In Prairie View, Texas, students account for more than three-fourths of the population. @PVAMU/Instagram (students)

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Where College Students Rule

In a college town, students make up a significant portion of the community. This chart shows the urban areas with the highest percentages of college students in the population. How do you think such large numbers of young people might affect these areas?

CITY/TOWN | PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THE POPULATION 

Alfred, NY | 84.6%

Prairie View, TX | 77.8%

Slippery Rock, PA | 67.3%

Cedarville, OH | 67%

Oxford, OH | 62.3%

Air Force Academy, CO | 59.9%

Potsdam, NY | 59.8%

Hamilton, NY | 59.7%

Geneseo, NY | 58.8%

Athens, OH | 55.9%

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