Warmest College Campuses

Four-year colleges where winter never really arrives, ranked by the coldest month's average nightly low (NOAA 1991–2020 normals).

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Students

Admission

Winter low

1University of GuamMangilao, Guam2,515—75°F 2University of the Virgin IslandsCharlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands1,51899%74°F 3Universidad del Sagrado CorazonSanturce, Puerto Rico4,44258%72°F 4Inter American University of Puerto Rico-FajardoFajardo, Puerto Rico1,07227%71°F 5Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina CampusCarolina, Puerto Rico4,468—70°F 6University of Puerto Rico-CarolinaCarolina, Puerto Rico2,40455%70°F 7Inter American University of Puerto Rico-BayamonBayamon, Puerto Rico3,47640%69°F 8University of Puerto RicoBayamon, Puerto Rico2,85135%69°F 9Inter American University of Puerto Rico-AguadillaAguadilla, Puerto Rico2,90642%68°F 10University of Puerto Rico-AguadillaAguadilla, Puerto Rico1,88381%68°F 11University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico9,53957%67°F 12University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii15,02987%66°F 13Brigham Young University-HawaiiLaie, Hawaii2,88947%66°F 14Hawaii Pacific UniversityHonolulu, Hawaii2,39286%66°F 15Chaminade University of HonoluluHonolulu, Hawaii1,67291%66°F 16University of Puerto Rico-Rio PiedrasSan Juan, Puerto Rico8,57255%65°F 17Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey CampusSan Juan, Puerto Rico4,540—65°F 18Universidad Politecnica de Puerto RicoHato Rey, Puerto Rico3,594—65°F 19Inter American University of Puerto Rico-MetroSan Juan, Puerto Rico2,60770%65°F 20University of Puerto Rico-HumacaoHumacao, Puerto Rico2,52955%65°F 21University of Hawaii-West OahuKapolei, Hawaii2,51995%65°F 22Atlantic UniversityGuaynabo, Puerto Rico1,451—65°F 23University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida12,91319%64°F 24University of Hawaii at HiloHilo, Hawaii2,16061%64°F 25Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-PoncePonce, Puerto Rico3,87498%62°F 26Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San GermanSan German, Puerto Rico2,56942%62°F 27Inter American University of Puerto Rico-PonceMercedita, Puerto Rico2,40434%62°F 28University of Puerto Rico at PoncePonce, Puerto Rico2,27852%62°F 29University of Puerto Rico at CayeyCayey, Puerto Rico2,06953%62°F 30Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo CampusGurabo, Puerto Rico7,868—61°F 31University of Puerto Rico-AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico2,66959%61°F 32Inter American University of Puerto Rico-AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico2,22038%61°F 33Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida23,75766%60°F 34Lynn UniversityBoca Raton, Florida2,85973%60°F 35Everglades UniversityBoca Raton, Florida2,78981%60°F 36St. Thomas UniversityMiami Gardens, Florida2,21498%59°F 37Barry UniversityMiami, Florida2,21277%59°F 38Florida Memorial UniversityMiami Gardens, Florida1,18385%59°F 39Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida39,50855%58°F 40Nova Southeastern UniversityFort Lauderdale, Florida7,24073%58°F 41Palm Beach Atlantic UniversityWest Palm Beach, Florida2,60382%58°F 42Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFort Myers, Florida13,87463%54°F 43Eckerd CollegeSaint Petersburg, Florida1,88876%54°F 44University of South FloridaTampa, Florida37,20743%53°F 45The University of TampaTampa, Florida10,57240%53°F 46Strayer University-FloridaTampa, Florida1,107—53°F 47University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida59,14640%52°F 48Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, Florida25,777—52°F 49Texas A & M University-Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi, Texas8,03489%52°F 50Florida Institute of TechnologyMelbourne, Florida3,40458%52°F 51Rollins CollegeWinter Park, Florida2,63148%52°F 52Florida Polytechnic UniversityLakeland, Florida1,68958%52°F 53Ringling College of Art and DesignSarasota, Florida1,66270%52°F 54AdventHealth UniversityOrlando, Florida1,361—52°F 55Ave Maria UniversityAve Maria, Florida1,29841%52°F 56University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California33,4759%51°F 57Southeastern UniversityLakeland, Florida4,81353%51°F 58Florida Southern CollegeLakeland, Florida2,65664%51°F 59Ana G. Mendez UniversityOrlando, Florida4,763—50°F 60Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, California3,55363%50°F 61Mount Saint Mary's UniversityLos Angeles, California1,71973%50°F 62The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, Texas28,66694%49°F 63California State University-Dominguez HillsCarson, California12,53893%49°F 64Saint Leo UniversitySaint Leo, Florida6,72178%49°F 65Bethune-Cookman UniversityDaytona Beach, Florida2,73288%49°F 66Otis College of Art and DesignLos Angeles, California1,22382%49°F 67California State University-FullertonFullerton, California38,54691%48°F 68University of California-IrvineIrvine, California30,19729%48°F 69University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California20,44310%48°F 70California State University-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California19,56291%48°F 71Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-WorldwideDaytona Beach, Florida9,13958%48°F 72Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona BeachDaytona Beach, Florida7,86065%48°F 73Chapman UniversityOrange, California7,47865%48°F 74West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange CountyAnaheim, California3,192—48°F 75Point Loma Nazarene UniversitySan Diego, California3,18884%48°F 76Stanbridge UniversityIrvine, California2,64310%48°F 77Flagler CollegeSaint Augustine, Florida2,39181%48°F 78Westcliff UniversityIrvine, California2,36373%48°F 79Vanguard University of Southern CaliforniaCosta Mesa, California1,93362%48°F 80Concordia University-IrvineIrvine, California1,53666%48°F 81California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California35,92446%47°F 82Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California7,09445%47°F 83University of San DiegoSan Diego, California5,67152%47°F 84University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California5,28762%47°F 85Texas A&M University-KingsvilleKingsville, Texas4,74891%47°F 86University of New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana4,63874%47°F 87Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco, California3,587—47°F 88Edward Waters UniversityJacksonville, Florida1,08785%47°F 89Dillard UniversityNew Orleans, Louisiana1,06342%47°F 90Southern University at New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana1,05579%47°F 91University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California34,94827%46°F 92California State University-NorthridgeNorthridge, California32,69193%46°F 93San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California18,63996%46°F 94Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana7,76714%46°F 95Texas A & M International UniversityLaredo, Texas6,66744%46°F 96University of Houston-Clear LakeHouston, Texas6,07891%46°F 97Biola UniversityLa Mirada, California3,47474%46°F 98Loyola University New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana2,81293%46°F 99Xavier University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana2,62869%46°F 100Westmont CollegeSanta Barbara, California1,30277%46°F

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Students

Admission

Winter low

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Winter low — computed from the US Department of Education College Scorecard and NOAA climate normals / Natural Earth coastline data. Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates unless noted.