School: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Population: 122,233
Home to the University of Michigan and its over 50,000 students, Ann Arbor is the best and most distinct college town in the US.
College culture is deeply woven into the city’s landscape, where campus buildings blend into a walkable downtown filled with restaurants, bookstores, cafés, bars, and cultural institutions.
Few traditions dominate the city like Michigan football, which attracts over 100,000 fans to Michigan Stadium during fall Saturdays, while maize-and-blue crowds fill the surrounding streets and businesses.
The unique combination of college sports, a lively downtown, a major research university, and a strong cultural scene makes Ann Arbor one of the country’s quintessential college towns and ranks it at the top of this list.
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