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Campuses Where Movies Were Filmed

Want to go to the college that inspired Animal House? True, that could be any college. But you can find where it was filmed on this list. The year given is the year of the film's release or first season of the series. For each institution, films are listed by release date, starting with the most recent.

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• Acadia University (Wolfville, CAN): Dolores Claiborne (1995)
• Agnes Scott College (Decatur, GA): Scream II (1998); Fried Green Tomatoes (1991); Driving Miss Daisy (1989); The Bear (1983); The Four Seasons (1981)
• Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ): Jerry Maguire (1996)
• Bentley University (Waltham, MA): Game Plan (2007)
• Berry College (Mount Berry, GA): Sweet Home Alabama (2002); Remember the Titans (2000)
• Boston University (Boston, MA): 21 (2008)
• Bronx Community College (Bronx, NY): Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
• Bunker Hill Community College (Boston, MA): Good Will Hunting (1997)
• CUNY — Baruch College (New York, NY): Devil's Own (1997)
• CUNY — Brooklyn College (Brooklyn, NY): Spinning Into Butter (2007)
• CUNY — City College (New York, NY): Reversal of Fortune (1990)
• CUNY — Hunter College (New York, NY): Devil's Own (1997)
• CUNY — Lehman College (Bronx, NY): Private Parts (1997)
• California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA): Orange County (2002); Legally Blonde (2001); Kiss the Girls (1997); Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
• California Polytechnic State University — San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA): Personal Best (1982)
• California State University — Fullerton (Fullerton, CA): The Comebacks (2007)
• California State University — Long Beach (Long Beach, CA): American Pie (1999); Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
• California State University — Northridge (Northridge, CA): Legally Blonde 2 (2003)
• Carleton College (Northfield, MN): D3, The Mighty Ducks (1996)
• Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA): Wonder Boys (1999); Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
• Carthage College (Kenosha, WI): Fever Lake (1996)
• Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH): Air Force One (1997)
• Centenary College (Hackettstown, NJ): Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
• Centennial College (Toronto, ON (CAN)): DeGrassi Junior High television series (1987)
• Chapman University (Orange, CA): Accepted (2006); Crimson Tide (1995)
• Claremont McKenna College (Claremont, CA): Lions for Lambs (2007)
• College of Charleston (Charleston, SC): The Notebook (2004); American Wedding (2003): Cold Mountain (2003); The Patriot (2000)
• College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA): Game Plan (2007)
• Columbia University (New York, NY): August Rush (2008); Hitch (2005); Anger Management (2003); Mona Lisa Smile (2003); The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996); Malcolm X (1992); Marathon Man (1976)
• Drew University (Madison, NJ): Spinning Into Butter (2007); The Family Stone (2005); So Fine (1981)
• Duke University (Durham, NC): I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997); Kiss the Girls (1997); The Handmaid's Tale (1990); Brainstorm (1983)
• Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, FL): Misconceptions (2008)
• El Camino College (Torrance, CA): The Longest Yard (2005)
• Elon University (Elon, NC): He Got Game (1998)
• Emory University (Atlanta, GA): Into the Wild (2007); Road Trip (2000)
• Fairleigh Dickinson University — Metropolitan Campus (Teaneck, NJ): The Family Stone (2005); A Beautiful Mind (2001)
• Fordham University (New York, NY): A Beautiful Mind (2001); Center Stage (2000); Quiz Show (1994); The Verdict (1982); Love Story (1970)
• George Fox University (Newberg, OR): Into the Wild (2007)
• Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA): One Missed Call (2007); Drumline (2002)
• Harvard University (Cambridge, MA): The Great Debaters (2007); The Firm (1993); Love Story (1970)
• Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN): Breaking Away (1979)
• Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD): Head of State (2003); The Curve (1998)
• Johnson & Wales University at Denver (Denver, CO): 27 Dresses (2008)
• Juilliard School (New York, NY): Center Stage (2000)
• Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, IL): Ordinary People (1980)
• Manhattan College (Riverdale, NY): A Beautiful Mind (2001); Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA): Good Will Hunting (1997)
• McGill University (Montreal, CAN): The Human Stain (2003)
• McMaster University (Hamilton, ON (CAN)): American Pie Presents Beta House (2007); American Pie Presents the Naked Mile (2006)
• Mount St. Mary's College (Los Angeles, CA): Alex & Emma (2003)
• New York University (New York, NY): In Good Company (2004); The Freshman (1990)
• Northwestern University (Evanston, IL): Road to Perdition (2002)
• Occidental College (Los Angeles, CA): Orange County (2002); Jurassic Park III (2001); West Wing television series (1999); Clueless (1995); Beverly Hills 90210 television series (1990); Star Trek III (1984)
• Pierce College Lakewood (Lakewood, WA): Comebacks (2007)
