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Best Warm-Weather Schools

If you want sun and you don't want snow.

Sorted by selectivity. 37 schools tagged with this attribute.

#SchoolLocation Accept SAT mid-50% ACT mid-50% Undergrads Avg Class Size Type
#1 Duke Durham, North Carolina 4.7% 1500-1570 34-35 6,523 ~13 est. private View
#2 Pomona Claremont, California 6.9% 1500-1550 32-35 1,732 ~15 est. private View
#3 Vanderbilt Nashville, Tennessee 4.1% 1510-1560 34-35 7,221 ~15 est. private View
#4 Rice Houston, Texas 8.0% 1510-1560 34-35 4,789 ~13 est. private View
#5 UCLA Los Angeles, California 9.4% 33,040 ~40 est. public View
#6 Claremont McKenna Claremont, California 9.6% 1490-1550 32-35 1,398 ~18 est. private View
#7 USC Los Angeles, California 9.8% 1450-1550 32-35 20,630 ~20 est. private View
#8 Davidson Davidson, North Carolina 12.6% 1360-1490 31-34 1,900 ~20 est. private View
#9 Harvey Mudd Claremont, California 12.7% 1510-1560 34-36 900 ~18 est. private View
#10 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Georgia 12.7% 1370-1530 30-34 18,000 ~40 est. public View
#11 Tulane New Orleans, Louisiana 14.0% 1430-1500 31-34 8,500 ~20 est. private View
#12 University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida 17.5% 1340-1450 30-33 13,250 ~24 est. private View
#13 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, North Carolina 20.8% 1420-1500 32-34 5,500 ~24 est. private View
#14 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 24.2% 1320-1470 29-33 34,000 ~35 est. public View
#15 Pitzer Claremont, California 25.2% 1340-1490 31-33 1,227 ~26 est. private View
#16 University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 26.6% 1240-1460 27-33 42,000 ~40 est. public View
#17 UC San Diego California 28.6% 33,000 ~42 est. public View
#18 UC Irvine California 28.8% 30,204 ~40 est. public View
#19 UC Santa Barbara California 33.0% 23,181 ~37 est. public View
#20 University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 37.9% 1220-1400 26-34 31,000 ~37 est. public View
#21 Scripps Claremont, California 38.3% 1440-1520 31-34 1,000 ~24 est. private View
#22 SMU Texas 63.3% 1340-1490 30-34 7,000 ~24 est. private View
#23 Florida State Tallahassee, Florida 24.2% 1290-1400 29-32 34,271 ~40 est. public View
#24 Clemson Clemson, South Carolina 38.3% 1250-1400 28-32 23,401 ~33 est. public View
#25 University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee 41.6% 1210-1370 25-32 31,000 ~40 est. public View
#26 TCU Texas 44.5% 1150-1340 26-31 11,000 ~31 est. private View
#27 Auburn Auburn, Alabama 45.9% 1260-1380 26-29 28,953 ~40 est. public View
#28 Cal State Long Beach Long Beach, California 46.3% 1040-1250 20-26 33,000 ~53 est. public View
#29 Texas A&M College Station, Texas 51.7% 1160-1390 25-31 60,765 ~42 est. public View
#30 University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina 60.2% 1180-1360 25-31 27,000 ~37 est. public View
#31 LSU Baton Rouge, Louisiana 73.3% 1180-1310 24-30 28,286 ~66 est. public View
#32 University of Houston Houston, Texas 73.9% 1160-1320 23-29 38,673 ~46 est. public View
#33 University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 76.6% 1175-1410 22-33 33,000 ~40 est. public View
#34 University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 86.1% 1140-1360 21-29 40,407 ~44 est. public View
#35 University of Hawaii Manoa Honolulu, Hawaii 86.6% 1070-1290 17-25 13,000 ~29 est. public View
#36 Arizona State Tempe, Arizona 89.9% 1130-1360 22-28 65,450 ~42 est. public View
#37 University of Mississippi Mississippi 96.6% 1000-1200 21-29 21,473 ~42 est. public View
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