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Greenes' Guide to Educational Planning:The Public Ivies
and
Greenes' Guides to Educational Planning: The Hidden Ivies

These two books by Howard and Matthew Greene draw on their insider knowledge to present a listing of excellent college and universities available outside the Ivy League.

If they host colleges and universitities this exceptional, the towns of the Greens' Iveies are well worth checking out...

The Towns of the Greenes' Ivies

Greenes' Ivies Lists
Town population and college enrollment figures appear in parentheses
     
Listings followed by an 'H' are Hidden Ivies
     Listings followed by a 'P" are Public Ivies

All links below are from ePodunk.com

Big cities: 300,000+
Atlanta, GA (416,474) - Emory University (11,654), H
Austin, TX (656,562) - University of Texas at Austin (51,426), P
Colorado Springs, CO (360,890) - Colorado College (1,968), H
Houston, TX (1,953,631) - Rice University (4,805), H
New York, NY (8,008,278) - Barnard College (2,281), H
Portland, OR (529,121) - Reed College (1,340), H
St. Louis, MO (348,189) - Washington University (13,020), H



Medium-sized cities: 100,000 to 299,999
Ann Arbor, MI (114,024) - University of Michigan (39,031), P
Berkeley, CA (102,743) - University of California - Berkeley (33,065), P
South Bend, IN (107,789) - University of Notre Dame (11,415), H
Madison
, WI (208,054) - University of Wisconsin (40,879), P
Winston-Salem, NC -(185,776) - Wake Forest University (6,444), H



Small cities: 20,000 to 99,999
Amherst, MA (34,874) - Amherst College (1,618), H
Binghamton, NY (47,380) - State University of New York at Binghamton (13,385), P
Bloomington, IN (69,291) - Indiana University (38,589), P
Boulder, CO (94,673) - University of Colorado - Boulder (32,423), P
Brunswick, ME (21,172) - Bowdoin College (1,647), H
Burlington, VT (38,889) - University of Vermont (10,967), P
Champaign, IL (67,518) - University of Illinois (40,458), P
Chapel Hill, NC (48,715) - University of North Carolina (26,359), P
Charlottesville, VA (45,049) - University of Virginia (23,077), P
Claremont, CA (33,998) - Claremont-McKenna College (1,137), H
Claremont, CA (33,998) - Pomona College (1,529), H
Gainesville, FL (95,447) - University of Florida (47,858), P
Haverford Township, PA (48,498) - Haverford College (1,163), H
Lewiston, ME (35,690) - Bates College (1,746), H
Nashville
, TN (54,5524) - Vanderbilt University (11,092), H
New Brunswick,NJ (48,573) - Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey (35,318), P
Northhampton, MA (28,978) - Smith College (3,159), H
Poughkeepsie, NY (29,871) - Vassar College (2,444), H
Pullman, WA (24,675) - Washington State University (22,712), P
State College, PA (38,420) - Pennsylvania State University (41,795), P
Wellesley, MA (26,613) - Wellesley College (2,312) , H



Towns: up to 19,999
Bryn Mawr, PA (4,382) - Bryn Mawr College (1,781), H
Clinton, NY (1,952) - Hamilton College (1,797), H
Davidson, NC (7,139) - Davidson College (1,712), H
Grinnell, IA (9,105) - Grinnell College (1,524), H
Hamilton, NY (3,509) - Colgate University (2,800), H
Lexington, VA (6,867) - Washington and Lee University (2,137), H
Middlebury, VT (8,183) - Middlebury College (2,424), H
Northfield, MN (17,147) - Carleton College (1,930), H
Oberlin, OH (8,195) - Oberlin College (2,922), H
Oxford, OH (11,943) - Miami University (16,863), P
South Hadley
, MA (17,196) - Mount Holyoke College (2,151), H
Swarthmore, PA (6,170) - Swarthmore College (1,500), H
Waterville, ME (15,605) - Colby College (1,768), H
Williamsburg, VA (11,998) College of William and Mary (7,749), P

 
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