There are a lot of towns in the US that basically exist just to support a university. However, there are also tons of universities in large cities too. Google "

There are a lot of towns in the US that basically exist just to support a university. However, there are also tons of universities in large cities too. Google "universities in _" for almost any big city and you will get a list that goes on for multiple screens. Many of them are tiny, but usually at least a few will be large universities. E.g. New York City has 110 universities and colleges with roughly 600k students[1]. Boston has 35 with 150k students[2]. DC has 20 with about 85k students[3]. Pittsburgh has over 150k students[4], etc. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_New_York_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_New_York_City [2] http://www.bostonplans.org/getattachment/3488e768-1dd4-4446-a557-3892bb0445c6/ http://www.bostonplans.org/getattachment/3488e768-1dd4-4446-... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Washington,_D.C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universit.... [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Pittsburgh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universit...