Here are a couple highlighted colleges in the South to consider:

Elon University

Elon University is located in Elon, North Carolina.  Elon has a 580 acre campus with easy access to Raleigh, NC.  The cost of attending Elon is $31,846 (tuition, room and board, fees).  Elon is moderately difficult to gain entrance with 41% of applicants being accepted last year.

There are 4,939 undergraduate students at Elon with 59% being women.  On-campus housing is required through the sophomore year.  Elon is a member of the NCAA with all sports being division I except football, which is division II.

Furman University

Furman University is located in Greenville, South Carolina.  The campus is a suburban setting with 750 acres.  The cost of attending Furman is $43,554 (tuition, room and board, fees).  Furman is moderately difficult to gain entrance with 56% of applicants being accepted last year.

There are 2,774 undergraduate students at Furman with 56% being women.  On-campus housing is required through senior year.  Furman is a member of the NCAA with all sports being division I except football, which is division II.

Berry College

Berry College is located in Mount Berry, Georgia, which is just outside of Atlanta.  Berry has the largest campus in America with a 28,000 acre campus.  The cost of attending Berry is $30,348 (tuition, room and board, fees).  Berry is difficult to gain entrance in with 70% of applicants being accepted last year.

There are 1,737 undergraduate students at Berry with 66% being women.  On-campus housing is required through sophomore year.  Berry is a member of the NAIA and offers basketball, baseball, cross-country running, golf, soccer, tennis and track and field as scholarship sports.