College Towns in the U.S.
This Massachusetts town across the Charles River from Boston is home to two of the world's most prestigious institutions - one known for crimson, the other for tech
Cambridge
Will Hunting in the movie "Good Will Hunting" worked as a janitor here
MIT
The nation's first military academy
West Point
Founded in 1209, this prestigious English university counts Stephen Hawking and Charles Darwin among its alumni
The University of Cambridge
He launched the first 24-hour cable news network, CNN
Ted Turner
This New Jersey town shares its name with the Ivy League university founded there in 1746
Princeton
In the movie "Legally Blond," Elle Woods goes to law school here
Harvard
This bill's official name is the Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944
GI Bill
This Scottish university, founded in 1413, is the oldest in Scotland and famously attended by Price William
The University of St. Andrews
He co-founded DreamWorks and is Hollywood's richest man
David Geffen
This Ivy League university calls Hanover, New Hampshire home
Dartmouth College
Mike Wazowski enrolled in this university to become a "Scarer"
Monsters University
With a college degree, you can pursue a commission and start at this rank
O-1 or Second Lieutenant
Located in Switzerland, this tech-focused university has produced over 20 Nobel Laureates, including Albert Einstein
ETH Zurich
She is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Harper Lee
This college town in Indiana is named after a French general and is home to Purdue University
West Lafayette
"National Lampoon's Animal House" was filmed here
University of Oregon
In this program, you start as an enlisted soldier and later commission as an officer
Green to Gold
Located in Beijing, this university is often referred to as the "Harvard of China"
Peking University
He designed New York City's Guggenheim Museum
Frank Lloyd Wright
In this Virginia college town, a U.S. president personally designed an "Academical Village" that remains a centerpiece of the campus he founded in 1819
Charlottesville
This fictional university is featured in the movie "Old School"
Harrison
This U.S. president was a promising halfback at West Point before a career-ending injury
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Founded in 1899 and named after a Russian tsar, this St. Petersburg university is renowned for engineering and is the alma mater of one of the PSR team members
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Considered one of NPR's "Founding Mothers," she broke the story of sexual harassment allegations made against Clarence Thomas
Nina Totenburg