The Oldest Ivy: Mount Holyoke College
Ranked 27th in the 2009 Liberal Arts Colleges Ranking
Just one sentence is enough to make you look at her differently: the oldest women's college with the most beautiful campus in America.
Famous Atmosphere: Susan Mills, the founder and first president of Mills College, a renowned American university; Elaine Chao, the US Secretary of Labor of Chinese descent; Emily Dickinson, the greatest American female poet, also studied at this college.