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Table 1 The 41 "college town" metropolitan areas included in the study

From: Differences in employment outcomes for college town stayers and leavers

Albany-Corvallis-Lebanon, OR CSA

Kalamazoo-Portage, MI CBSA

Ames-Boone, IA CSA

La Crosse, WI-MN CBSA

Athens-Clarke County, GA CBSA

Lafayette-Frankfort, IN CSA

Bellingham, WA CBSA

Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI CSA

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA CBSA

Las Cruces, NM CBSA

Bloomington, IN CBSA

Lawrence, KS CBSA

Bloomington-Normal, IL CBSA

Lewiston, ID-WA CBSA

Champaign-Urbana, IL CBSA

Lincoln, NE CBSA

Charlottesville, VA CBSA

Logan, UT-ID CBSA

Cheyenne, WY CBSA

Lubbock-Levelland, TX CSA

Chico, CA CBSA

Madison-Baraboo, WI CSA

College Station-Bryan, TX CBSA

Morgantown, WV CBSA

Columbia, MO CBSA

Muncie, IN CBSA

Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA

Provo-Orem, UT CBSA

Flagstaff, AZ CBSA

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA CBSA

Gainesville, FL CBSA

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA CBSA

Grand Forks, ND-MN CBSA

State College, PA CBSA

Greenville, NC CBSA

Tallahassee, FL CBSA

Hattiesburg, MS CBSA

Tuscaloosa, AL CBSA

Iowa City, IA CBSA

Waco, TX CBSA

Ithaca-Cortland, NY CSA

 
  1. Note: Metropolitan areas are classified as "college towns" if the share of the adult population (age 18 and older) enrolled in college is more than one standard deviation greater than the mean across all metropolitan areas.