<p>Ok.... for the next 4 years of my life i really want to be close to the ocean....</p>
<p>So basically what are some of the best colleges that are right on the ocean..... id say within 5 miles </p>
<p>Thanks so Much</p>
<p>Pepperdine is on a cliff overlooking the ocean in Malibu. UCSD is on a cliff in La Jolla perched over the ocean. parts of UCSD, such as Scripps Institute of Oceanography, are actually on the ocean, with their own beach. UCSB in litterely on the ocean with its own beach, which has amazing views. Malibu and La Jolla are two of the most expensive cities in the country to live in though, but also two of the most beautiful. UCI also borders the city of Newport Beach, and is about 5-10 minutes max from the beach. Newport, much like Malibu and La Jolla, is also a very expensive place to live. UC Santa Cruz is also on a perch overlooking the beach in Northern California. Point Loma Nazarene University, in San Diego, also is directly on the beach,with amazing views and paths directly down to the beach. This list of schools hopefully has a broad range of schools in terms of difficulty of admission. Point Loma Nazarene University of not too difficult to gain admissions to on one end of the list with GPA averages likely in the low 3.0's and lower SAT's, while UCSD is quite difficult to get admitted to, with GPA averages for admits over 4.0 and SAT's over 1300 (old sat). Best of luck!</p>
<p>USD- you can see the ocean from USD's campus and it's only a 5 minute drive to the beach. Also, a ton of USD upperclassmen live around Mission Beach.</p>
<p>San Diego State- about 5 miles or so from the beach.</p>
<p>The University of Hawaii.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>UCI also borders the city of Newport Beach, and is about 5-10 minutes max from the beach.<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>Yeah, if you have a car and it's 3:00 AM or some other weird time when the traffic is not bad. Most of the rest of the time it will take you longer than that.</p>
<p>Previous threads on this topic:</p>
<p>University of Miami and LMU</p>
<p>Thanks everyone!</p>
<p>UCSB is pretty close to the ocean. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>ya.... but i dont think I am going to do any UC schools..... long story</p>
<p>University of Kansas</p>
<p>And on the cheaper school list, CSU Long Beach, CalState San Diego, Humboldt State (or did you want warm/warmish ocean?), and there must be a zillion on the other coast that I don't know about.</p>
<p>There are LOTS of colleges in the Pacific Northwest on the water, but if you are thinking of sandy beaches and golden sunshine they probably aren't what you want.</p>
<p>"Yeah, if you have a car and it's 3:00 AM or some other weird time when the traffic is not bad. Most of the rest of the time it will take you longer than that."</p>
<p>Take it from someone who grew up in southern orange county and whose dad is a professor at UCI. If you go out the back side of UCI by the 73 told road, even in traffic it wont take anymore than 10 minutes to get to fashion island and the beach. And that would be with significant traffic, possibly rush hour traffic. Also the traffic you are referring to would only take place around 3-7 or 8 o clock. The rest of the day it is not like that. I should know i drive it all the time.</p>
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<p>In fact, it's faster now than when I was an undergrad at UCI. Technically, you can get from UCI to Newport Beach to Irvine in less than a minute -- the back of the UCI property abuts the Newport Beach/Irvine city limits. The campus faces towards Irvine, but the back 40 is adjacent to Newport. (Irvine has about 1,500 acres of land. I believe it is the second largest UC after Davis, in land area. This alone may help foster UCI's continued growth, since neither Berkeley or LA have any room to expand.)</p>
<p>Also Cal. State Monterey Bay.</p>
<p>In addition to the obvious ones already mentioned, Humboldt State (CA), University of Miami, Eckerd College (FL), Point Loma Nazarene (CA), the college of the Atlantic (Maine), St. Mary's College of Maryland, Old Dominian U (VA), UNC Wilmington, University of Tampa, the University of Hawaii, Hawaii Pacific U, the University of San Francisco, the College of Charleston -- all are close to or on the ocean. If you are going to think a little more broadly, you might also look at the University of Chicago, Northwestern, Lake Forest college, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Washington, Seattle University -- all are on or close to large bodies of water.</p>
<p>My friend goes to Eckerd College in Florida, and they have their own beach(so lucky). If you don't mind not being right on the beach Bowdoin College in Maine is near some really beautiful coastline so they can do ocean kayaking and things like that, only if you don't care about the cold though. I think Yale is technically on the ocean but I don't think we count.</p>
<p>If your'e thinking Florida...</p>
<p>FAU (Florida Atlantic University) in Boca Raton, Florida is five minutes from the beach.</p>
<p>Plus it's MUCH MUCH cheaper than the University of Miami!</p>
<p>UC santa cruz has a huge beach culture, as does cal state long beach.</p>
<p>also, depending on your definition of "beach", san francisco state.</p>