Cool Schools: The Third Annual List

Only on the web! Get the complete college rankings for the third annual Cool Schools list, then listen to Avital Binshtock, Sierra magazine's lifestyle editor, on Sierra Club Radio discussing how and why we ranked the schools.

Rank	School	Efficiency	Energy	Food	Academics	Purchasing	Transportation	Waste	Administration	Bonus	Score	Final Grade
1	University of Colorado, Boulder	9	3	7	8	8	10	10	9	5	69	A+
2	University of Washington, Seattle	8	9	7	8	8	8	8	10	2	68	A+
3	Middlebury College	9	6	7	8	8	8	7	10	5	68	A+
4	University of Vermont	9	7	7	8	8	9	7	8	4	67	A+
5	College of the Atlantic	8	10	7	8	9	5	9	8	3	67	A+
6	Evergreen State College	9	7	7	6	9	7	7.5	10	4	66.5	A+
7	University of California, Santa Cruz	7	5	8	8	9	10	6	8	5	66	A
8	University of California, Berkeley	9	4	9	8	7	9	8	7	5	66	A
9	University of California, Los Angeles	8	3	5	8	9	9	10	9	5	66	A
10	Oberlin College	9	6	7	6	9	6	10	9	3	65	A
11	Harvard University	10	4	7	8	6	8	9	9	4	65	A
12	University of New Hampshire	7	8	6	8	8	8	7	8	5	65	A
13	Arizona State University, Tempe	10	3	7	8	10	6	8	8	4	64	A
14	Yale University	9	3	10	8	8	7	8	9	2	64	A
15	University of Florida, Gainesville	9	3	6	8	8	8	8	9	5	64	A
16	Bates College	7	10	6	7	8	7	7	8	3	63	A
17	Willamette University	9	4	8.5	7	9	8	7	6.5	4	63	A
18	Warren Wilson College	9	4.5	5.5	6	9	8.5	8	7	5	62.5	A-
19	Dickinson College	9	4	7	8	7	6	9	10	2	62	A-
20	New York University	8	5	5	7	8	8	9	9	3	62	A-
21	Georgia Tech	9	4	7	10	8	5	7.5	9	2	61.5	A-
22	Tufts University	9	5	7	8	5	8	7	9	3	61	A-
23	Duke University	10	3	7	8	9	7	7	6	4	61	A-
24	University of California, Davis	8	3	7	8	9	7	9	6	4	61	A-
25	University of Oregon	7	9	5.5	8	6	8	7	8	2	60.5	A-
26	Stanford University	8	4	9	8	5	9	8	6	3	60	A-
27	University of California, Irvine	8	3	6	8	6	10	8	7	4	60	A-
28	Bowdoin College	7	7	7	7	8	6	9	7	1	59	B+
29	Columbia University	6	2	8	10	9	8	5	7	4	59	B+
30	Johns Hopkins University	8	3	6	8	7	9	7	7	3	58	B+
31	Carnegie Mellon University	7	4	5	9	4	7	10	8	4	58	B+
32	Emory University	8	1	6.5	8	7	10	7	5	5	57.5	B+
33	University of California, San Diego	7	4	7	8	7	8	8	7	1	57	B+
34	California State University, Chico	7	3	8	8	8	6	7	8	2	57	B+
35	Green Mountain College	7	7	7	9	7	4	7	7	2	57	B+
36	St. Olaf College	9	4	8	8	7	5	5	7	4	57	B+
37	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	7	4	5	10	6	5	7	10	3	57	B+
38	Unity College	5	10	7	9	7	2	5	7	4	56	B
39	University of California, Santa Barbara	7	3	4.5	9	8	9	7	7	1	55.5	B
40	Oregon State University	7	5	8	8	2	7	7	8	2	54	B
