College Rankings - Friendliest Townies/Locals

Sometimes, "townies," or residents who live in a college town, get a bad rap. But these colleges and universities have affable townsfolk who embrace students for their youth, willingness to learn, and-more importantly-their business.

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1326
South Carolina State University
Orangeburg, SC
$17,770
7.69 / 10
1327
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
$38,980
7.69 / 10
1328
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
$15,864
7.67 / 10
1329
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY
$40,420
7.67 / 10
1330
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY
$41,968
7.65 / 10
1331
Allegheny College
Meadville, PA
$33,560
7.65 / 10
1332
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA
$15,645
7.65 / 10
1333
Iona College
New Rochelle, NY
$30,192
7.65 / 10
1334
Duke University
Durham, NC
$38,741
7.64 / 10
1335
Gannon University
Erie, PA
$24,269
7.64 / 10
1336
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
$38,463
7.60 / 10
1337
Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI
$16,770
7.60 / 10
1338
Albion College
Albion, MI
$30,006
7.60 / 10
1339
The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ
$22,679
7.57 / 10
1340
Washington & Jefferson College
Washington, PA
$32,895
7.57 / 10
1341
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
$38,970
7.55 / 10
1342
Virginia State University
Petersburg, VA
$15,988
7.55 / 10
1343
Maryland
College Park, MD
$24,831
7.54 / 10
1344
Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, NY
$11,592
7.52 / 10
1345
Livingstone College
Salisbury, NC
$15,408
7.50 / 10
1346
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ
$23,922
7.45 / 10
1347
SUNY University at Albany
Albany, NY
$14,648
7.45 / 10
1348
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
$39,165
7.45 / 10
1349
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
$42,560
7.45 / 10
1350
Wheaton College - Massachusetts
Norton, MA
$41,894
7.45 / 10