College might be the best time to start a business. You have an extraordinary network of classmates and friends that will probably always be a part of your life along with some free time, great mentors, not too many responsibilities, a low cost of living and you're used to being poor. You can start while you're going to school or wait until you're done. Either way, here are the top 25 Universities in America for entrepreneurship.

Honorable mentions:

University of Virginia, Penn State, University of Wisconsin, Arizona State University, University of Florida, Brown, BYU, Babson College, UC Irvine, John Hopkins, Purdue, Indiana University, Princeton.

#25 Georgetown

The Georgetown Entrepreneurship initiative enables students to see the world as entrepreneurs do, while providing the knowledge and skills they need to act on their insights and add value to society. Under the banner of Startup Hoyas, they provide a growing suite of academic, extracurricular, and off-campus programs, and connect their students to accomplished alumni, industry experts, entrepreneurs and business executives. Their mission is to create a culture of entrepreneurship throughout the Georgetown University community and to ensure that every graduate and undergraduate student has the opportunity to explore and experience what it means to behave like an entrepreneur. At the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative, they inspire students by encouraging entrepreneurial thinking, teach students about entrepreneurship through the experiences of accomplished entrepreneurs, connect students to a community of entrepreneurs and innovators on and off campus, and encourage students to launch new ventures.

For more info about Georgetown entrepreneurship, visit startuphoyas.com

#24 Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech has fantastic on campus support for entrepreneurship. Among the best options are Startup House and Startup Exchange.

Startup House is a living-learning community on the GT campus – open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. Startup House launched this fall with 42 student entrepreneurs. Startup House focuses on the Lean Startup Methodology. That means they will be evaluating business models, building actual startups, and creating minimum viable products.

Startup Exchange is the student-driven hub for entrepreneurship at Georgia Tech. Promoting an open culture of collaboration, Startup Exchange provides students the practical resources students needed to complement the higher education they receive at Tech.

Georgia Tech has created an amazing and thriving environment on campus for entrepreneurs with outstanding programs. Current and future students that choose to attend Georgia Tech are setting themselves up for a very successful path of entrepreneurship.

For more info visit startupexchange.gatech.edu & venturelab.gatech.edu

#23 UC Santa Barbara

Entrepreneurship at UCSB is booming. The University has some top notch programs and their alumni are creating some great startups.

The Entrepreneurs Association at UC Santa Barbara is a business, entrepreneurship, and technology club. The club's goal is to prepare members for the business world by helping them build real world contacts that they can use to help ease their transition from university to the competitive job market. The mission of Entrepreneurs Association is to empower students with the business acumen, skills, and experience that will ensure their success as future business leaders and contributors to society.

The Technology Management Program (TMP) at UC Santa Barbara provides driven, innovative, and entrepreneurial students with a solid foundation in business principles and professional skills vital to their success after graduation. By welcoming students from all majors on campus, TMP adds vitality and diversity to its team-oriented and project-based curriculum. Students work under the guidance of dedicated faculty, practicing professionals, and experienced mentors. They are introduced to state-of-the-art business methods, strategies for successful technology commercialization, new venture creation, and best practices for fostering innovation. TMP also operates a number of activities beyond the classroom, including seminars, networking events, and career fairs in order to encourage personal development, technical innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Now in its 16th year, the UCSB New Venture Competition is an opportunity for any UCSB student to learn how to start a business. Competition events take place throughout the school year. In the Fall Quarter, students brainstorm business ideas, form teams and learn how to formulate and recognize a compelling value proposition. In the Winter Quarter, students can take a course that gives them a learning experience similar to that of a business incubator. The year's activity culminates in two Spring Quarter events. At the New Venture Fair, student teams present their businesses to visitor from the business community in a trade show-style format. A month later, finalist teams present their investor pitches at the New Venture Finals in Corwin Pavilion. All teams in the finals receive cash prizes.

For more info visit tmp.ucsb.edu

#22 Yale

Yale isn't traditionally known for it's startup scene but that's changing. Yale Entrepreneur is a media hub for all things entrepreneurship at Yale. The YE aims to spark interest in entrepreneurship by spotlighting student and alumni ventures. They make it easy to navigate Yale’s vast network of entrepreneurial resources. Their website and once a semester publication provides coverage of on and off campus events, interviews with notable founders, and insights into entrepreneurial developments in the world at large.

The Yale Entrepreneurship Society is a completely undergraduate-student-run and independent non-profit corporation dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship at Yale. They offer educational and networking opportunities to foster new venture creation and economic development. They organize campus and regional events and conferences to encourage entrepreneurship at Yale and in the community. They also provide resources to assist Yale entrepreneurs in their endeavors and maintain a forum for discussion of new business ideas.

The Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI) was formed to help undergraduate and graduate Yale students start scalable new ventures. While starting as a stand-alone 10-week summer program in 2007, YEI has since expanded into a year-round University department acting as a portal for entrepreneurship on campus and offering programs and events year round that serve the entrepreneurial interest of students and the New Haven community.

In April of '14 Yale signaled it's renewed commitment to entrepreneurship by launching the Entrepreneurship Program. The program expands entrepreneurship initiatives through new curriculum development and strengthening connections across Yale’s entrepreneurship community, while also adding an important global dimension through connections with faculty and students in the Global Network for Advanced Management. The Entrepreneurship Program at Yale has three goals. One, expand entrepreneurship curriculum to meet student demand. Two, support and encourage the School of Management student-founded ventures. And three, build a culture of entrepreneurship across Yale University.

For more information, visit yaleentrepreneur.com, yesatyale.org, yei.yale.edu & som.yale.edu

#21 University of Colorado