Higher Ed

Located in Silver City, N.M., Western New Mexico University was founded in 1893 and has 3,500 students.

Located in Town of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., in the Hudson River Valley, Marist College has 5,408 students. It was founded in 1905 by the Marist Brothers.

Beloit College, Wisconsin’s oldest college, was founded in 1846 and is a residential, liberal arts college offering 40 majors. The college enrolls 1,250 students from 41 nations and 48 states. Beloit College is 90 miles northwest of Chicago.

Drake is a private, independent university in Des Moines, Iowa, with a student body of approximately 3,400 undergraduate and 1,900 graduate students.

Located in Alamosa, Colo., Adams State University was founded in 1921.