The Most Beautiful (And Most Hideous) College Campuses in the U.S.
The Beautiful:
Yale University in New Haven, CT.
Yale’s array of buildings could definitely drop a few jaws, well-decorated Gothic-Revival style spread out over a suitably large campus. Visitors should make sure to check out the university’s library, which is decked out with stained glass and stone gargoyles.
Berry College in Mount Berry, GA.
However large the campus grounds are with any of the other colleges on this list, none beat Berry College. This school’s campus spans over 27,000 acres, including not only elegant English-Gothic style buildings but also plenty of forests, streams, and just a generally gorgeous landscape.
The University of Hawai'i at Mänoa in Honolulu, HI.
It’s impossible not to hear about how naturally beautiful the Hawaiian islands are, and the University of Hawai’i at Mänoa is set up in a valley flush with palm trees, right inside one of Honolulu’s wealthier residential areas.
The Ugly:
SUNY Binghamton in Binghamton, NY.
Do you know those areas that just…don’t have much of anything? Well, SUNY Binghamton’s locale is one of them, and the campus itself is so utilitarian you’ll honestly think you’re back in high school the minute you take in its somber, unappealing vibe.
The Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, IL.
The Illinois Institute of Technology’s big campus issue is pretty obvious to anyone who visits: it shares the campus space with an office park. So some buildings on campus are quite impressive, and then some are boring old office buildings that detract from the overall effect.
Brandeis University in Waltham, MA.
Brandeis University’s campus may be the most mismatched of all: it includes genuinely impressive-looking Modernist buildings designed by the famous architect Eero Saarinen, which you’d think would disqualify Brandeis from the “ugly campus” list. But when you combine Modernist buildings with dreary brick box-buildings and one building that looks like an actual castle, the result is just confusing.
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