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Best Warm-Weather Schools

If you want sun and you don't want snow.

Sorted by selectivity. 36 schools tagged with this attribute.

#SchoolLocation Accept SAT mid-50% ACT mid-50% Undergrads Avg Class Size Type
#1 Duke Durham, North Carolina 5.1% 1490-1570 33-35 6,700 ~13 est. private View
#2 Pomona Claremont, California 7.5% 1460-1560 33-35 1,700 ~15 est. private View
#3 Vanderbilt Nashville, Tennessee 5.6% 1480-1560 33-35 7,100 ~15 est. private View
#4 Rice Houston, Texas 7.7% 1490-1560 34-35 4,500 ~13 est. private View
#5 Harvey Mudd Claremont, California 8.0% 1490-1570 33-35 900 ~18 est. private View
#6 UCLA Los Angeles, California 8.6% — — 33,000 ~40 est. public View
#7 USC Los Angeles, California 9.0% 1450-1530 32-35 21,000 ~20 est. private View
#8 Claremont McKenna Claremont, California 9.0% 1430-1530 32-34 1,400 ~18 est. private View
#9 Tulane New Orleans, Louisiana 11.0% 1370-1500 31-33 8,500 ~20 est. private View
#10 Davidson Davidson, North Carolina 15.0% 1380-1500 31-34 1,900 ~20 est. private View
#11 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Georgia 16.0% 1430-1530 32-35 18,000 ~40 est. public View
#12 Pitzer Claremont, California 15.0% 1340-1480 31-33 1,200 ~26 est. private View
#13 University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida 19.0% 1340-1480 30-33 12,000 ~24 est. private View
#14 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, North Carolina 21.0% 1340-1480 30-33 5,500 ~24 est. private View
#15 UC Irvine California 21.0% — — 31,000 ~40 est. public View
#16 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 23.0% 1340-1460 30-33 35,000 ~35 est. public View
#17 Scripps Claremont, California 25.0% 1370-1510 31-34 1,100 ~24 est. private View
#18 UC Santa Barbara California 26.0% — — 23,000 ~37 est. public View
#19 UC San Diego California 28.6% — — 33,000 ~42 est. public View
#20 University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 29.0% 1240-1460 27-33 40,000 ~40 est. public View
#21 University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 43.0% 1240-1420 28-32 31,000 ~37 est. public View
#22 SMU Texas 52.0% 1380-1500 31-34 7,000 ~24 est. private View
#23 Florida State Tallahassee, Florida 37.0% 1230-1370 26-30 33,000 ~40 est. public View
#24 Cal State Long Beach Long Beach, California 42.0% 1090-1290 21-28 33,000 ~53 est. public View
#25 Clemson Clemson, South Carolina 43.0% 1240-1410 27-32 21,000 ~33 est. public View
#26 University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee 45.0% 1170-1370 25-32 31,000 ~40 est. public View
#27 Auburn Auburn, Alabama 46.0% 1170-1340 25-31 24,000 ~40 est. public View
#28 TCU Texas 46.0% 1200-1400 26-31 11,000 ~31 est. private View
#29 Texas A&M College Station, Texas 64.0% 1180-1390 25-31 58,000 ~42 est. public View
#30 University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina 64.0% 1180-1360 25-31 27,000 ~37 est. public View
#31 University of Hawaii Manoa Honolulu, Hawaii 58.0% 1080-1280 22-27 13,000 ~29 est. public View
#32 University of Houston Houston, Texas 70.0% 1100-1290 21-27 37,000 ~46 est. public View
#33 LSU Baton Rouge, Louisiana 77.0% 1080-1280 22-28 29,000 ~66 est. public View
#34 University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 80.0% 1090-1340 23-31 33,000 ~40 est. public View
#35 University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 86.0% 1110-1320 21-28 35,000 ~44 est. public View
#36 Arizona State Tempe, Arizona 88.0% 1130-1340 23-29 75,000 ~42 est. public View
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