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The Experts' Choice: Hidden Gems

We gave you a state-by-state list, but here are even more schools the experts say are the best unknowns.

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The Top Gems

• Allegheny College (Meadville, PA)
• Beloit College (Beloit, WI)
• Carroll College (Helena, MT)
• Earlham College (Richmond, IN)
• Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, FL)
• Elon University (Elon, NC)
• Guilford College (Greensboro, NC)
• High Point University (High Point, NC)
• Juniata College (Huntingdon, PA)
• Kalamazoo College (Kalamazoo, MI)
• Kenyon College (Gambier, OH)
• Lawrence University (Appleton, WI)
• McDaniel College (Westminster, MD)
• Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA)
• Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH)
• Rhodes College (Memphis, TN)
• St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN)
• The College of Wooster (Wooster, OH)
• University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA)
• University of Redlands (Redlands, CA)
• Ursinus College (Collegeville, PA)
• Washington College (Chestertown, MD)
• Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA)
• Willamette University (Salem, OR)
• Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC)

More Gems

• Appalachian State University (Boone, NC)
• Babson College (Babson Park, MA)
• Bentley University (Waltham, MA)
• Centre College (Danville, KY)
• Champlain College (Burlington, VT)
• Clark University (Worcester, MA)
• College of the Atlantic (Bar Harbor, ME)
• Colorado College (Colorado Springs, CO)
• Connecticut College (New London, CT)
• Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)
• Drew University (Madison, NJ)
• Emerson College (Boston, MA)
• Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, PA)
• Goucher College (Baltimore, MD)
• Grove City College (Grove City, PA)
• Hiram College (Hiram, OH)
• Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, NY)
• Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL)
• Lewis and Clark College (Portland, OR)
• Linfield College (McMinnville, OR)
• Lycoming College (Williamsport, PA)
• Macalester College (St. Paul, MN)
• Marietta College (Marietta, OH)
• Miami University — Oxford (Oxford, OH)
• Mills College (Oakland, CA)
• Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ)
• Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH)
• Occidental College (Los Angeles, CA)
• Ohio University (Athens, OH)
• Pacific University Oregon (Forest Grove, OR)
• Pitzer College (Claremont, CA)
• Portland State University (Portland, OR)
• Quinnipiac University (Hamden, CT)
• Rice University (Houston, TX)
• SUNY — Stony Brook (Stony Brook, NY)
• Saint Anselm College (Manchester, NH)
• Saint Joseph's University (Philadelphia, PA)
• Saint Michael's College (Colchester, VT)
• Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
• Seattle University (Seattle, WA)
• St. Martin's University (Lacey, WA)
• St. Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)
• Stonehill College (Easton, MA)
• The University of Tulsa (Tulsa, OK)
• University of Dayton (Dayton, OH)
• University of Denver (Denver, CO)
• University of Idaho (Moscow, ID)
• University of Mary Washington (Fredericksburg, VA)
• University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA)
• University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)
• University of Tampa (Tampa, FL)
• Wheaton College (Norton, MA)