<p>I have an odd question that Google seems unequipped to answer (I know, gasp, I didn't think it was possible.) What schools have the best classics programs? </p>
<p>thanks in advance.</p>
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<p>Just by conjecture, but my Ds roommate was a Classics major and some of the schools she applied to were: UMichigan, UChicago, Brown and Yale. I'm sure others will chime in with others (and correction of these if necessary).</p>
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<p>UC Berkeley is pretty good.</p>
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<p>The Classics department at Holy Cross has ten faculty members, making it the largest classics program of American liberal arts colleges.</p>
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<p>Rankings (Rugg's, Gorman's) are a good place to start. There's usually someone on CC willing to post them, or they may be in the archives.</p>
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<p>My dad was a classics major at notre dame. Although he went to become a doctor... lost his way and ended up with a classical languages major.</p>
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<p>Princeton University. St. John's College Santa Fe, New Mexico & Annapolis, Maryland.</p>
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<p>Harvard, haha no joke.</p>
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<p>Most large research universities with strong History programs will have excellent Classics departments. </p>
<p>The top three are:</p>
<p>Harvard University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>
<p>Few schools will rival those three in terms of resources and faculties dedicated to the Classics. And since very few students major in the Classics, it is fair to say that even undergrads get to benefit from those faculties and resources. For example, Michigan has fewer than 20 Classics majors per graduating class and a faculty of 45 full time professors and lecturers teaching them. </p>
<p>After those three, you have a bunch of great departments. Here are a few I can think of:</p>
<p>Brown University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Duke University
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Chicago
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas-Austin
Yale University</p>
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<p>Group 1--Ruggs: Agnes Scott, Amherst, Barnard, Bowdoin, Brown, Bryn Mawr, Buffalo SUNY, U of C Berkeley, Carleton, Case Western, Centre, U of Chicago, Colgate, Columbia, Connecticut College, U of Tx Dallas, Dartmouth, Drew, Duke, Emory, Franklin and Marshall, Georgetown, Grinnell, Gustavus Adolphus, Harvard, Haverford, Holy Cross, Johns Hopkins, Kalamazoo, Kenyon, Macalester, U of Maryland (Baltimore county), U of Michigan, Middlebury, New York U, U of North Carolina, Northwester, Notre Dame, Oberlin, U of Penn, U of Pittsburgh, Princeton, Rhodes, St. Olaf, Scripps, Skidmore, Stanford, Swarthmore, U of Tx Austin, Trinity (TX), Tufts, Vanderbilt, U of Virginia, Wabash, Whitman, Willamette, William and Mary, Williams, U of Wisconsin, Yale.</p>
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<p>Overseas' list is complete.</p>
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<p>and students take only two years of it, and so your exposure won't even come close to a Classics major at a more traditional school. You take French your last two years.</p>
<p>thank you to all who took the time to answer, especially Alexandre and overseas.</p>
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<p>seems to be the trend I see with the schools listed.</p>
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<p>Hampster's Post #12 is correct as St. John's now only requires Ancient Greek & French (and English, of course) since eliminating Latin & German a few years ago.</p>
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<p>Brown University. There are amazing professors here that are world renown.</p>
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<p>Apparently the one here at UChicago is exceptional....</p>
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