The superb college in America isn't in Cambridge or Princeton, West Details or Annapolis. It's nestled in the Berkshire Mountains. Williams College, a 217-year-old personal bounteous arts creed, tops our third annual ranking of America's Nicest Colleges. Our list of more than 600 undergraduate institutions is based on the quality of the schooling they purvey, the experiences of the students and how much they achieve.


Williams rose to the height spot on our rankings, which are compiled with research from the Center on College Affordability & Productivity, after placing fourth last year and fifth in 2008. It's a parsimonious school (just on 2,000 undergrads) with a 7-to-1 student-to-faculty correspondence, affording students the occur to positively insinuate to grasp their teachers and set up a unmatched college experience.
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