The Funniest Colleges and Universities in the Country

The Top 10 Funniest Colleges

• 1. New York University (New York, NY): Alumni include Billy Crystal, Aziz Ansari, Sarah Silverman, and the legendary director/producer/actor Mike Nichols (The Graduate, The Birdcage); PLAGUE humor magazine
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• 2. University of California — Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA): Alumni include Carol Burnett, Will Forte, Ben Stiller, actor/director Rob Reiner (The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally; humor mag Seriously guys, who uses Wix?
• 3. University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA): Alumni include John Ritter, Will Ferrell, Judd Apatow, and Lee Unkrich (Academy Award for Toy Story 3); a "Most Fun-Loving" campus; humor mag The Sack of Troy
• 4. Northwestern University (Evanston, IL): Alumni include Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Stephen Colbert, Jane Curtain; humor mag Sherman Ave
• 5. Columbia University (New York, NY): Alumni include Kate McKinnon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Jenji Kohan (Weeds, Orange is the New Black); humor mag Federalist Paper
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• 6. Yale University (New Haven, CT): Alumni include Demetri Martin, David Hyde Pierce, and Henry Winkler (a.k.a. The Fonz...); humor mag Record
• 7. Cornell University (Ithaca, NY): Alumni include Jane Lynch, Bill Maher, Robert Smigel (all those funny SNL cartoons...); humor mags Cornell Lunatic and CU Nooz (online)
• 8. Harvard University (Cambridge, MA): Alumni include Conan O'Brien, John Lithgow, and Greg Daniels (The Office, Parks and Recreation); humor mags Demon, Lampoon, and Nonsense
• 9. Emerson College (Boston, MA): Alumni include Denis Leary, Andrea Martin, and Norman Lear (All in the Family, Sanford and Son; a whole major offered in comedy
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• 10. California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, CA): Alumni include Tim Burton, legendary Looney Tunes animator Chuck Jones, and Andrew Stanton (Academy Awards for Finding Nemo and WALL-E)
• 10. Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA): Alumni include Ted Danson, Jack Klugman, and Albert Brooks; humor mag readme

Other Rather Amusing Schools

• Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)
• Boston University (Boston, MA)
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• CUNY — City College (New York, NY)
• CUNY — Queens College (Queens, NY)
• Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)
• Georgetown University (Washington, DC)
• Juilliard School (New York, NY)
• Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
• Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
• Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
• The University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
• University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
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• University of Michigan — Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI)
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• University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
• University of Wisconsin — Madison (Madison, WI)
• Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)