Hamilton, New York
Average SAT score: 1375
Colgate has an impressive track record of sending grads to top graduate schools (Columbia, NYU, Harvard, Cornell, and UPenn rank in the top five) as well as top employment positions. Many alumni go into the fields of education, entrepreneurship, sales, and finance. "We consider the success of our alumni, young and old, to be one of our most prominent distinctions," the Colgate website says.