Town Life
Great College Towns
Based on students' assessment of the surrounding city or town
1.Columbia University
2.The George Washington University |Washington, DC
3.Barnard College |New York, NY
4.Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts
5.University of San Francisco|San Francisco, CA
6.The University of Texas at Austin
7.American University |Washington, DC
8.Georgetown University |Washington, DC
9.Northeastern University |Boston, MA
10.Emerson College |Boston, MA
11.DePaul University |Chicago, IL
12.New York University |New York, NY
13.University of Colorado--Boulder
14.Boston College |Chestnut Hill, MA
15.Suffolk University |Boston, MA
16.Stevens Institute of Technology |Hoboken, NJ
17.Boston University |Boston, MA
18.University of San Diego |San Diego, CA
19.University of Wisconsin-Madison
20.The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
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Based on students' assessment of the surrounding city or town.
1.Union College (NY)
2.Tuskegee University |Tuskegee, AL
3.United States Military Academy |West Point, NY
4.Albion College |Albion, MI
5.New Jersey Institute of Technology |Newark, NJ
6.Wheaton College (MA)
7.Hofstra University |Hempstead, NY
8.United States Coast Guard Academy |New London, CT
9.Beloit College |Beloit, WI
10.Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |Terre Haute, IN
11.Stanford University |Stanford, CA
12.University of the Pacific |Stockton, CA
13.Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |Troy, NY
14.Vassar College |Poughkeepsie, NY
15.DePauw University |Greencastle, IN
16.University of Notre Dame |Notre Dame, IN
17.Duke University |Durham, NC
18.College of the Holy Cross |Worcester, MA
19.New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
20.Clark University |Worcester, MA
Town-Gown Relations are Great
Do students get along well with members of the local community?
1.Clemson University |Clemson, SC
2.Saint Michael's College |Colchester, VT
3.Davidson College |Davidson, NC
4.Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering |Needham, MA
5.Wheaton College (IL)
6.Stonehill College |Easton, MA
7.College of the Ozarks |Point Lookout, MO
8.St. Olaf College |Northfield, MN
9.Agnes Scott College |Decatur, GA
10.Samford University |Birmingham, AL
11.Loyola University New Orleans |New Orleans, LA
12.William Jewell College |Liberty, MO
13.University of Louisiana at Lafayette |Lafayette, LA
14.Catawba College |Salisbury, NC
15.Seattle University |Seattle, WA
16.Kansas State University |Manhattan, KS
17.The University of Tulsa
18.Montana Tech of the Univ. of Montana
19.Westminster College (PA)
20.The University of Texas at Austin
Town-Gown Relations are Strained
Do students get along well with members of the local community?
1.Trinity College (CT)
2.Union College (NY)
3.Lehigh University |Bethlehem, PA
4.Sarah Lawrence College |Bronxville, NY
5.Illinois Institute of Technology |Chicago, IL
6.University of New Hampshire |Durham, NH
7.Duke University |Durham, NC
8.Colorado College |Colorado Springs, CO
9.DePauw University |Greencastle, IN
10.Howard University |Washington, DC
11.College of the Holy Cross |Worcester, MA
12.Vassar College |Poughkeepsie, NY
13.United States Merchant Marine Academy |Kings Point, NY
14.Providence College |Providence, RI
15.Bates College |Lewiston, ME
16.Northwestern University |Evanston, IL
17.New Jersey Institute of Technology |Newark, NJ
18.The College of Wooster |Wooster, OH
19.Fairfield University |Fairfield, CT
20.Franklin & Marshall College|Lancaster, PA