It is interesting to compare the perceptions of college and university leaders of the "best" colleges, as indicated on the peer-assessment component of the 2009 US News & World Report rankings with student perceptions of what schools they like the most...If you look at overall student satisfaction independent of school size, Carnegie classification, etc., the top schools are a distinctly different list than what the college administrators believe. The list of the top 10 is below:

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8. Carleton College

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