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Colleges Where Geek is Chic

If pocket protectors are a staple of your wardrobe, have we got the list for you! Here are the colleges where taped glasses are considered a fashion statement.

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Top Choices

• California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
• Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)
• Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
• Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, CA)
• Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
• Reed College (Portland, OR)
• Rice University (Houston, TX)
• Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY)
• Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology (Terre Haute, IN)
• Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA)
• University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA)
• University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, MA)

Honorable Mention

• Carleton College (Northfield, MN)
• Colorado School of Mines (Golden, CO)
• Davidson College (Davidson, NC)
• Duke University (Durham, NC)
• Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University — Daytona Beach (Daytona Beach, FL)
• Florida Institute of Technology (Melbourne, FL)
• Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (Needham, MA)
• Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, IL)
• Kenyon College (Gambier, OH)
• Miami University — Oxford (Oxford, OH)
• Michigan Institute of Technology (Lapeer, MI)
• Missouri University of Science and Technology (Rolla, MO)
• Pomona College (Claremont, CA)
• Purdue University — West Lafayette (West Lafayette, IN)
• Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA)
• Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
• Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, NJ)
• Union College (Schenectady, NY)
• University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (Champaign, IL)
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
• University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
• Wabash College (Crawfordsville, IN)
• Warren Wilson College (Asheville, NC)