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The most confusing college names in these United States [SLIDESHOW]

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There are lots of colleges and universities in the United States with arguably confusing names. Northwestern University isn’t exactly in the Northwest, for example, and that illustrious school in the numerically challenged Big 10 athletic conference could certainly have made this slideshow.

There’s Santa Fe College in Florida, of course, and Oakland University in Michigan. There’s also Transylvania University in Central Kentucky, Pittsburg State University in Kansas and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri — worthy contenders, one and all.

Nevertheless, the several schools on this list are truly the ones that will leave you scratching your head in terms of their names.

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