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The Fastest-Growing College Towns (PHOTOS)

First Posted: 06/25/10 08:42 AM ET   Updated: 05/25/11 05:55 PM ET

Many college towns endured the recession relatively unscathed -- some even found resources to grow during it: median growth for college towns from 2006-2009 was 1.1 percent. According to USA Today, a good number of universities provided their surrounding cities with a "buffer against economic whiplash."

Below, find the 13 fastest-growing college towns -- ones that are seeing their populaces grow despite national economic turmoil. Do any of them surprise you?

See USA Today's full list and report here.

Raleigh, N.C. 3.7%
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Many college towns endured the recession relatively unscathed -- some even found resources to grow during it: median growth for college towns from 2006-2009 was 1.1 percent. According to USA Today, a ...
Many college towns endured the recession relatively unscathed -- some even found resources to grow during it: median growth for college towns from 2006-2009 was 1.1 percent. According to USA Today, a ...
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HAlexandria
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05:07 PM on 07/26/2010
I wouldn't step foot in any of those places for all the money on Wall Street and the City of London combined, total and utter cesspools of humanity with no redeeming traits.
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Tacking it Easy
Baseball sucks.
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11:42 AM on 07/13/2010
I.L.L...
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emev
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11:13 PM on 07/13/2010
I.N.I.!
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kaymoh114
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12:02 PM on 07/08/2010
uh I wouldn't exactly say Atlanta is a college "town." More like a huge city that happens to have several colleges in it. Same with Denver. And Austin...
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BlueZoo
Independent voter, Independent thinker!
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03:28 PM on 07/14/2010
Wow! You are so wrong about Austin, TX! The University of Texas IS that town! There is hardly a business that doesn't directly benefit from the 100,000+ enrolled at this university. The nightlife is totally geared to the students, as are the restaurants, and most assuredly the residential communities in and around Austin which house the overflow of students and even their families. If this doesn't constitute a "college town," I have no idea what does!
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FatherWolf
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09:56 PM on 07/06/2010
How about a list of the roundest college towns, or the highest-altitude college towns, or maybe the college towns with the longest or shortest names?
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Mr1914
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09:53 PM on 07/01/2010
How is Raleigh NC a college town when it is the capitol of the state.....
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constitutional 1
No ad hominem
126 Fans
12:50 PM on 07/06/2010
roughly 10 colleges in Raleigh NC with Duke and UNC Chapel Hill only 20 min away. Also referred to the RTP (research triangle park).
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FMC651
24 Fans
12:40 AM on 06/28/2010
Atlanta and Denver aren't college towns.
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MomfromTexas
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04:52 PM on 07/01/2010
LOL, agreed!
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ckfan
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589 Fans
09:37 PM on 06/26/2010
What about Ann Arbor, MI?
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Brad Cramer
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09:18 PM on 06/26/2010
Haha, The U of I is in Urbana, not Champaign
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Dana Bronstein
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05:46 PM on 06/28/2010
Actually U of I is split mostly even throughout the two towns.
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driouixcipher
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08:34 PM on 06/29/2010
It's technical name is University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Urbana is first because more of the actual university is in Urbana. (I grew up in Urbana and went to UIUC as well, for the record.)
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Brad Cramer
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10:47 PM on 07/30/2010
I also grew up in Urbana, so yeah... double check the Union's address (not to mention the entire quad and the essence of the university. It's east of Wright St. making the university officially in Urbana.
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ArjenBoatsma
No such thing as too much coffee.
259 Fans
07:28 PM on 06/26/2010
Hey, a degree from Oxford or Columbia doesn't sound too bad!
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A dean89
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09:19 AM on 06/28/2010
Oxford Ole Miss just like in the Blind Side.
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gdfreethinker
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328 Fans
07:19 PM on 06/26/2010
These are "college towns"? I guess, since they are towns with colleges.
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AJR8790
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06:47 PM on 06/26/2010
If you don't like educated socially tolerant neighbors please don't come to Austin Texas. If you are a xenophobe don't come here. If you want your young person armed on campus with other young people who are armed also, please just stay away. Austin is not for you.
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azatrox
One of those "fake" Americans
119 Fans
03:31 PM on 06/27/2010
But you'd fit in just great with the rest of Texas :-)
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cruzking2000
102 Fans
06:24 PM on 07/03/2010
AGREED. I live here, too, don't want any more of 'em either. Too many as it is.
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nobillary1
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06:33 PM on 06/26/2010
I can't believe you've overlooked Bristol Rhode Island, where Roger Williams University is slowly taking over the town! WhatsamattaU?
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vagabond78666
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03:04 PM on 06/26/2010
BUT do go to Bryan/College Station. Texas A&M is reeeaaally fantastic. You like four wheeled drive trucks and redneck frat partys? Yu do? Awesome! Do you enjoy gay bashing? Right on! Is the bible belt so tight that you can't breathe? Yes sir! and AMEN!
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healthanalyst
Banned from commenting, so?
289 Fans
11:29 PM on 06/29/2010
They used to issue incoming students a bottle of whiskey and a Colt .45....
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vagabond78666
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02:58 PM on 06/26/2010
just so yall know,Austin isnt really that cool of a town. UUh...soooo don't move here OK? Take my word for it. Seriously,you would hate it. Its HOT and ye know..like the news portrays TX...there are idiots EVERY where. Seriously..visit and then leave. K? K.
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MzSally
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05:50 PM on 06/26/2010
Yeah, it's awful in Austin. Sooo boring. The folks in that photo are actually miserable. Please don't move there- it's for your own good.
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rjmtx
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316 Fans
06:41 PM on 07/05/2010
There's cow poop in the streets and the Mexican food will give you the runs for weeks. Barton Springs is also about the nastiest water I've ever been in. Don't come here... I mean go there!
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Badger84
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07:18 PM on 06/26/2010
Is Antone's still around?
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healthanalyst
Banned from commenting, so?
289 Fans
11:30 PM on 06/29/2010
Not if the real estate developers can help it.....
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cruzking2000
102 Fans
06:27 PM on 07/03/2010
Yeah, but it's downtown now. Not like the good old days, up on Guadalupe at 29th.
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vesaversa1
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01:55 PM on 06/26/2010
It is nice to see Atlanta my home is rank high on that list.
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