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U.S. College Towns

Can you name the cities where these American universities are based?
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First submittedJuly 27, 2012
Times taken29,176
Average score58.3%
Rating4.47
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School
City
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Harvard
Cambridge, MA
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Morehouse
Atlanta
Yale
New Haven, CT
Texas
Austin
Wisconsin
Madison
Brown
Providence
Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh
Tulane
New Orleans
Oregon State
Corvallis
Brigham Young
Provo
Colorado
Boulder
Kansas
Lawrence
Georgia
Athens
Northwestern
Evanston, IL
Vanderbilt
Nashville
Duke
Durham
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Notre Dame
South Bend
Georgetown
Washington, DC
USC
Los Angeles
Case Western
Cleveland
Baylor
Waco
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28 Comments
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jul 27, 2012
Updated and expanded!
clarissa
+3
Level 76
Aug 3, 2012
I figured which one you meant, but couldn't USC also be South Carolina?
rgc1600
+7
Level 74
Aug 3, 2012
South Carolina folks sure think so.
wolfcat95
+1
Level 66
Oct 29, 2013
Yes, to take away the ambiguity, it should be written Southern California. It is the only school that is abbreviated in such a manner even though BYU is just as common an abbreviation but not used.
ander217
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Level 73
Jul 7, 2015
My son-in-law graduated from there and that's what he calls it.
Brianix
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Level 34
Jul 7, 2015
I've always heard it called the university of south central, since that is actually where the campus is located.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 3, 2015
Columbia will work now.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Jul 6, 2015
I always thing South Carolina when I see that.
dt1
+3
Level 43
Jul 6, 2015
Don't forget Utica School of Commerce.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USC

ammo55
+4
Level 46
Aug 3, 2012
As someone that lives in the Carolinas, I put Columbia for USC. When it didn't take I got the right answer.
amm14
+7
Level 68
Jun 15, 2015
Ah, those quaint college towns--New York, Los Angeles, Baltimore...
perrucci
+4
Level 59
Jul 6, 2015
Right?! I don't think major US cities qualify as college towns. Neither do places like Waco where there is very little college life.
mikeb
+2
Level 65
Jul 6, 2015
Thanks for guessing Atlanta for Georgia yielding the answer for Morehouse (for which I had no idea). Bet this is why the latter's % is relatively high.
pctjunkie
+4
Level 92
Jul 6, 2015
I was unsure of what city Duke is in so I first tried Raleigh yet got credit for Durham. Why? They are two completely separate cities.
raneman11
+3
Level 68
Jul 6, 2015
Well the local airport is the raleigh-durham airport so it would be understandable for folks to lump the two together.
JBlouw1850
+2
Level 43
Nov 6, 2016
But it didn't work the other way around for me...why?
NicSal14
+1
Level 62
Jul 12, 2015
Please accept Oakland for Carnegie Mellon if you are going to make me do Evanston for Northwestern and Cambridge for Harvard.
dancho
+4
Level 86
Sep 12, 2016
Yeah, I would jettison the large metropolitan cities (LA, Atlanta, etc.) and go for real college towns -- Oxford, Palo Alto, Bloomington, State College, Hanover, Ames. If you're going to include small liberal arts colleges like Spellman, then the list grows: Claremont, Gambier, Galesburg, Northfield, and so on.
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 92
Jul 3, 2018
Bates, Colby and Bowdoin for Sopranos fans (Lewiston, Waterville and Brunswick)
Bdubz
+2
Level 41
Jun 20, 2019
What the hell is Case Western
MrMagoo
+1
Level 84
Nov 1, 2019
Is it just me or are there an overwhelming number of universities quizes that seem to be written by Michigan homers?
FlabberBapper
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Level 77
Feb 16, 2022
Sko Beavs
Amedio
+3
Level 69
Nov 4, 2024
Although Notre Dame University is commonly associated with South Bend, Indiana, it is actually situated in Notre Dame, a census-designated place and unincorporated community just beyond the city limits in St. Joseph County. Both locations should be considered valid responses.
nations12345eat
+1
Level 49
Nov 4, 2024
Greenville for ECU?
nations12345eat
+1
Level 49
Nov 4, 2024
ot Iowa City for Iowa?
ElectricAvenue
+1
Level 41
Nov 4, 2024
I am absolutely astonished that KU is up there but not K-State. I demand an addition.
SparrowHawk
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Level 66
Nov 7, 2024
Penn State should be included because a college town named "State College" is hilarious.
fjiaopj
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Level 44
May 26, 2025
a lot of these are pretty vague, most state schools have multiple locations so it's weird to me to be narrowing down those names to one city.
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