41	Carleton College	7	5	6	4	6	6	6	9	5	54	B
42	Colorado State University	4	4	5	8	7	7	9	6	4	54	B
43	Central Michigan University	8	4	6	6	7	5	6	6	4	52	B
44	SUNY Binghamton	7	2	4.5	8	8	7	7	8	2	53.5	B
45	University of Pennsylvania	5	4	7	7	5	7	4.5	9	5	53.5	B
46	Washington University in St. Louis	8	4	8	8	6	7	5	7	0	53	B
47	Ithaca College	9	2	7	6	7	5	7	8	2	53	B
48	Furman University	9	3	7	8	7	2	9	6	2	53	B
49	Berea College	8	3	5	5	8	6	7	6	5	53	B
50	University of Montana	5	5	6	8	6	8	6	6	2	52	B-
51	University of Idaho	5	4	6	7	6	5	8	8	3	52	B-
52	Williams College	7	5	5	7	5	5	6	9	2	51	B-
53	Haverford College	6	10	5	3	6	5	6	7	3	51	B-
54	Santa Clara University	6	7	5	7	7	4	4	8	2	50	B-
55	SUNY Albany	6	2	5	8	9	8	4	6	2	50	B-
56	Pomona College	7	4	6	7	5	55	6	5	5	50	B-
57	University of Central Florida	7	2	6	9	6	4	5	8	2	49	C+
58	Hamilton College	4	4	8	6	8	5	7	4	3	49	C+
59	College of William and Mary	8	0	6	8	4	6	6	7	3	48	C+
60	Macalester College	7	2	7	5	5	6	6	8	2	48	C+
61	Northland College	4	2	6	6	6	5	7	9	3	48	C+
62	University of Puget Sound	7	9	4	5	7	4	6	6	0	48	C+
63	Vanderbilt University	8	2	4	8	6	6	5.5	5	3	47.5	C+
64	Brown University	6	1	6	8	8	7	6	5	0	47	C+
65	Western Michigan University	8	2	5	7	6	6	5	7	1	47	C+
66	Bard College	6	2	6	6	9	4.5	7	5	1	47	C+
67	University of Maryland	6.5	2	5.5	8	3	5.5	7	5	4	46.5	C+
68	Ball State University	5	1	5	8	8	6	5	6	2	46	C
69	University of Rochester	6	4	6	6	6	4	7	4	3	46	C
70	Harvey Mudd College	6	4	6	5	7	5	5	6	2	46	C
71	Amherst College	6	3	5	5	4	7	6	7.5	2	45.5	C
72	Clemson University	7	1	6	8	3	5	5	7.5	3	45.5	C
73	Stetson University	9	1	4	9	7	3	6.5	5	1	45.5	C
74	Naropa University	5	3	5	4	5	7	8	5	2	44	C
75	Hampshire College	5	2	5	5	7	5	7	6	2	44	C
76	Prescott College	5	0	7	8	7	3	5	7	2	44	C
77	Vassar College	4	2	7	6	6	5	7	4.5	2	43.5	C
78	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	5	0	7	8	6	7	4	6	0	43	C
79	St. Lawrence University	7	3	4	4	6	7	3	8	1	43	C
80	Fairfield University	4	3	6	5	6	6	5	7	1	43	C
81	George Washington University	5	3	4	8	4	8	5	4	2	43	C
82	Drexel University	5	3	5	6	6	6.5	6	3.5	3	43	C
83	Goucher College	7	4	6	4	4	6	4	4	4	43	C
84	University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh	7	2	7	5	6	4	5	6	0	42	C-
85	Colorado College	5	3	8	4	4	3	9	5	1	42	C-
86	LA Community College District	6	3	2	2	7	6	8	6	2	42	C-
87	Miami University	5	1	7	6	9	5	5	2	2	42	C-
88	University of Cincinnati	8	0	5	8	2	6	5	6	2	42	C-
89	George Mason University	7	0	5	8	5	5	5	5	2	42	C-
90	Elon University	7	1	5	5	5	6	7	4	2	42	C-
