The 13 Most Interesting Colleges

The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2012 made a special effort to include a good selection of four types of institutions that seem to be enjoying special popularity at present: engineering and technical schools, those with a religious emphasis, those with an environmental focus, and those located along the Sunbelt.

Finally, in a few cases the journalist's prerogative was exercised in writing about schools that are simply interesting. Below is an arbitrary list of the Top 13 Most Interesting and Unusual Schools featured in the Fiske Guide to College 2012.