--- title: RateMyProfessors: Hottest College Professors in America description: These are the best looking college based on ratings on RateMyProfessors canonical: https://time.com/3532702/rate-my-professors-hottest-college-professors/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-23T17:05:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:58.865Z og:title: These Are the Hottest College Professors in America og:description: A RateMyProfessors.com ranking og:url: https://time.com/3532702/rate-my-professors-hottest-college-professors/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Are the Hottest College Professors in America twitter:description: A RateMyProfessors.com ranking twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These Are the Hottest College Professors in America  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 23, 2014 5:05 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 23, 2014 5:05 PM UTC RateMyProfessors.com, a website where college students rank faculty — and mostly bash the professors who give them bad grades — has released its 2013-14 list of the hottest college professors. “A professor who receives a chili pepper is considered ‘hot,'” according to the site’s [methodology page](http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/blog/toplist?posturl=%2Fmethodology%2F) for the lists. “Chili peppers are awarded based on the sum of positive and negative (hot or not) ratings.” Here is the [ranking](http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/blog/toplist/hottest-professors-of-2013-2014/): 1. David Daniel: Psychology, James Madison University 2. Paul Evans: Biology, Brigham Young University 3. Ruth Dellinger: Mathematics, Florida State College at Jacksonville 4. Thomas Beard: Economics, Auburn University 5. Barbara Kalvelage: Biology, University of Southern Indiana 6. Daniel Norton: Communication, Seattle Central College 7. Corey Manchester: Mathematics & Statistics, San Diego State University 8. Adrienne Alaie: Biology, Hunter College 9. Marsha Lindsay: Humanities, Lone Star College 10. Dana Cantu: English, South Texas College If your school didn’t make this list, maybe it’s one of the site’s 2013-2014 “[highest-rated universities](http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/blog/toplist/top-universities-of-2013-2014/)” which is based on a school’s “Professor Average rating as well as its Overall School Rating which is an average of its campus ratings” (and schools that have at least 30 rated professors and 30 campus ratings): 1. University of Wisconsin – Madison Madison, WI 2. Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 3. University of Georgia Athens, GA 4. James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 5. Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 6. Texas A&M University at College Station College Station, TX 7. University of Texas Austin, TX 8. Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX 9. Brigham Young University Provo, UT 10. Auburn University Auburn, AL 11. Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 12. University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 13. Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14. Emory University Atlanta, GA 15. University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 16. University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 17. St. Olaf College Northfield, MN 18. University of Dayton Dayton, OH 19. Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 20. Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, MN 21. St. John’s University – College of St. Benedict Collegeville, MN 22. North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 23. Mississippi State University Starkville, MS 24. University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 25. University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 1. University of Wisconsin – Madison Madison, WI 2. Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 3. University of Georgia Athens, GA 4. James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 5. Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 6. Texas A&M University at College Station College Station, TX 7. University of Texas Austin, TX 8. Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX 9. Brigham Young University Provo, UT 10. Auburn University Auburn, AL 11. Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 12. University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 13. Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14. Emory University Atlanta, GA 15. University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 16. University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 17. St. Olaf College Northfield, MN 18. University of Dayton Dayton, OH 19. Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 20. Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, MN 21. St. John’s University – College of St. Benedict Collegeville, MN 22. North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 23. Mississippi State University Starkville, MS 24. University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 25. University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL _Read next:_ [_These Are the Safest Colleges for Having Sex_](http://time.com/3532736/trojan-condoms-safe-sex-colleges/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3532702/rate-my-professors-hottest-college-professors/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3532702/rate-my-professors-hottest-college-professors/"},"headline":"These Are the Hottest College Professors in America","datePublished":"2014-10-23T17:05:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:58.865Z","description":"You should probably wear something nicer than pajamas to these classes","url":"https://time.com/3532702/rate-my-professors-hottest-college-professors/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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