Best Warm-Weather Schools
If you want sun and you don't want snow.
Sorted by selectivity. 31 schools tagged with this attribute.
| # | School | Location |
Accept |
SAT mid-50% |
ACT mid-50% |
Undergrads |
Avg Class Size |
Type |
|
| #1 |
Duke |
Durham, North Carolina |
5.1% |
1490-1570 |
33-35 |
6,700 |
~11 est. |
private |
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| #2 |
Pomona |
Claremont, California |
7.5% |
1460-1560 |
33-35 |
1,700 |
~15 est. |
private |
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| #3 |
Vanderbilt |
Nashville, Tennessee |
5.6% |
1480-1560 |
33-35 |
7,100 |
~18 est. |
private |
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| #4 |
Rice |
Houston, Texas |
7.7% |
1490-1560 |
34-35 |
4,500 |
~13 est. |
private |
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| #5 |
Harvey Mudd |
Claremont, California |
8.0% |
1490-1570 |
33-35 |
900 |
~18 est. |
private |
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| #6 |
UCLA |
Los Angeles, California |
8.6% |
1370-1540 |
31-35 |
33,000 |
~44 est. |
public |
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| #7 |
USC |
Los Angeles, California |
9.0% |
1450-1530 |
32-35 |
21,000 |
~20 est. |
private |
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| #8 |
Claremont McKenna |
Claremont, California |
9.0% |
1430-1530 |
32-34 |
1,400 |
~18 est. |
private |
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| #9 |
Tulane |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
11.0% |
1370-1500 |
31-33 |
8,500 |
~15 est. |
private |
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| #10 |
Davidson |
Davidson, North Carolina |
15.0% |
1380-1500 |
31-34 |
1,900 |
~18 est. |
private |
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| #11 |
Georgia Tech |
Atlanta, Georgia |
16.0% |
1430-1530 |
32-35 |
18,000 |
~42 est. |
public |
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| #12 |
Pitzer |
Claremont, California |
15.0% |
1340-1480 |
31-33 |
1,200 |
~22 est. |
private |
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| #13 |
University of Miami |
Coral Gables, Florida |
19.0% |
1340-1480 |
30-33 |
12,000 |
~24 est. |
private |
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| #14 |
Wake Forest |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
21.0% |
1340-1480 |
30-33 |
5,500 |
~22 est. |
private |
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| #15 |
University of Florida |
Gainesville, Florida |
23.0% |
1340-1460 |
30-33 |
35,000 |
~37 est. |
public |
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| #16 |
Scripps |
Claremont, California |
25.0% |
1370-1510 |
31-34 |
1,100 |
~22 est. |
private |
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| #17 |
University of Texas at Austin |
Austin, Texas |
29.0% |
1240-1460 |
27-33 |
40,000 |
~40 est. |
public |
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| #18 |
University of Georgia |
Athens, Georgia |
43.0% |
1240-1420 |
28-32 |
31,000 |
~40 est. |
public |
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| #19 |
Florida State |
Tallahassee, Florida |
37.0% |
1230-1370 |
26-30 |
33,000 |
~37 est. |
public |
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| #20 |
Cal State Long Beach |
Long Beach, California |
42.0% |
1090-1290 |
21-28 |
33,000 |
~51 est. |
public |
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| #21 |
Clemson |
Clemson, South Carolina |
43.0% |
1240-1410 |
27-32 |
21,000 |
~35 est. |
public |
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| #22 |
University of Tennessee |
Knoxville, Tennessee |
45.0% |
1170-1370 |
25-32 |
31,000 |
~26 est. |
public |
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| #23 |
Auburn |
Auburn, Alabama |
46.0% |
1170-1340 |
25-31 |
24,000 |
~46 est. |
public |
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| #24 |
Texas A&M |
College Station, Texas |
64.0% |
1180-1390 |
25-31 |
58,000 |
~44 est. |
public |
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| #25 |
University of South Carolina |
Columbia, South Carolina |
64.0% |
1180-1360 |
25-31 |
27,000 |
~35 est. |
public |
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| #26 |
University of Hawaii Manoa |
Honolulu, Hawaii |
58.0% |
1080-1280 |
22-27 |
13,000 |
~33 est. |
public |
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| #27 |
University of Houston |
Houston, Texas |
70.0% |
1100-1290 |
21-27 |
37,000 |
~40 est. |
public |
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| #28 |
LSU |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
77.0% |
1080-1280 |
22-28 |
29,000 |
~66 est. |
public |
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| #29 |
University of Alabama |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
80.0% |
1090-1340 |
23-31 |
33,000 |
~42 est. |
public |
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| #30 |
University of Arizona |
Tucson, Arizona |
86.0% |
1110-1320 |
21-28 |
35,000 |
~44 est. |
public |
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| #31 |
Arizona State |
Tempe, Arizona |
88.0% |
1130-1340 |
23-29 |
75,000 |
~40 est. |
public |
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