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America’s Best (and Worst) Colleges for Getting a “Higher” Education

America’s Best (and Worst) Colleges for Getting a “Higher” Education

Gone are the days when college students only selected their schools based on campus size, graduation rate, and accreditation. Though still important benchmarks, today’s students contemplating a higher education have a slightly more nuanced set of criteria. While some students prefer universities that focus on careers in political science, economics, or chemical engineering – others would simply like to be surrounded by a like-minded student body.

Rolled out in advance of the 2018 school year, a report from the Princeton Review has just unveiled their list of the 20 best colleges for students that enjoy relaxing – when not studying – with marijuana.

Ranked from 1 through 20, the Princeton Review surveyed 137,000 students at 382 colleges, asking them, “How widely is marijuana used at your school?”

20 Best Wake-N-Bake Colleges

America’s Best (and Worst) Colleges for Getting a “Higher” EducationBased on the answers extracted from the survey, the following colleges made the “Reefer Madness” grade and have been named the 20 most marijuana-friendly colleges in America:

#1 University of Vermont

#2 Ithaca College

#3 Bard College

#4 Eckerd College

#5 University of Colorado – Boulder

#6 University of Maine

#7 University of Rhode Island

#8 University of California – Santa Cruz

#9 Skidmore College

#10 University of Wisconsin – Madison

#11 Wesleyan University

#12 University of California – Santa Barbara

#13 Reed College

#14 Pitzer College

#15 Warren Wilson College

#16 Champlain College

#17 Goucher College

#18 St. Lawrence University

#19 Colorado College

#20 Bennington College

Highest Priority

America’s Best (and Worst) Colleges for Getting a “Higher” EducationDissected by different criteria, a post in The Street indicates students attending the following colleges spent the most cash at their local marijuana dispensary between 2016 and 2017.

#1 University of Colorado – Boulder

#2 University of Oregon

#3 University of Southern California

#4 University of California Los Angeles

#5 Evergreen State College

#6 South Puget Sound College

#7 University of Nevada at Reno

20 Colleges Stoners Should Avoid

America’s Best (and Worst) Colleges for Getting a “Higher” EducationLess receptive to overt cannabis consumption, students who like to “get high” and are heading off to college next year should consider avoiding the following schools:

#1 United States Coast Guard Academy

#2 United States Naval Academy

#3 United States Military Academy

#4 Brigham Young University

#5 United States Air Force Academy

#6 College of the Ozarks

#7 Thomas Aquinas College

#8 Wheaton College

#9 City University of New York – Baruch College

#10 Calvin College

#11 Grove City College

#12 Hillsdale College

#13 Gordon College

#14 Baylor University

#15 Illinois Institute of Technology

#16 Stephens College

#17 University of Dallas

#18 Simmons College

#19 Anges Scott College

#20 City University of New York – Queens College

Carpe diem future cannabis entrepreneurs, the end of prohibition is near. Projected to cultivate a $7-billion industry in California once fully operational, students seeking a higher education should understand the economic ramifications of this historic moment in time, and seize it.

Hardly your average American “University,” Oakland’s Oaksterdam U. provides a lofty alternative for those budding entrepreneurs that would like to head straight into the industry they love.

credit:marijuana.com