College Rank names The 30 Most Beautiful College Arboretums

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May 23, 2016, 08:37 ET

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- College Rank, a website dedicated to ranking and evaluating college programs, has just announced their list of the 30 Most Beautiful College Arboretums.

The full list can be viewed here: http://www.collegerank.net/most-beautiful-college-arboretums/

To generate this list, the team at College Rank looked at hundreds of college arboretums from around the country. Arboretums harbor lavish collections of plants, flowers for visitors and students to enjoy. Arboretums also foster educational and conservation efforts put forth by the university. In generating this ranking, we scored criteria based on total size or acreage of the arboretum, educational resources and community outreach programming, various collections that the arboretum maintains and a total number of species that the arboretum boasts.

College Rank contributor, Chelsea Wiley had this to say regarding the article. "Arboretums are often overlooked when considering the educational value that colleges and universities provide. These facilities provide unique horticultural experiences for students as well as visitors. Many of these facilities house hundreds of various species of plants and flowers, as well as research opportunities for students. These well-maintained grounds also provide students with the chance to study in an outdoor, living classroom. We are so excited to be able to feature these 30 arboretums from around the country."

The list (in alphabetical order):

Connecticut College Arboretum- Connecticut College

Cowling Arboretum- Charleton College

Crosby Arboretum - Mississippi State University

Davidson College Arboretum- Davidson College

Delaware Valley College Arboretum- Delaware Valley College

Doane College Osterhout Arboretum- Doane College

Donald E Davis Arboretum - Auburn University

F.R Newman Arboretum - Cornell University

Haverford College Arboretum- Haverford College

JC Raulston Arboretum- North Carolina State University

Linnaeus Arboretum - Gustavus Adolphus College

LSU Hilltop Arboretum - Louisiana State University

Lyon Arboretum - the University of Hawaii at Manoa

Missouri State University Arboretum- Missouri State University

Morris Arboretum- The University of Pennsylvania

Palomar College Arboretum- Palomar College

Saint Johns Abbey Arboretum - Saint Johns University

Temple University Arboretum- Temple University

The Arnold Arboretum - Harvard University

The Hamilton College Arboretum- Hamilton College

The Roger Milliken Arboretum- Wofford College

The Scott Arboretum - Swarthmore College

The State Arboretum of Virginia- University of Virginia

The University of Idaho Arboretum - University of Idaho

The University of Maryland Arboretum- University of Maryland

The University of Nevada at Reno Arboretum- University of Nevada

The University of Wisconsin Arboretum - The University of Wisconsin: Madison

The University of California: Davis Arboretum- University of California Davis

The University of Arizona Campus Arboretum- University of Arizona

The University of Kentucky Arboretum- University of Kentucky

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