The Oldest Ivy: Mount Holyoke College
Liberal Arts College Ranking - 27 in 2009
Just one sentence is enough to make you look at her differently: the oldest women's college history, the most beautiful American campus.
Famous atmosphere: Susan Mills, the founder and first president of Mills College, one of the famous American universities; Elaine Chao, a Chinese-American Secretary of Labor; Emily Dickinson, one of the greatest American female poets, also studied there.