Lists adapted from: Fiske, Edward B. and Hammond, Bruce G. The Fiske Guide to Getting Into the Right College. Sourcebooks, Inc (2002).
Top Nonconformist Colleges
- College of the Atlantic
- Antioch College
- Bard College
- Beloit College
- Bennington College
- University of California – Santa Cruz
- Earlham College
- Eugene Lang College
- Evergreen State College
- Grinnell College
- Hampshire College
- Lewis and Clark College
- Marlboro College
- SUNY New Paltz
- Oberlin College
- SUNY Purchase
- Pitzer College
- Reed College
- Sara Lawrence College
- St. John’s College
Most Innovative Curriculum
- Alverno College
- Colorado College
- College of the Atlantic
- City University of New York – Brooklyn College
- Cornell College (IA)
- Deep Springs College
- Kalamazoo College
- St. John’s College
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