Besides the list of outstanding colleges in another post, here is a list of noteworthy colleges that will be of interest to many students, but perhaps less competitive to be admitted to than most of the colleges on the list of outstanding colleges for most students. Many students will find an appropriate college choice on this list. Colleges marked with one or more asterisks are selective colleges, by the methodology of the 2009 Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges 28th Edition.

Albion College (Albion, MI)
Alfred University (Alfred, NY)
Alma College (Alma, MI)
Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Auburn University (Auburn, AL)
Austin College (Sherman, TX) *
Babson College (Babson Park, MA) *
Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY) **
Baylor University (Waco, TX) *
Beloit College (Beloit, WI) *
Bennington College (Bennington, VT) *
Birmingham-Southern College (Birmingham, AL)
California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo (CA)
Calvin College (Grand Rapids, MI)
Catholic University of America (Washington, DC)
Centre College (Danville, KY)
Clark University (Worcester, MA)
Clarkson University (Potsdam, NY)
Clemson University (Clemson, SC) *
Coe College (Cedar Rapids, IA)
College of Wooster (Wooster, OH)
College of the Atlantic (Bar Harbor, ME) *
Colorado School of Mines (Golden, CO) *
Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO)
Cornell College (Mount Vernon, IA)
Denison University (Granville, OH) *
Drew University (Madison, NJ)
Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)
Earlham College (Richmond, IN) *
Elon University (Elon, NC) *
Emerson College (Boston, MA) *
Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (New York, NY)
Evergreen State College (Olympia, WA)
Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT) *
Fisk University (TN)
Florida Institute of Technology (Melbourne, FL)
Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) *
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (Needham, MA)
George Mason University (Fairfax, VA)
Gonzaga University (WA) *
Goucher College (Baltimore, MD)
Hampden-Sydney College (Hampden-Sydney, VA)
Hampshire College (Amherst, MA) *
Hendrix College (Conway, AR)
Hiram College (Hiram, OH)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, NY)
Hofstra University (Hempstead, NY)
Hollins University (Roanoke, VA)
Hope College (Holland, MI)
Howard University (Washington, DC)
Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, IL) **
Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
Iowa State University (Ames, IA)
Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA)
Kalamazoo College (Kalamazoo, MI)
Kansas State University (KS)
Kettering University (Flint, MI) *
Knox College (Galesburg, IL)
Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, IL)
Lawrence University (Appleton, WI) **
Lewis and Clark College (Portland, OR)
Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
Loyola College in Maryland (Baltimore, MD) *
Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA)
Marlboro College (Marlboro, VT)
Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI) *
Mercer University (Macon, GA)
Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Michigan Technological University (Houghton, MI)
Mills College (Oakland, CA)
Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA)
Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA) **
New College of Florida (Sarasota, FL) **
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (Socorro, NM)
North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC) *
Northeastern University (Boston, MA) *
Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ)
Ohio University (Athens, OH)
Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH)
Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)
Pitzer College (Claremont, CA) *
Providence College (Providence, RI) *
Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN)
Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI)
Ripon College (Ripon, WI)
Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY)
Rollins College (Winter Park, FL)
Saint Louis University (St. Louis, MO)
Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY) *
Seattle University (Seattle, WA)
Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX)
Southwestern University (Georgetown, TX) *
Spelman College (Atlanta, GA)
St. John’s College (Annapolis, MD) **
St. John’s College (Santa Fe, NM)
St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY)
St. Mary’s College of Maryland (St. Mary’s City, MD)
State University of New York College at Geneseo (NY) **
State University of New York at Albany (NY)
State University of New York at Buffalo (NY)
State University of New York at Stony Brook (NY) *
Stetson University (DeLand, FL)
Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, NJ)
Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, PA)
Sweet Briar College (Sweet Briar, VA)
Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX)
Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX)
Trinity University (San Antonio, TX) **
Truman State University (Kirksville, MO) *
United States Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs, CO) ***
United States Coast Guard Academy (New London, CT) *
United States Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point, NY) *
United States Military Academy (West Point, NY) ***
United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD) ***
University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
University of California: Davis (CA)
University of California: Irvine (CA) *
University of California: Riverside (CA)
University of California: Santa Barbara (CA)
University of California: Santa Cruz (CA)
University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH)
University of Colorado at Boulder (CO)
University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT) *
University of Dallas (TX)
University of Dayton (OH)
University of Delaware (Newark, DE) *
University of Georgia (Athens, GA) *
University of Hawaii at Manoa (Honolulu, HI)
University of Idaho (ID)
University of Illinois at Chicago (IL)
University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
University of Maine (Orono, ME)
University of Mary Washington (Fredericksburg, VA) *
University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA)
University of Missouri: Columbia (MO)
University of Missouri: Rolla (MO) *
University of Nebraska–Lincoln (NE)
University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH)
University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)
University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND)
University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA) *
University of Redlands (Redlands, CA)
University of Rhode Island (Kingston, RI)
University of San Diego (CA) *
University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
University of South Dakota (Vermillion, SD)
University of Tennessee: Knoxville (TN)
University of Tulsa (OK) *
University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)
University of Vermont (Burlington, VT)
University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
University of Wyoming (Laramie, WY)
Ursinus College (Collegeville, PA)
Valparaiso University (Valparaiso, IN)
Virginia Military Institute (Lexington, VA)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA)
Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
Washington and Jefferson College (Washington, PA)
Webb Institute (Glen Cove, NY) ***
Wells College (Aurora, NY)
West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)
Wheaton College (Norton, MA) **
Willamette University (Salem, OR)
Wittenberg University (Springfield, OH)
Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC) *
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, MA)
Xavier University (Cincinatti, OH) *