Founded in 1866 on the picturesque river-metropolis of Northfield, Carleton College (Top College No. 30) is Minnesota’s 0.33-oldest university. The non-public school is intimate in length but broad in offerings. Operating on a trimester agenda, college students can select from 37 majors or prefer to design their very own. All seniors need to whole “Comps,” a private capstone undertaking that also serves as education for graduate work. The school additionally manages over 60 campus-wide scholarships and fellowships to aid unbiased studies and profession exploration. Sixty-three percentage of newbies receive grants from the faculty averaging nearly $25,000. In five of the past 12 years, Carleton obtained the Best Delegation award on the World Model United Nations competition. The school also has several a cappella companies and 19 NCAA III varsity sports teams.
Millsaps College (Top College No. 274) is a small personal institution in Jackson, MS, and it's miles affiliated with the United Methodist Church. It was the first university in Mississippi to establish a Phi Beta Kappa chapter, and it now gives 34 majors. The college also offers 3 pre-expert programs in pre-regulation, pre-engineering, and pre-health. Students hail from over 27 states and 24 countries, with more than forty% studying overseas. Emphasizing the liberal arts coupled with enterprise, Millsaps holds lectures every 12 months with the aid of figures which includes conservationist Jane Goodall and previous U.K. Prime minister Margaret Thatcher. The heart of the a hundred-acre campus is the Millsaps Bowl, which hosts events ranging from graduation to intramural sports activities. Millsaps participates in NCAA’s Division III athletics and the Southern Athletic Association.