91	Luther College	5	3	4	5	4	3	6	8	2	42	C-
92	University of Louisville	6	0	3	4	8	8	4	6	2	41	C-
93	University of Connecticut	3	3	7	7	5	5	4	6.5	0	40.5	C-
94	University of Wisconsin, Stout	5	1	2	6	8	2	6	5.5	5	40.5	C-
95	Pacific University	7	1	7	2	7	4	9	2	1	40	C-
96	Rice University	5	2	7	8	2	6	3	5	2	40	C-
97	Pace University	4	2	4	8	7	4	4	5	2	40	C-
98	Pepperdine University	5	3	5	7	2	5	9	2	2	40	C-
99	University of Nebraska, Lincoln	7	5	4	6	5	5	7	1	0	40	C-
100	Bastyr University	5	0	9	1	4	7	8	3	2	39	D+
101	Loyola University Chicago	5	1	5	8	2	8	6	2	2	39	D+
102	Sarah Lawrence College	6	3	6	4	6	3	6	3	2	39	D+
103	Syracuse University	5	1	3	5	3	8	5	8	0	38	D+
104	University of Wyoming	4	2	3	8	8	3	6	4	0	38	D+
105	Lawrence University	7	2	5	5	2	4	7	5	1	38	D+
106	Marlboro College	5	3	7	4	6	4	6	1	1	37	D+
107	University of Richmond	6	1	4	3	7	5	6	4	1	37	D+
108	University of Dayton	6	0	4	4	5	3	7	6	2	37	D+
109	Sewanee University of the South	6	1	5	7.5	1	5	2.5	6	2	36	D
110	Kalamazoo College	5	4	3	1	7	3	5	4	4	36	D
111	Tulane University	6	2	4.5	8	2	4	3	4	2	35.5	D
112	Rochester Institute of Technology	5	3	4	8	0	3	7	5	0	35	D
113	DePaul University	7	0	5	6	5	7	4	0	0	35	D
114	Chatam University	3	1	5	5	4	6	5	5	1	35	D
115	University of Georgia	3	2	5	10	0	5	5	0	4	34	D
116	Hobart and William Smith Colleges	4	3	5	3	2	5	7	5	0	33	D
117	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	3	2	6	8	2	3	3	6	0	33	D
118	Champlain College	7	5	4	0	0	5	5.5	5.5	1	33	D
119	Drew University	4	2	2	2	6	8	4	4	0	32	D-
120	University of Illinois, Chicago	3	2	2	7	2	6	5	5	0	32	D-
121	Washington and Lee University	2	2	7	2	7	3	3	5	1	32	D-
122	Lasell College	7	1	4	5	1	5	2	5	2	32	D-
123	Davidson College	4	1	5	1	3	3	5	7	3	32	D-
124	Centre College	6	1	2	4	6	3	4	5	9	31	D-
125	Baylor University	5	0	4	4	5	3	5	3	0	29	F
126	Muhlenberg College	5	0	2.5	5	5	6	4	1	0	28.5	F
127	Ohlone College	6	5	4	1	5	2	5	0	0	28	F
128	Knox College	4	0	4	4	7	1	4	2	0	26	F
129	Trinity College	0	3	6	3	0	5	5	4	0	26	F
130	Columbus State Community College	4	0	3.5	2	2	1	6	6	0	24.5	F
131	Azusa Pacific University	4	1	4	0	2	6	2	1	3	23	F
132	University of La Verne	4	0	3	2	2	2	4	2	0	19	F
133	Kansas State University	3	1	2	7	0	1	3	1	1	19	F
134	University of Missouri	5	2	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	18	F
135	Texas Tech University	2	0	4	0	0	4	1	0	0	11	F
	Averages	6.30	3.06	5.61	6.25	5.72	5.68	6.11	5.88	2.24	46.86

* To break a tie, we considered a variety of factors, including medians, consistency across categories, and bonus scores.