<p>My friends little brother wants to do Classical Studies.</p>
<p>Chances are he wont make it into an Ivy... so aside from Ivy's, what are the top? He is a JR in HS and can't find anything on CS colleges.</p>
<p>(Greek and Latin language studies)</p>
<p>Bard College and St. John’s (NM/MD) are known to be very strong in classics. You could search the forum…I think someone may have posted about this before.</p>
<p>Berkeley, UCLA, USC, Irvine, Riverside, San Diego</p>
<p>Reed College is another good one, but still a tough admit. Bryn Mawr’s also good, but he’d need to get into Haverford to study the classics program there. Other posters mentioned Holy Cross, Oberlin, UC Berkeley, U Mich, U Minnesota, Penn State, Ohio State, NYU, and U Arizona as being strong in the classics. </p>
<p>St. John’s is a very very unique program, totally unlike any of the other schools on this list.</p>
<p>Cincinnati
U Washington</p>
<p>Classics at UCLA is very good. Classes are pretty small too.</p>
<p>Holy Cross has a very good program.</p>
<p>What state is he in? Some of the state Us are really very good. </p>
<p>One thing to remember about Classics, is that even though there are some powerhouses (most of which have been mentioned already), there aren’t enough jobs for Classics PhDs at those institutions to employ all of their graduates. Which means that there are top-notch faculty at not-powerhouses all over the country because that is the only place where there was a job open the year the person finished his/her PhD.</p>
<p>The University of Dallas in Irving, Texas is a small, Catholic LAC with a good Classics program: [University</a> of Dallas - Classics](<a href=“404 - Page Not Found - University of Dallas”>404 - Page Not Found - University of Dallas) The Sophomore semester in Rome is a perfect compliment to UD’s Core Curriculum, especially for a Classics major (includes a 10-day trip through Greece). [University</a> of Dallas - Sophomore Rome Program](<a href=“http://www.udallas.edu/rome/sophomoreromeprogram/index.html]University”>http://www.udallas.edu/rome/sophomoreromeprogram/index.html)</p>
<p>UD also has a Summer Institute in Classical Languages program that he might want to check out for next summer: [University</a> of Dallas - Special Programs](<a href=“404 - Page Not Found - University of Dallas”>404 - Page Not Found - University of Dallas) as well as a Latin in Rome experience (same link).</p>
<p>Duke, UNC, Penn, UCLA</p>
<p>Here is a description of an excellent program that incorporates Classics into a liberal arts program within a larger university setting:</p>
<p><a href=“http://dornsife.usc.edu/thematic-option/[/url]”>http://dornsife.usc.edu/thematic-option/</a></p>
<p>With an 18% acceptance rate overall for USC and competitive admission among the 2650 admitted freshman applying to the Thematic Options Honors program for the 200 slots available, chance of admittance would likely be similar to the Ivy’s though.</p>
<p>Haverford/Bryn Mawr have excellent classical studies.</p>
<p>California</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies by the way you guys!</p>
<p>St. John’s is NOT good for Classics in the sense that you are asking (Greek and Latin languages). It is a program where you just read “Classic” books. </p>
<p>Also, last time I checked Holy Cross gave a few full tuition scholarships to Classics majors. Arizona gives large scholarships for NMF and they have a good program too.</p>
<p><a href=“comparing Classics departments - College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums”>comparing Classics departments - College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums;
<p>“St. John’s is NOT good for Classics in the sense that you are asking (Greek and Latin languages). It is a program where you just read “Classic” books.”</p>
<p>I know two prominent classicists who studied there as undergrads, but you are correct that St. John’s does not emphasize the study of ancient languages.</p>
<p>I thought at St. John’s students read the Greek classics in Greek.</p>