Stanford places second among Greatist.com's list of the Healthiest Colleges
The contenders range from Lewis & Clark University to Oberlin College to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. They are public and private, small, large and medium sized, urban and suburban. What they have in common is that they have placed on Greatist.com‘s list of the 25 Healthiest Colleges in the United States. The site describes itself as “the trusted health and fitness source for the young, savvy and social.”
For its Healthiest Colleges list, timed to coincide with high school seniors’ admissions decisions, the site says it “went through a rigorous scoring process,” taking nominations from readers through social media and perusing the web for mentions of the schools’ food, workout facilities and health-related programming. Its editors also looked at surveys from College Prowler and Princeton Review to narrow the list from nearly 100 to 25.
“From there, we scored each school individually on a 100-point scale that weighed food, fitness, health services and programming equally. Our scale took into account everything from accessibility (i.e., price, hours, etc.) to innovativeness (turns out rock climbing walls are actually pretty common — who knew!?) and paid special attention to the quality of those services,” the site noted.
Stanford fared very well in the process, coming in at No. 2. UCLA ranked No. 1. Greatist lauded Stanford’s varied dining options, gym facilities that are open late, the health center, athletic groups and the student BeWell program.
