Aggieland named seventh-best college town

​​​​​​​NASHVILLE, Tenn. – ​College Station has ranked seventh on Livability’s list of the top ten best college towns in America. 

Home to Texas A&M University, the city—nicknamed "Aggieland"—has a population of more than 101,000.

The 69,000 A&M students participate in over 1,100 student organizations, and the school generated over $922 million in research dollars in 2018. 

College Station recently ranked tenth on Apartment Guide’s list of the top ten most affordable college towns for renters​. Lubbock also made that list, ranking fourth.

​The rest of Livability’s top ten includes:

• No. 1 Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University;

• No. 2 Manhattan, Kan., Kansas State University;

• No. 3 Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University;

• No. 4 Fairbanks, Alaska, University of Alaska Fairbanks;

• No. 5 Corvallis, Ore.,​ Oregon State University;

• No. 6 ​Lawrence, Kan., University of Kansas;

• No. 8 Champaign, Ill., University of Illinois;

• ​No. 9 Greenville, N.C., East Carolina University; and

• No. 10 Gainesville, Fla., University of Florida. 

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