Best Colleges: First-year experiences

Orientation can go only so far in making freshmen feel connected. Many schools now build into the curriculum first-year seminars or other programs that bring small groups of students together with faculty or staff on a regular basis.


Alverno College Milwaukee, WI
Appalachian State University Boone, NC
Ball State University Muncie, IN
Belmont University Nashville, TN
Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH
Brevard College Brevard, NC
Drury University Springfield, MO
Duke University Durham, NC
Elon University Elon, NC
Evergreen State College Olympia, WA
Grinnell College Grinnell, IA
Indiana University--Bloomington Bloomington, IN
Indiana University-Purdue University--Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN
James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA
Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MI
Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA
North Carolina State University--Raleigh Raleigh, NC
Ohio State University--Columbus Columbus, OH
Portland State University Portland, OR
Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
Stanford University Stanford, CA
Stetson University Deland, FL
University of Delaware Newark, DE
University of Maryland--College Park College Park, MD
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN
University of South Carolina--Columbia Columbia, SC
University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX
Villanova University Villanova, PA
Wagner College Staten Island, NY
Xavier University Cincinnati, OH

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