Aug 12, 2014 11:05 AM EDT By Russell Westerholm, UniversityHerald Reporter

Situated nearly smack-dab in the middle of the state of New York, Colgate University is the Princeton Review's "Most Beautiful Campus."

The ranking is part of dozens of lists annually released by the publication, based on surveys of 130,000 students at 379 schools. The "Most Beautiful Campus" list did not favor either coast, but no schools in landlocked states made the ranking (unless you count Indiana, Ohio or Mississippi as being landlocked).

However you look at it, the Review's prettiest campuses all happened to be at least within driving distance of some body of water. The list did not favor the Midwest, save for the more-eastern states of Indiana and Ohio.

1. Colgate

Location: Hamilton, N.Y.

Type: Private - liberal arts

Acceptance Rate: 27 percent, highly selective

Shots of the Campus

2. Pepperdine University

Location: Malibu, Calif.

Type: Private - coeducational

Acceptance Rate: 37 percent, selective

Shots of the Campus

3. Rhodes College

Location: Memphis, Tenn.

Type: Private - liberal arts

Acceptance Rate: 58 percent, selective

Shots of the Campus

4. Sweet Briar College

Location: Sweet Briar, Va.

Type: All women - liberal arts

Acceptance Rate: 84 percent, somewhat selective

Shots of the Campus

5. Scripps College

Location: Claremont, Calif.

Type: All women - liberal arts

Acceptance Rate: 36 percent, highly selective

Shots of the Campus

6. Rollins College

Location: Winter Park, Fla.

Type: Private - liberal arts

Acceptance Rate: 59 percent, selective

Shots of the Campus

7. Southern Methodist University

Location: Dallas, Texas

Type: Private - research

Acceptance Rate: 51 percent, selective

Shots of the Campus

8. University of Mississippi

Location: University, Miss.

Type: Public - coeducational

Acceptance Rate: 59 percent, somewhat selective

Shots of the Campus

9. Princeton University

Location: Princeton, N.J.

Type: Private - Ivy League, research

Acceptance Rate: 8 percent, highly selective

Shots of the Campus

10. Florida Southern College

Location: Lakeland, Fla.

Type: Private

Acceptance Rate: 50 percent, selective

Shots of the Campus

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