Sunshine is a college student’s best friend. Plenty of studies have highlighted the benefits of abundant sunshine on our mental and physical health. Students from The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH might enjoy some of the best football in the country, but find themselves in one of the cloudiest cities in the country with less than 50% of their days each year spent in the sunshine. Makes you wonder if OSU students might consider trading one of their quarterbacks for some sunshine with one of the schools found on this list of sunniest campuses in the country.
1. University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV)
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Sunshine 85% of the days
2. Arizona State University (Phoenix/Tempe, AZ)
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Sunshine 85% of the days
3. University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
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Sunshine 85% of the days
4. University of Texas at El Paso (El Paso, TX)
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Sunshine 84% of the days
5. Fresno State (Fresno, CA)
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Sunshine 79% of the days
6. University of Nevada, Reno (Reno, NV)
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Sunshine 79% of the days
7. California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento, CA)
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Sunshine 78% of the days
8. University of New Mexico – (Albuquerque, NM)
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Sunshine 76% of the days
9. Colorado State University - Pueblo (Pueblo, CO)
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Sunshine 76% of the days
10. UCLA (Las Angeles, Ca)
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Sunshine 73% of the days
NOTE: This list is based off of a ranking of the top 10 sunniest cities, located at http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/ccd-data/pctposrank.txt. This list compiled universities that are located in or near cities with populations of 100,000+ and considers universities that have a relatively substantial number of students.
