Places & Travel

College Towns Tier List

America's classic college towns ranked by overall vibe.

Ranked by 106 people. Sign in to add your own ranking.

The crowd's ranking

S: Madison, Wisconsin, Ann Arbor, Michigan

A: Boulder, Colorado, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Athens, Georgia

B: Ithaca, New York, State College, Pennsylvania

C: Berkeley, California, Columbia, Missouri

Discussion

OldBadger86: Ann Arbor is the quintessential one. It's a pocket of not-Michigan that happens to have Michigan in it.

ChunkyNoodle: Ithaca is gorges

big_mango: Madison being the state capital AND a college town on an isthmus. State Street, the Terrace, Camp Randall.

DrunkBurrito33: Berkeley is a city with a college, not a college town

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