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Three Colleges In The Carolinas Among Happiest In U.S.

Author Phil Harris
Clemson Tigers fans raise four fingers prior to the start of the fourth quarter of the Tigers' football game against the Furman Paladins at Clemson Memorial Stadium on September 1, 2018 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Mike Comer/Getty Images)

If you have kids at college like I do, you want to know they’re doing well and thriving there. Sure, you’d like for them to get good grades and find a career path while they’re in school, but it’s also important to know that your child is actually happy at college.

Resume building site Resume.io used Instagram and an AI tool to discover the happiest colleges and universities in different countries around the world, including the United States. More specifically, they used facial recognition to detect smiles in selfies that were geotagged at various colleges. Then they ranked the schools according to the highest proportion of happy-looking faces.

Okay, maybe it’s not the most scientific method for determining happiness, but it’s something. As it turns out, students at TCU in Fort Worth, Texas seem to be smiling the most on campus. However, three schools in the Carolinas are also among America’s top 20 happiest colleges. Elon, Clemson, and UNC all made the list.

Happiest Colleges in the U.S. (Resume.io)

  1. Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX): 76.47%
  2. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY): 62.87%
  3. University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA): 62.67%
  4. Baylor University (Waco, TX): 62.02%
  5. Elon University (Elon, NC): 61.91%
  6. Clemson University (Clemson, SC): 61.71%
  7. University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA): 61.36%
  8. Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA): 59.91%
  9. Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO): 59.52%
  10. University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX): 59.48%
  11. Univsersity of Georgia (Athens, GA): 59.04%
  12. Tulane University (New Orleans, LA): 58.66%
  13. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN): 57.89%
  14. Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA): 57.63%
  15. University of Wisconson-Madison (Madison, WI): 57.61%
  16. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC): 56.93%
  17. William & Mary (Williamsburg, VA): 56.90%
  18. Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX): 55.98%
  19. Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN): 55.89%
  20. American University (Washington, D.C.): 55.56%

Phil Harris is 50% of "Phil & Mel in the Afternoon" on K104.7. He has been with the station since 2013 and on the air in Charlotte since 2000. Before coming to the Queen City, Phil worked for radio stations in Pittsburgh, Austin, and Seattle. In addition to the weekly "Throwback Threesome" music video feature, Phil writes about things that matter to Charlotte sports fans and pet owners. He happens to be both.

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