<p>Pepperdine is probobly tied with Colgate and Middlebury
The ivies of course would follow promptly with their ...ivy covered buildings and their nice old buildings (american old so thats 100-200 years at most).
Someone already mentioned Europe, well atleast england : St. Andrews, Cambridge and Oxford all glorious campuses and also lot's of southern schools (WF, Duke, UNC, Rice you name it)</p>
<p>But it all depends if you like the stereotype college campus with lot's of grass and nice old buildings etc or if you like a campus more for modern architecture or just the feel of the campus makes you love it.
Cheers</p>
<p>My favorite Campus is that of Texas A&M believe it or not.
Just the atmosphere and all the beatiful people saying 'howdy' to complete strangers makes me want to walk there all the time... it even makes the quite average buildings look pretty.</p>
<p>I spent a year at St. Andrews as a grad student. There is NOTHING there to take your breath away. Nice university, quaint town, nice North Sea shoreline. But beauty or interesting architecture?; not bloody likely.</p>
<p>Pinkie90 - If you don't mind drab buildings and parking lots due to its heavy commuter nature (which is changing), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi is a lower-level school (but getting better) with a beautiful island location. It is the only university in the USA (to my knowledge) that is self-contained on its own island. </p>
<p>Not a big fan of the fresco painting on the facade of the church (perhaps on the inside) but even then it just kind of has that "talented graffiti artist goes off" feel to it... you know kind of like you are driving and spot a really, really nice section of graffiti art on a highway overpass - i.e. you can appreciate the effort, but it doesn't necessarily belong there...</p>
<p>I've seen a lot of campuses nationwide. Indiana University tops the list. Gorgeous campus. Notre Dame...not so much. South Bend Indiana is not the best lookin town on earth either... U Wisconsin gorgeous when it's not snowing.
I'll second UNC Chapel Hill also.</p>
<p>"And not so hard to get into?"
Indiana University- looks like a private/Ivy league type of school. Really stunning.
University of Oregon-really nice thanks to all the money Phil Knight (the owner of Nike) has given to the school. Lots of brick buildings. Really has that "college feel". Lots of trees. Extremely clean and well kept up.
University of San Diego- great looking campus, beautiful area
University of Arizona- brick buildings, nice landscaping, the mountains are viewable in the distance, not a lot of greenery. Some parts of the campus are very modern. The student union is incredible.</p>
<p>Elon, Cornell, Colgate, Duke, UNC. Elon is less dramatic than the others but more architecturally (Georgian) consistent and immaculately maintained. Really great trees.</p>
