--- description: These are the best looking college professors based on ratings on RateMyProfessors title: RateMyProfessors: Hottest College Professors in America image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These Are the Hottest College Professors in America (2 Oct 2015)  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 2, 2015 5:59 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 2, 2015 5:59 PM CUT RateMyProfessors.com, a website where college students review — and mostly bash — the professors who give them bad grades, recently released its [annual list](http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/blog/toplist/hottest-professors-of-2014-2015/ "undefined") of the “Top 10 Hottest Professors.” As the site explained the [methodology](http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/blog/toplist/methodology "undefined") for the 2014-15 ranking, professors with a chili pepper next to their names are “considered ‘hot.'” Spots on the list are awarded based on “the sum of positive and negative (hot or not) ratings.” Here is the [2014-2015](http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/blog/toplist/hottest-professors-of-2014-2015/ "undefined") list: 1. Paul Evans, Biology, Brigham Young University 2. Ruth Dellinger, Mathematics, Florida State College at Jacksonville 3. Thomas Beard, Economics, Auburn University 4. Daniel Norton, Communication, Seattle Central College 5. Barbara Kalvelage, Biology, University of Southern Indiana 6. Nancy Adelson, Real Estate, North Seattle 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 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4057815/rate-my-professors-2015-hottest-college/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4057815/rate-my-professors-2015-hottest-college/"},"headline":"These Are the Hottest College Professors in America (2 Oct 2015)","datePublished":"2015-10-02T17:59:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:29.367Z","description":"According to data from RateMyProfessors.com","url":"https://time.com/4057815/rate-my-professors-2015-hottest-college/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4057815/rate-my-professors-2015-hottest-college/","name":"These Are the Hottest College Professors in America (2 Oct 2015)"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4057815/rate-my-professors-2015-hottest-college/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4057815/rate-my-professors-2015-hottest-college/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```