There are very hot specialized schools with new ways of learning about different subjects.
Engineering -- Olin College (http://www.olin.edu) 300 students, 4 years, full scholarships
Acting -- Juilliard (http://www.juilliard.edu) 1,000 students
Game Development -- DigiPen (http://www.digipen.edu)
There are also specialized two-year colleges for game developers, and colleges for fine musicians. With all the complaints every computer science major gives about their college, why not have a prestigious, hard-core hacker school?
