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Best College Towns

Schools where the town basically IS the school.

Sorted by selectivity. 35 schools tagged with this attribute.

#SchoolLocation Accept SAT mid-50% ACT mid-50% Undergrads Avg Class Size Type
#1 Yale New Haven, Connecticut 3.7% 1500-1570 33-35 6,500 ~13 est. private View
#2 Princeton Princeton, New Jersey 4.7% 1510-1570 34-35 5,500 ~11 est. private View
#3 Bowdoin Brunswick, Maine 7.5% 1440-1530 32-34 1,900 ~20 est. private View
#4 Amherst Amherst, Massachusetts 9.0% 1450-1560 33-35 1,900 ~15 est. private View
#5 Cornell Ithaca, New York 7.3% 1470-1550 33-35 15,700 ~20 est. private View
#6 Wesleyan Middletown, Connecticut 14.0% 1410-1530 32-34 3,100 ~18 est. private View
#7 Bates Lewiston, Maine 14.0% 1370-1490 31-33 1,900 ~22 est. private View
#8 Davidson Davidson, North Carolina 15.0% 1380-1500 31-34 1,900 ~20 est. private View
#9 Carleton Northfield, Minnesota 17.0% 1410-1540 32-34 2,000 ~20 est. private View
#10 Vassar Poughkeepsie, New York 17.0% 1410-1530 32-34 2,400 ~18 est. private View
#11 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 17.7% 1370-1530 31-34 33,000 ~24 est. public View
#12 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 23.0% 1340-1460 30-33 35,000 ~35 est. public View
#13 Smith Northampton, Massachusetts 23.0% 1380-1500 31-33 2,500 ~15 est. private View
#14 Oberlin Oberlin, Ohio 30.0% 1340-1490 30-33 2,900 ~20 est. private View
#15 UC Davis California 37.0% — — 31,000 ~46 est. public View
#16 University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 43.0% 1240-1420 28-32 31,000 ~37 est. public View
#17 Purdue West Lafayette, Indiana 50.0% 1190-1430 25-33 37,000 ~29 est. public View
#18 Florida State Tallahassee, Florida 37.0% 1230-1370 26-30 33,000 ~40 est. public View
#19 Syracuse New York 42.0% 1240-1430 27-32 15,000 ~31 est. private View
#20 Clemson Clemson, South Carolina 43.0% 1240-1410 27-32 21,000 ~33 est. public View
#21 University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee 45.0% 1170-1370 25-32 31,000 ~40 est. public View
#22 Auburn Auburn, Alabama 46.0% 1170-1340 25-31 24,000 ~40 est. public View
#23 Penn State University Park, Pennsylvania 54.0% 1240-1410 27-32 40,000 ~37 est. public View
#24 University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut 54.0% 1230-1410 27-32 23,000 ~35 est. public View
#25 Texas A&M College Station, Texas 64.0% 1180-1390 25-31 58,000 ~42 est. public View
#26 University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont 64.0% 1230-1390 27-32 11,000 ~33 est. public View
#27 Michigan State East Lansing, Michigan 83.0% 1110-1310 23-29 39,000 ~37 est. public View
#28 Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana 77.0% 1190-1380 25-31 33,000 ~37 est. public View
#29 LSU Baton Rouge, Louisiana 77.0% 1080-1280 22-28 29,000 ~66 est. public View
#30 University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 80.0% 1090-1340 23-31 33,000 ~40 est. public View
#31 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado 81.0% 1180-1370 25-31 31,000 ~40 est. public View
#32 University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 81.0% 1130-1310 23-29 24,000 ~40 est. public View
#33 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 87.0% 1130-1340 22-29 24,000 ~33 est. public View
#34 Iowa State Ames, Iowa 88.0% 1100-1310 21-29 29,000 ~40 est. public View
#35 University of Maine Orono, Maine 94.0% 1050-1240 21-27 9,000 ~33 est. public View
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