<p>Here is something I came up with from the IPEDS website using a combination of city name and zip code. Excluding community colleges and special interest schools.</p>
<p>Sometimes it is hard to decide what to include in the metropolitan area, like Oakland and San Francisco.</p>
<p>37  New York City
17  Chicago
16  Boston
12  Washington, DC
10  Baltimore
10   Los Angeles
10  Philadelphia
9    Atlanta
8   Denver
8   Nashville
8   Pittsburgh
8   St. Louis
8   St. Paul
7   Houston
7   Milwaukee
7   New Orleans
7   Portland, Oregon
6   Claremont
6   Cleveland
6   Greensboro, South Carolina
6   Honolulu
6   Jackson
6   Jacksonville
6   Memphis
6   San Diego
6   Worcester Massachusetts
5   Buffalo
5   Cincinnati
5   Colorado Springs
5    Columbus
5   Indianapolis
5   Minneapolis
5   Montgomery, Alabama
5   Raleigh North Carolina
5   Rochester, New York
5   San Antonio
4   Dallas
4    Albany New York
4   Ft. Wayne
4   Grand Rapids
4   Kansas City
4   Louisville
4   Mobile Alabama
4   Providence Rhode Island
4   Salt Lake City
4   San Juan Puerto Rico
4   Santa Barbara
4   Seattle
4   Sioux Falls
4   Tampa
4   Tucson, Arizona
3   Albuquerque
3   Fort Worth
3   Greenville
3   Irvine
3   Lincoln
3   Little Rock
3   Manchester New Hampshire
3   Marietta Georgia
3   Miami
3   New Haven
3   New London
3   Newark
3   Oakland
3   Omaha
3   Richmond
3   Riverside, California
3   San Francisco
3   Santa Fe
3   savanna Georgia
3   Spartanburg
3   Syracuse New York
3   Tacoma
3   Tallahassee
3   Tulsa, Oklahoma
3   Wichita
3   Winston-Salem
3   Charlotte, North Carolina
2   Oklahoma City</p>