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Founded in 1794 on the Maine coast, Bowdoin College (Top College No. 21) is thought for its strong teachers, athletic applications and white winters. More than 1/2 of the junior class is going overseas to over 50 international locations. Bowdoin’s curriculum includes over 40 majors. Students interested by environmental research research at the college’s 118-acre coastal studies center on Orr’s Island and 200-acre scientific area station on Kent Island inside the Bay of Fundy. About 50% of newcomers obtain offers from the school averaging approximately $36,000. Bowdoin competes in NCAA Division III varsity athletics. Sports range from soccer to Nordic skiing to ultimate Frisbee. Since Greek Life become abolished, Bowdoin college students have alternatively been sorted into eight “university houses” based on their first yr house halls.
    
   The United States Naval Academy (Top College No. 27) is a coeducational public liberal arts university that sits on 10 acres of former Fort Severn in Annapolis, MD. In 2015 the faculty turned into ranked because the No. 2 public university in the country. It was mounted in 1845 and its project is “To develop Midshipmen morally, mentally and physically.” Students need to have a congressional or presidential nomination to use. The campus is a National Historic Landmark and is 33 miles from Washington, D.C. And 30 miles from Baltimore. The college competes in NCAA Division I athletics as the Midshipmen and primary-yr college students climb the Herndon Monument as a ceremony of passage.