U.S. College Towns #2

For each American city, name its most prominent university.

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City	University
Ann Arbor	Michigan
Provo	Brigham Young
South Bend	Notre Dame
Evanston	Northwestern
Durham	Duke
Annapolis	Navy
State College	Penn State
Baltimore	Johns Hopkins

City	University
Charlottesville	Virginia
Gainesville	Florida
Boulder	Colorado
New Haven	Yale
West Lafayette	Purdue
Lawrence	Kansas
College Park	Maryland
Missoula	Montana

City	University
Hanover	Dartmouth
Ithaca	Cornell
Eugene	Oregon
Waco	Baylor
New Orleans	Tulane
College Station	Texas A&M
Chapel Hill	North Carolina
Providence	Brown

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Level 92

Mar 17, 2014

Some might argue that the most prominent college in Providence is Providence University. Certainly it's more prominent when it comes to athletics, though academically, it would be hard to argue that it holds a candle to the one you've got there.

Level 57

Mar 20, 2014

I agree with tschutzer. There are plenty of other possibilities that don't have such a debatable answer.

Level ∞

Mar 21, 2014

Oh, you mean Providence College? I looked it up because I've never heard of it. The fact that @tschutzer didn't get the name right is interesting. But not to disparage Providence College. I'm sure it's a nice place. Just not exactly Ivy League. And, if we're going by athletics, they don't even have a football team.

Level 92

Apr 7, 2014

Yes, the Providence Friars, the Big East member basketball program is what I was referring to by "athletics" - not having a football team isn't really relevant. And when referring to the school, it's generally just called "Providence" (which is why I mistakenly referred to it as a university - my bad). Just to be clear, I don't think for an instant that Providence is anything close to as prestigious an academic institution as Brown - I just think that the distinction of "most prominent" would depend highly on whether you're talking to an academic or a college basketball fan.

Level 54

Aug 12, 2015

I'm not a basketball fan, nor do I live on the East coast. Brown will always pop up first in my mind.

Level 55

Jul 3, 2016

When I came to this question i thought of providence university not brown

Level ∞

Mar 15, 2020

You mean Providence College?

Level 73

Mar 29, 2014

Providence is a (very nice) small Catholic undergraduate college that has nowhere near the academic or social prestige of Brown. (And no, being in the NCAA tournament doesn't count.) I'd say the only college that has a gripe with being an alternate answer is Ithaca, only because the city of Ithaca is geographically flanked by both college campuses. (Though, again, Ithaca College is admittedly smaller).

The only city I thought was weird was Baltimore, not because Johns Hopkins isn't the most prestigious school, but because none of the others were built in major urban areas (Providence was still a small city when Brown was founded) and thus have more of a sense of being from a "college town."

Level 67

Apr 7, 2014

I agree. Johns Hopkins is certainly the best school there, but that's the only answer for which more than one option sprang to mind for me. Loyola and UMBC came to me first.

Level 81

Apr 7, 2014

Johns Hopkins came to mind immediately. UMBC I don't think should count as it's a satellite campus.

Level 75

Jul 4, 2014

don't forget the "College of Notre Dame of Maryland" - which has the unfortunate initials of ... wait for it ... CONDOM. :)

Level 37

Jul 31, 2014

Yeah, Baltimore is not a college town.

Level 55

Jun 11, 2015

Kalabahamut -- UMBC is not a satellite campus. It is a full school in its own right, on the other hand it is not in Baltimore City, but in Baltimore County. Maryland has grad programs in Baltimore (med school, law school, dental school) that are a satellite campus of University of Maryland.

Level 52

Aug 9, 2018

Yes, New Orleans isn't a major urban area at all...

Level 81

Apr 24, 2019

dkuva - okay if you say so, I guess I was mistaken.

Level 76

Jun 18, 2024

Baltimore, where Aaron earned an iron urn.

Level 69

Jul 10, 2016

Providence College is a powerhouse hockey school! But for prestige, Rhode Island School of Design (aka RISD) certainly rivals Brown – it's just smaller and more specialized.

Level 69

Jun 25, 2019

Yeah, my first guess was RISD, but I got Brown no problem - don't think this one needs to be changed

Level 75

Aug 10, 2018

During my time there, Brown went to the NCAA Final Four in both hockey and soccer. Plus how many Rose Bowls has PC been to?

