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I concur with George Washington University and NYU. I would add Hunter College in NYC, Northeastern University and Tufts in/near Boston, University of Illinois-Chicago, Cleveland State University (Cleveland OH), IUPUI (Indiana U-Purdue U joint campus in Indianapolis) and U of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
The area around Tufts is not that "urban". It's sort of suburban/urban to me. I'm supposing the OP means that sort of dense city living, old buildings (many of them apartment buildings), walkable, public transportation, wide range of people living in the area...
I totally agree with NYU though, along with any of the Manhattan colleges... The New School, Columbia, FIT, etc.
Many of the other Boston area schools fit. Boston College, Emerson, Boston University...
OP, are you looking for schools that are located in a city or schools where the student culture is to go out into the city? Some schools are in the heart of a city but people don't really leave campus and the immediate area or interact with the natives much. For instance, NYU kids practically live in the East and West Village and hang out there too, and venture all over NYC on the subway. But say at Johns Hopkins lots of kids don't really leave the campus area and have never been on public transportation.
The area around Tufts is not that "urban". It's sort of suburban/urban to me. I'm supposing the OP means that sort of dense city living, old buildings (many of them apartment buildings), walkable, public transportation, wide range of people living in the area...
I totally agree with NYU though, along with any of the Manhattan colleges... The New School, Columbia, FIT, etc.
Many of the other Boston area schools fit. Boston College, Emerson, Boston University...
OP, are you looking for schools that are located in a city or schools where the student culture is to go out into the city? Some schools are in the heart of a city but people don't really leave campus and the immediate area or interact with the natives much. For instance, NYU kids practically live in the East and West Village and hang out there too, and venture all over NYC on the subway. But say at Johns Hopkins lots of kids don't really leave the campus area and have never been on public transportation.
I think I would prefer a school where the students go into the city and interact with the natives.
I'm just getting some ideas in my head. Most of these schools are too hard to get into anyways, lol.
I think I would prefer a school where the students go into the city and interact with the natives.
I'm just getting some ideas in my head. Most of these schools are too hard to get into anyways, lol.
LOL, well many big cities have schools that are not as famous therefore easier to get into, and have the added bonus of having more natives attend so you can end up learning the city though them. Like Boston has a ton like maybe Simmons or UMB, etc. Philly and Chicago have a ton, I can think of a few in Atlanta... You can always try that route!
I think I would prefer a school where the students go into the city and interact with the natives.
I'm just getting some ideas in my head. Most of these schools are too hard to get into anyways, lol.
In some cases it kind of depends what you mean by "interact with the natives" too. The University of Pittsburgh has one of the most urban campuses I can think of, but it's a very large school and as a result, the surrounding neighborhood (Oakland) is all students, few "natives".
There are many many universities in urban settings -- to add to those already mentioned, I can think of Brown (Providence), the University of Cincinnati, UT-Austin..
VCU is home to the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams, pretty big NCAA basketball school. VCU has pretty much taken over half of downtown Richmond and blends into the Fan district.
ODU is Old Dominion University located in Norfolk VA, though not located downtown, the side of town the school is in is. Also home of the Ted Constant Center.
Is DePaul University in Chicago considered a very Urban campus?
Yes, very much so. The Lincoln Park campus is very well integrated into the neighborhood (it's not just an isolated campus that happens to be located in an urban area), while the Loop campus is in the heart of Chicago's financial district. It's the quintessential urban school.
I'll add the University of Minnesota to the list. It is only a few miles east of Downtown Minneapolis, but does retain its traditional university character quite well.
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