Columbia

Columbia University in Manhattan's Upper West Side is a sanctuary from all the hustle and bustle of NYC. It is a true college campus with lots of history, beautiful architecture and wide open spaces. Columbia is an Ivy League school and, lke all Ivies, extremely selective. Students with straight A's and great SAT scores have about a 1 in 10 chance of getting accepted here. For those students, my advice would be, APPLY!
Nearly all of the 5500 undergraduates live on campus, stay all 4 years and graduate on time. About 20% are international students. 4100 are majors under the Columbia College school (mainly liberal arts) and the other 1400 are in the Engineering and Applied Science school.
At $52,000, it is quite expensive BUT financial aid is abundent. Students from families making less than $60,000 per year basically attend for free. Columbia has also done away with the need for loans for all students. This means that if you qualify for financial aid, regardless of your income, you'll recieve grants and work study, essentially eliminating debt for it's grads!
Our current president and governor are Columbia grads along with several other former presidents.