Level 81

Apr 7, 2014

Why do you accept "UNC" but not "UVA," "UMD," etc. I used to live in Virginia and had lots of friends who went to UVA.... EVERYBODY calls the school UVA. Nobody says Virginia or University of Virginia.

Level 73

Apr 7, 2014

I read this comment, then couldn't believe who wrote it. You of all people should know this quiz is for everyone, not just those who live in Virginia. I can understand how much more difficult it must be to type "Virginia" rather than UVA.

Level 81

Apr 8, 2014

Then accept both answers. At least if you're going to accept UNC for "North Carolina."

Level 78

Apr 9, 2014

UVA is the accepted name around here in Virginia. It is almost always called UVA, rarely called Virginia. And the other poster is right -- if UNC is accepted UVA should be as well.

Level 37

Jul 31, 2014

Agreed, you would only say Virginia if you were referring to their athletics on a national scale. Otherwise it's UVA.

Level 90

Apr 7, 2014

In kalba's defense, I've lived in North Carolina all my life, and I call it UVA. My wife is from New York, and she also calls it UVA.

Level ∞

Apr 10, 2014

UVA will work now, but please don't expect it to work for every quiz.

Level 81

Apr 24, 2019

Why? Either take out the abbreviations for some schools (UNC, NYU, UCLA, USC), or accept the abbreviations for all schools. UVA is not called Virginia any more often than NYU is called New York. Is it really that hard to look up? Frustrating when you know the answer and type it in but it's not accepted and then you think maybe you got it wrong.

Level 48

Apr 7, 2014

so you decided to put Missoula on here and not Bloomington. I'm disappointed in you, quizmaster. #CreamAndCrimson #IU

Level 11

Nov 13, 2014

I have a similar quiz, though it's much longer. It's called "Colleges by Location."

Level 76

Dec 1, 2014

I like that I got "Kansas" when typing in Arkansas. Convenient. (Yes, I just guessed as many states as I could think of after I'd typed in the 6 universities I knew.)

Level 36

Jul 16, 2017

Weird quiz in that half of the answers amount to "what state is this city in?"

Level 91

Aug 9, 2018

I can't believe that no one has pointed it out but technically Notre Dame is not in South Bend, but outside the city limits and the area is called "Notre Dame". From Wikipedia...

"Notre Dame's campus is located in Notre Dame, Indiana, an unincorporated community in the Michiana area of Northern Indiana, north of South Bend and four miles (6 km) from the Michigan state line."

Level 32

Aug 9, 2018

please accept "hopkins" for johns hopkins, as it is commonly called

Level 66

Jun 7, 2023

Seconded. Maryland native here

Level 65

Jan 2, 2019

I knew that Johns Hopkins was the big kahuna school in Baltimore, but I didn't enter it because I let myself get "misdirected" by nearly all the others on the quiz being famous in sports.

Level 65

Jan 2, 2019

OK, lacrosse before somebody beats me to it!

Level 81

Apr 24, 2019

Thank you for finally accepting UVA for Virginia. Now how about UMD for Maryland?

Level 47

Apr 25, 2019

Why isn't Penn St accepted for Penn State? It is for every other quiz. I tried that one several times cause I was pretty sure that's what was in State College but gave up when it didn't work.

Level 59

Jul 1, 2019

While I love Johns Hopkins and it's one of the few good things to come out of Baltimore, I find it hard to believe that one can consider Baltimore a college town. Same goes for New Orleans.

Level 80

Aug 16, 2019

Got only 1/24 - Yale. Never heard most of the others.

Level 71

Aug 16, 2019

It's funny living in State College and people asking you where you're from, not believing that State College is actually the name of the town.

Also, you allowed UNC for North Carolina, so can you please accept PSU for Penn State?

Level 66

Nov 4, 2024

it wouldnt take Penn St either

Level 75

Sep 15, 2020

I think the name for this quiz is somewhat misleading. A "college town" is a place that pretty much is just know for their university/ies and is a place of pretty much just university students/staff/faculty.

For instance, Baltimore is by no means a college town whereas somewhere like Boulder "fits the bill" better.

Level 73

Apr 14, 2021

This quiz is like the opposite of U.S. College Towns #1, with most of the schools being the same.

Level 57

Apr 25, 2022

I used to live in Eugene, but I never knew it was a college town.

Level 66

Jun 7, 2023

Also accept UMD for Maryland. Maryland native here with many friends and family who are graduates

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