Coastal Carolina University	SC	30,448	8,154

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About Elias Shams
I have been a serial entrepreneur in telecom and social media space for past 12 years or so. I hold a M.S. degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the George Washington University and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland. I’ve lived and worked in many countries and cities including London England, Tehran Iran, Bonn Germany, Paris France, Alicante Spain, Delhi India, and my favorite of all Washington, DC of great US of A. Two of the greatest Washington, DC based companies I worked for and very proud of are Yurie Systems which was sold to Lucent in 1998 for $1.23 B and telezoo.com that I founded in 1999. I am currently the founder and awesomizer @ awesomize.me