Which are the best cities to go to College in the USA?

While this may be a matter of opinion, for International Students, especially those from India, the following cities (with Colleges in the area listed) would be among the best to pick from:

San Francisco/Bay Area

• Stanford University
• University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
• University of San Francisco
• University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
• Santa Clara University

Los Angeles

• California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
• University of Southern California

San Diego

• University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
• San Diego State University
• University of San Diego

New York

• Columbia University
• New York University (NYU)
• Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
• Yeshiva University
• University of Delaware
• City University of New York
• The New School
• Stevens Institute of Technology
• Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, Newar
• Fordham University

Boston

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Harvard University
• Boston University
• Tufts University
• Boston College
• Northeastern University
• Brandeis University
• University of Massachusetts – Boston

Philadelphia

• University of Pennsylvania
• Drexel University
• Temple University

Pittsburgh

• Carnegie Mellon University
• University of Pittsburgh

Chicago

• University of Chicago
• Northwestern University
• University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC)
• Illinois Institute of Technology
• Loyola University Chicago

Washington DC

• University of Maryland, College Park
• Georgetown University
• George Washington University
• American University

Seattle

• University of Washington, Seattle
• Seattle University
• University of Puget Sound

Hope that helps. Good Luck!