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Time away from campus can give you a respite from the rigors of academia and give you a look at what the "real world" is up to while you're in class or at the dorms. Find out what there's to do away from school.
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Top 40 College Towns
Explore the 40 best college towns in the United States. Learn what there's to do, where to eat, and more about the colleges that are housed there.
- The Top 40 College Towns in the US
- College Towns: Burlington, Vermont
- College Towns: Ann Arbor, Michigan
- College Towns: Oxford, Mississippi
- College Towns: Austin, Texas
- College Towns: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- College Towns: Madison, Wisconsin
- College Towns: San Luis Obispo, California
- College Towns: Boulder, Colorado
- College Towns: Charlottesville, Virginia
- College Towns: Grand Forks, North Dakota
- College Towns: Tallahassee, Florida
- College Towns: Gainesville, Florida
- College Towns: Tucson, Arizona
- College Towns: Eugene, Oregon
- College Towns: Lawrence, Kansas
- College Towns: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- College Towns: College Station, Texas
- College Towns: Ithaca, New York
- College Towns: Cambridge, Massachusetts
- College Towns: Amherst, Massachusetts
- College Towns: Lexington, Kentucky
- College Towns: Fayetteville, Arkansas
- College Towns: State College, Pennsylvania
- College Towns: Ames, Iowa
- College Towns: Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
- College Towns: Corvallis, Oregon
- College Towns: Bloomington, Indiana
- College Towns: Logan, Utah
- College Towns: Athens, Georgia
- College Towns: Claremont, California
- College Towns: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- College Towns: Columbia, Missouri
- College Towns: Morgantown, West Virginia
- College Towns: Iowa City, Iowa
- College Towns: Flagstaff, Arizon
- College Towns: West Lafayette, Indiana
- College Towns: Fort Collins, Colorado
- College Towns: Lincoln, Nebraska
- College Towns: Tempe, Arizona
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