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Best College Towns

Schools where the town basically IS the school.

Sorted by selectivity. 36 schools tagged with this attribute.

#SchoolLocation Accept SAT mid-50% ACT mid-50% Undergrads Avg Class Size Type
#1 Yale New Haven, Connecticut 3.9% 1480-1560 33-35 6,814 ~13 est. private View
#2 Princeton Princeton, New Jersey 4.6% 1500-1560 34-35 5,813 ~11 est. private View
#3 Amherst Amherst, Massachusetts 6.8% 1490-1560 33-35 1,900 ~15 est. private View
#4 Bowdoin Brunswick, Maine 6.8% 1470-1540 33-35 1,841 ~20 est. private View
#5 Cornell Ithaca, New York 8.8% 1510-1560 33-35 16,128 ~20 est. private View
#6 Davidson Davidson, North Carolina 12.6% 1360-1490 31-34 1,900 ~20 est. private View
#7 Bates Lewiston, Maine 13.3% 1410-1490 31-33 1,900 ~22 est. private View
#8 Wesleyan Middletown, Connecticut 16.1% 1300-1500 31-34 3,805 ~18 est. private View
#9 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 16.4% 1370-1530 31-34 33,000 ~24 est. public View
#10 Carleton Northfield, Minnesota 20.4% 1470-1530 33-35 2,069 ~20 est. private View
#11 Vassar Poughkeepsie, New York 20.9% 1460-1530 32-34 2,400 ~18 est. private View
#12 Smith Northampton, Massachusetts 21.0% 1450-1520 32-35 2,500 ~15 est. private View
#13 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 24.2% 1320-1470 29-33 34,000 ~35 est. public View
#14 Oberlin Oberlin, Ohio 34.2% 1360-1500 30-33 2,900 ~20 est. private View
#15 University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 37.9% 1220-1400 26-34 31,000 ~37 est. public View
#16 UC Davis California 41.8% 32,273 ~46 est. public View
#17 Purdue West Lafayette, Indiana 49.9% 1220-1480 28-34 37,000 ~29 est. public View
#18 Florida State Tallahassee, Florida 24.2% 1290-1400 29-32 34,271 ~40 est. public View
#19 Clemson Clemson, South Carolina 38.3% 1250-1400 28-32 23,401 ~33 est. public View
#20 University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee 41.6% 1210-1370 25-32 31,000 ~40 est. public View
#21 Auburn Auburn, Alabama 45.9% 1260-1380 26-29 28,953 ~40 est. public View
#22 Syracuse New York 45.9% 1270-1440 29-32 15,739 ~31 est. private View
#23 Texas A&M College Station, Texas 51.7% 1160-1390 25-31 60,765 ~42 est. public View
#24 University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut 52.4% 1220-1420 28-33 20,056 ~35 est. public View
#25 Penn State University Park, Pennsylvania 61.0% 1250-1410 27-32 42,619 ~37 est. public View
#26 University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont 65.3% 1300-1420 29-32 11,300 ~33 est. public View
#27 Michigan State East Lansing, Michigan 84.8% 1100-1310 24-30 52,089 ~37 est. public View
#28 LSU Baton Rouge, Louisiana 73.3% 1180-1310 24-30 28,286 ~66 est. public View
#29 Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana 75.9% 1200-1410 27-33 33,000 ~37 est. public View
#30 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado 75.9% 1180-1390 27-33 33,384 ~40 est. public View
#31 University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 76.6% 1175-1410 22-33 33,000 ~40 est. public View
#32 University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 78.5% 1150-1330 23-30 31,000 ~40 est. public View
#33 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 83.6% 1130-1330 21-28 22,738 ~33 est. public View
#34 Iowa State Ames, Iowa 88.7% 1130-1350 21-28 30,380 ~40 est. public View
#35 University of Mississippi Mississippi 96.6% 1000-1200 21-29 21,473 ~42 est. public View
#36 University of Maine Orono, Maine 96.6% 1050-1280 21-30 9,000 ~33 est. public View
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