Mass. college earns spot among 30 ‘most beautiful campuses' in US
Last month, Travel + Leisure published a list of the 30 most beautiful college campuses in the U.S. Among them was Wellesley College.
Known as an elite all-women's college and as the host of the Boston Marathon's scream tunnel, Wellesley College's campus boasts 500 acres of beautiful scenery.
Wellesley scored high based on 'pathways that meander through sprawling meadows and groves of conifers that surround tranquil Lake Waban, with 19th-century brick buildings tucked into the wooded hillsides,' according to Travel + Leisure.
'Several greenhouses, lush with tropical, subtropical, and desert plantings, stay green straight through the long northeastern winters,' Travel + Leisure added.
Wellesley was the only Massachusetts school that made the list and was 19th out of the 30 chosen. Other Northeastern schools listed include Bard College and Cornell University in New York, Yale University in Connecticut, Princeton University in New Jersey and Swarthmore and Bryn Mawr colleges in Pennsylvania.
The full list is below.
Top 30 most beautiful college campuses:
Stanford University, California
Berry College, Georgia
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Florida Southern College, Florida
Bard College, New York
University of San Diego, California
Rice University, Texas
Cornell University, New York
The University of the South, Tennessee
University of Washington
Princeton University, New Jersey
Kenyon College, Ohio
Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania
University of Virginia
Yale University, Connecticut
Duke University, North Carolina
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Wellesley College, Massachusetts
The College of William & Mary, Virginia
University of Chicago, Illinois
Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
Furman University, South Carolina
Vanderbilt University, Tennessee
Flagler College, Florida
University of Hawaii
University of Georgia
University of Michigan
Northwestern University, Illinois
Lewis and Clark College, Oregon
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