• Pomona College (Claremont, CA): Gilmore Girls television series (2000); Beaches (1988); Over the Top (1987); Eleanor and Franklin television movie (1976); The Absent Minded Professor (1961)
• Princeton University (Princeton, NJ): Across The Universe (2007); A Beautiful Mind (2001); I.Q. (1994)
• Reed College (Portland, OR): Into the Wild (2007)
• Rollins College (Winter Park, FL): Sydney White (2007)
• Ryerson University (Toronto, Ontario, CAN): My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002); True Blue (2001)
• San Diego State University (San Diego, CA): Bring It On (2000)
• Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY): Baby It's You (1983)
• Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, CAN): Battlestar Galactica television series (2004); Agent Cody Banks (2003); My Life without Me (2003); Spy Game (2001)
• Smith College (Northampton, MA): Malice (1993); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)
• Spelman College (Atlanta, GA): School Daze (1988)
• St. Catherine University (St. Paul, MN): D3, The Mighty Ducks (1996)
• St. Mary's University (Halifax, NS (CAN)): The Elizabeth Smart Story television movie (2003)
• St. Peter's College (Jersey City, NJ): The Interpreter (2005)
• Stetson University (Deland, FL): Water Boy (1998)
• Texas A&M University — College Station (College Station, TX): Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
• The University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ): Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
• The University of British Columbia (Vancouver, CAN): Good Luck Chuck (2007); She's the Man (2006); X-Men: The Last Stand (2006); The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005); The Butterfly Effect (2004); Miracle (2004); Perfect Score (2004); Josie and the Pussycats (2001); Battlestar Galactica television series (2004); Smallville television series (2001)
• The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX): Cheer Up (2003); Miss Congeniality (2000); DOA (1988)
• Trent University (Peterborough, Ontario, CAN): Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
• Tulane University (New Orleans, LA): Pelican Brief (1993)
• Union College (Schenectady, NY): The Way We Were (1973)
• United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD): Patriot Games (1992)
• University of California — Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA): Live Free or Die Hard (2007); Art School Confidential (2006); Click (2006); First Daughter (2004); Orange County (2002); Legally Blonde (2001); Erin Brockovich (2000); The Nutty Professor (1996); Higher Learning (1995)
• University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA): Patch Adams (1998)
• University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL): Sydney White (2007); Out of Time (1998)
• University of Chicago (Chicago, IL): Proof (2005); When Harry Met Sally (1989)
• University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago, IL): Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
• University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (Champaign, IL): with Honors (1994)
• University of Minnesota — Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN): with Honors (1994); Ice Castles (1978)
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC): Patch Adams (1998)
• University of North Carolina at Wilmington (Wilmington, NC): Dawson's Creek television series
• University of North Texas (Denton, TX): Necessary Roughness (1991)
• University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN): Rudy (1993)
• University of Oregon (Eugene, OR): Prefontaine (1997); Personal Best (1982); National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
• University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA): Philadelphia (1993)
• University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA): The Number 23 (2007); Perfect Opposites (2004); Legally Blonde 2 (2003); Old School (2003); Legally Blonde (2001); Kiss the Girls (1997); Forrest Gump (1994); The Graduate (1967)
• University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario, CAN): Shadowland (2008); Time Traveler's Wife (2008); Take the Lead (2006); Mean Girls (2004); The Prince and Me (2004); DeGrassi Junior High television series (2000); Dracula (2000); Skulls (2000); The Bride of Chucky (1998); The Mighty (1998); Good Will Hunting (1997); Tommy Boy (1995); P.C.U. (1994); Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993); Paper Chase (1973)
• University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA): True Colors (1991)
• University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, CAN): DeGrassi Junior High television series (2000)
• University of Wisconsin — Madison (Madison, WI): Back to School (1986)
• University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA): Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Wagner College (Staten Island, NY): School of Rock (2003)
• Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA): Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
• Wheaton College (Norton, MA): Soul Man (1986)
• Wiley College (Marshall, TX): The Great Debaters (2007)
• Yale University (New Haven, CT): Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

Source: The College Finder research including www.imdb.com.