Which Colleges Have The Happiest Students

Which Colleges Have The Happiest Students? by: Naomi Nishihara on June 16, 2017 | 0 Comments Comments 11,510 Views June 16, 2017Maybe good weather isnt as important as we thought. The happiest college students in the country are spread out everywhere, in a regions across the East, West, Midwest, and South.Every year, The Princeton Review compiles a list of colleges with the happiest students. They send surveys to almost 400 schools across the country, asking the question, Overall, how happy are you? The results are all over the place for some schools, and pretty steady at others.  Consistently at the top are Vanderbilt University, Rice University, Virginia Tech, Kansas State University, the University of California-Santa Barbara, Claremont McKenna College, and Clemson University.In 2014, Vanderbilt released an article on their website  addressing why their students are so happy. They chalked it up to five things: a good balance between academics and life outside the classroo m, affordability, a non-competitive academic community, diversity, and the charms of the city of Nashville.If personal happiness is important to you, and youre in the process of picking a college, you may want to check out the schools on this list. PoetsQuants has compiled the most recent Princeton Review Happiest Students lists below.Ranking The ‘Happiest Students’ From 2014 to 2017.tftable {font-size:12px;color:#333333;width:100%;border-width: 1px;border-color: #729ea5;border-collapse: collapse;}.tftable th {font-size:12px;background-color:#acc8cc;border-width: 1px;padding: 8px;border-style: solid;border-color: #729ea5;text-align:left;}.tftable tr {background-color:#d4e3e5;}.tftable td {font-size:12px;border-width: 1px;padding: 8px;border-style: solid;border-color: #729ea5;}.tftable tr:hover {background-color:#ffffff;}.tftable {font-size:12px;color:#333333;width:100%;border-width: 1px;border-color: #729ea5;border-collapse: collapse;} .tftable th {font-size:12px;backgr ound-color:#acc8cc;border-width: 1px;padding: 8px;border-style: solid;border-color: #729ea5;text-align:left;} .tftable tr {background-color:#d4e3e5;} .tftable td {font-size:12px;border-width: 1px;padding: 8px;border-style: solid;border-color: #729ea5;} .tftable tr:hover {background-color:#ffffff;}2017 Rank School2017 Rank2016 Rank2015 Rank2014 RankRice University1962Vanderbilt University2118University of Dayton36NRNRAuburn University41120NRUniversity of Iowa5NRNRNRKansas State University6476Virginia Tech7257University of California Santa Barbara812135Colby College919NRNRClaremont McKenna College10321Clemson University117312St. Marys College of Maryland125NRNRThe College of New Jersey13NRNRNRUniversity of Vermont14NRNRNRUniversity of Oklahoma15NRNRNRThe College of William Mary16NRNRNRLake Forest College17NRNRNRRhodes College18NRNRNRWorcester Polytechnic Institute19NRNRNRSaint Anselm College20NRNRNRWhitman CollegeNR81113Tulane UniversityNR1044Yale UniversityNR131414Washington State UniversityNR14NRNRSouthern Methodist UniversityNR15NR17Washington CollegeNR16NRNRLoyola Marymount UniversityNR17NR15Middlebury CollegeNR18NRNRGettysburg CollegeNR20NRNRBowdoin CollegeNRNR810Vassar CollegeNRNR9NRHillsdale CollegeNRNR103The College of IdahoNRNR12NRWheaton College (IL)NRNR15NRWesleyan UniversityNRNR1616Pomona CollegeNRNR17NRWashington University in St. LouisNRNR189Franklin W. Olin College of EngineeringNRNR19NRThomas Aquinas CollegeNRNRNR11Ohio University AthensNRNRNR18University of Southern CaliforniaNRNRNR19University of MississippiNRNRNR20Source: The Princeton ReviewDONT MISS UNIVERSITIES WITH THE HAPPIEST STUDENTS (2010-2014)   Page 1 of 11