CSNbbs

I stole this from Nuvow's blog on the Lima News.

According to Coldwell Banker realtors, which ranked the home cities of all 119 NCAA Division I football schools, here are the college football programs where it would cost you the most to buy a home in the city in which they're located:

1. Stanford, Palo Alto, Calif. ($1,740,731)

2. Boston College, Boston, Mass. ($1,381,250)

3. California-Berkeley, Berkeley, Calif. ($1,299,750)

4. UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif. ($1,090,884)

5. USC, Los Angeles, Calif. ($1,090,884)

6. San Jose State, San Jose, Calif. ($1,077,575)

7. University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii ($780,000)

8. Northwestern, Evanston, Ill. ($653,750)

9. University of Miami, Miami, Fla. ($600,000)

10. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. ($578,047)



Here's how the Big Ten cities rank:

1. Northwestern, Evanston, Ill. ($653,700)

2. Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. ($390,900)

3. Penn State, State College, Pa. ($311,125)

4. Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. ($300,000)

5. Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. ($263,783)

6. Illinois, Champaign, Ill. ($238,126)

7. Ohio State, Columbus ($238,924)

8. Iowa, Iowa City ($214,975)

9. Michigan State, East Lansing, Mich. ($196,000)

10. Indiana, Bloomington, Ind. ($196,000)

11. Purdue, West Lafayette, Ind. ($184,333)



The Pac-10 Conference has the highest average home price at $735,822.

The Mid-American Conference has the lowest average home price at $231,321.

The lowest average home price among the 119 NCAA Division I schools is Akron at $135,780.

Can you post a link?

I believe Ball state and Toledo were in second and third respectively for cheapest housing nationally. UA was first as you mentioned.

http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/...30.article

I'm not sure I understand the point. Is it a good thing or a bad thing to be able to afford housing near a university? Is this about the housing costs of off-campus residents or of recent graduates? If you wanted to remain near your Alma mater, career prospects would be of more useful information. The article also fails to account for the nature of the municipality in which a university is located. For instance, you could stand with your left foot in Akron and your right foot in Kent. Is there a noticeable difference in housing at that location? What about the factor of where within that municipality a university is located? The University of Toledo is bordered on the West by Ottawas Hills where the median home price is $360k and to the North by Old Orchard with a median home price of around $230k. To the East and South are homes (I'm just guessing here) that are probably valued at around $125k. Home values in Evanston may vary greatly from those in Ann Arbor, but a diploma from either Northwestern or UM would be of equal value.

RocketJeff Wrote:I'm not sure I understand the point. Is it a good thing or a bad thing to be able to afford housing near a university? Is this about the housing costs of off-campus residents or of recent graduates? If you wanted to remain near your Alma mater, career prospects would be of more useful information. The article also fails to account for the nature of the municipality in which a university is located. For instance, you could stand with your left foot in Akron and your right foot in Kent. Is there a noticeable difference in housing at that location? What about the factor of where within that municipality a university is located? The University of Toledo is bordered on the West by Ottawas Hills where the median home price is $360k and to the North by Old Orchard with a median home price of around $230k. To the East and South are homes (I'm just guessing here) that are probably valued at around $125k. Home values in Evanston may vary greatly from those in Ann Arbor, but a diploma from either Northwestern or UM would be of equal value.

I dont understand the point either. If I was in college I would rather have cheaper housing. As the article said the average price in South Bend is $174,000 and San Jose State was over a million, doesn't mean anything except you will be stuck in the dorms at a lot of these schools.

I don't know if there is a "point". The author wasn't necessarily trying to make commentary, just deliver some facts.

I bet Mt. Pleasent has more mobile homes than any college town this side of Hunnington. That is probably what is dragging us to the bottom of the list.