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Top 100 cities with highest percentage of college students (pop. 50,000+)

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1.	College Station, Texas (53.5%)

2.	Bloomington, Indiana (45.9%)

3.	Ames, Iowa (42.2%)

4.	Provo, Utah (35.9%)

5.	Athens, Georgia (35.5%)

6.	Davis, California (35.1%)

7.	Iowa City, Iowa (35.0%)

8.	Champaign, Illinois (33.2%)

9.	Ann Arbor, Michigan (32.4%)

10.	Gainesville, Florida (31.9%)

11.	Lawrence, Kansas (30.2%)

12.	Tallahassee, Florida (30.0%)

13.	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia (29.5%)

14.	Chico, California (28.2%)

15.	Greenville, North Carolina (27.1%)

16.	Berkeley, California (26.3%)

17.	Cambridge, Massachusetts (26.3%)

18.	Columbia, Missouri (26.2%)

19.	Boulder, Colorado (26.1%)

20.	Kalamazoo, Michigan (25.6%)

21.	Greater Newark, Delaware (23.7%)

22.	Denton, Texas (23.3%)

23.	Fayetteville, Arkansas (22.7%)

24.	Flagstaff, Arizona (22.3%)

25.	Bellingham, Washington (21.7%)

26.	Tuscaloosa, Alabama (21.7%)

27.	Norman, Oklahoma (21.3%)

28.	Fort Collins, Colorado (21.0%)

29.	Santa Cruz, California (20.9%)

30.	Madison, Wisconsin (20.8%)

31.	Muncie, Indiana (20.7%)

32.	Evanston, Illinois (19.9%)

33.	La Crosse, Wisconsin (19.9%)

34.	St. Cloud, Minnesota (19.3%)

35.	Tempe, Arizona (19.1%)

36.	Irvine, California (18.0%)

37.	Missoula, Montana (18.0%)

38.	Coconino, Arizona (17.9%)

39.	Eau Claire, Wisconsin (17.7%)

40.	Albany, New York (17.6%)

41.	Towson, Maryland (17.3%)

42.	Columbia, South Carolina (16.9%)

43.	Murfreesboro, Tennessee (16.8%)

44.	Eugene, Oregon (16.1%)

45.	Waco, Texas (15.7%)

46.	Waltham, Massachusetts (15.3%)

47.	Providence, Rhode Island (15.2%)

48.	Terre Haute, Indiana (15.1%)

49.	Somerville, Massachusetts (14.8%)

50.	Charleston, South Carolina (14.8%)

51.	Pocatello, Idaho (14.7%)

52.	Greeley, Colorado (14.6%)

53.	Boston, Massachusetts (14.6%)

54.	Lubbock, Texas (14.6%)

55.	Fargo, North Dakota (14.4%)

56.	Huntington, West Virginia (14.2%)

57.	Syracuse, New York (14.1%)

58.	Las Cruces, New Mexico (14.1%)

59.	Daytona Beach, Florida (14.1%)

60.	Bryan, Texas (13.9%)

61.	Wilmington, North Carolina (13.9%)

62.	Baton Rouge, Louisiana (13.9%)

63.	New Haven, Connecticut (13.8%)

64.	Springfield, Missouri (13.8%)

65.	Oshkosh, Wisconsin (13.8%)

66.	Central Coast, California (13.7%)

67.	Knoxville, Tennessee (13.6%)

68.	Duluth, Minnesota (13.4%)

69.	Santa Barbara, California (13.3%)

70.	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (13.2%)

71.	Brookline, Massachusetts (12.9%)

72.	Lincoln, Nebraska (12.8%)

73.	Raleigh, North Carolina (12.8%)

74.	Hamden, Connecticut (12.3%)

75.	Austin, Texas (12.3%)

76.	Fayette, Kentucky (12.1%)

77.	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky (12.1%)

78.	Johnson City, Tennessee (12.0%)

79.	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (11.7%)

80.	Lynchburg, Virginia (11.7%)

81.	Seattle, Washington (11.6%)

82.	La Mesa, California (11.5%)

83.	Durham, North Carolina (11.4%)

84.	Orem, Utah (11.4%)

85.	Jonesboro, Arkansas (11.4%)

86.	Minneapolis, Minnesota (11.3%)

87.	Santa Clara, California (11.3%)

88.	Amherst, New York (11.3%)

89.	Salt Lake City, Utah (11.3%)

90.	Cerritos, California (11.2%)

91.	Newton, Massachusetts (11.2%)

92.	Hempstead, New York (11.2%)

93.	Fullerton, California (11.1%)

94.	Alhambra, California (11.1%)

95.	Diamond Bar, California (11.0%)

96.	San Francisco, California (11.0%)

97.	San Diego, California (10.9%)

98.	Columbus, Ohio (10.8%)

99.	Tucson, Arizona (10.7%)

100.	Worcester, Massachusetts (10.6%)

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