<p>Here are the 20 largest cities in the US (according to infoplease.com) listed alongside of colleges that are 50 miles or less from them (according to collegeboard.com). They are sorted by percent admitted (from lowest to highest). Feel free to add to this list if I've missed any...</p>
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<li><p>New York City, NY: Columbia University, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art, Princeton University, United States Military Academy, Barnard College, United States Merchant Marine Academy, SUNY-Purchase, CUNY-Baruch College, CUNY-Hunter College, Webb Institute, CUNY-Lehman College, New York University, College of New Rochelle, Bloomfield College, CUNY-Queens College, Pratt Institute, King's College, CUNY-Brooklyn College, Parsons The New School for Design, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Rutgers University-Newark, CUNY-City College, Fordham University, SUNY-Stony Brook, New Jersey City University, Manhattan College, Manhattanville College, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Montclair State University, St. Peter's College, Stevens Institute of Technology, SUNY-Old Westbury, Western Connecticut State University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick/Piscataway, Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus, St. John's University, Wagner College, Iona College, Fairfield University, Molloy College, Monmouth University, SUNY-Farmingdale, Hofstra University, Sacred Heart University, Drew University, Felician College, University of Bridgeport, Kean University, Caldwell College, Eugene Lang College, Fairleigh Dickinson University-College at Florham, Long Island University-Brooklyn Campus, Adelphi University, College of Mount St. Vincent, Five Towns College, School of Visual Arts, Concordia College, SUNY-Maritime College, Polytechnic University, Dowling College, Pace University, William Paterson University of New Jersey, Long Island University-CW Post Campus, Marymount Manhattan College, Centenary College, College of St. Elizabeth, Seton Hall University, St. Joseph's College, Yeshiva University, CUNY-John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Dominican College of Blauvelt, Mount St. Mary College, St. Thomas Aquinas College, New York Institute of Technology, St. Francis College, Nyack College, CUNY-Staten Island, CUNY-Medgar Evers College, CUNY-New York City College of Technology, Globe Institute of Technology, Pace University-Pleasantville/Briarcliff</p></li>
<li><p>Los Angeles, CA: California Institute of Technology, Pomona College, Claremont McKenna College, University of Southern California, University of California-Los Angeles, Pepperdine University, Harvey Mudd College, La Sierra University, Pitzer College, Laguna College of Art & Design, Occidental College, Art Institute of California-Orange County, California State University-Channel Islands, Scripps College, California State University-Long Beach, Chapman University, Loyola Marymount University, Otis College of Art & Design, Whittier College, University of California-Irvine, University of La Verne, California State University-Fullerton, California State University-Dominguez Hills, California Lutheran University, Concordia University, Hope International University, California Baptist University, California State University-Northridge, Mt. Sierra College, Art Center College of Design, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, Azusa Pacific University, Woodbury University, Biola University, The Master's College, Vangard University of Southern California, Mount St. Mary's College, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Life Pacific College, California State University-Los Angeles</p></li>
<li><p>Chicago, IL: Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Lexington College, Roosevelt University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Wheaton College, Calumet College of St. Joseph, University of Illinois-Chicago, Lake Forest College, Concordia University, Lewis University, North Park University, North Central College, DePaul University, Aurora University, University of St. Francis, Elmhurst College, St. Xavier University, Shimer College, Indiana University Northwest, Carthage College, Loyola University-Chicago, Trinity International University, Purdue University-Calumet, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Dominican University, Benedictine University, Purdue University-North Central, Valparaiso University, Trinity Christian College, Westwood College-Chicago Loop, National-Louis University, Judson College, Columbia College-Chicago</p></li>
<li><p>Houston, TX: Rice University, Prairie View A&M University, University of Houston, University of St. Thomas, Texas Southern University, Texas A&M University-Galveston, Houston Baptist University</p></li>
<li><p>Philadelphia, PA: Curtis Institute of Music, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College, Haverford College, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Villanova University, Bryn Mawr College, Muhlenberg College, The College of New Jersey, Rowan University, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, University of Delaware, Ursinus College, University of the Arts, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Rutgers University-Camden, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, St. Joseph's University, Rosemont College, Rutgers University-New Brunswick/Piscataway, Gwynedd-Mercy College, Temple University, Philadelphia University, Cedar Crest College, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, La Salle University, Moore College of Art & Design, Moravian College, Widener University, Drexel University, Georgian Court University, Penn State-Abington, Eastern University, DeSales University, Immaculata University, Penn State-Lehigh Valley, Arcadia University, Rider University, Alvernia College, Chestnut Hill College, Cabrini College, Neumann College, Delaware Valley College</p></li>
<li><p>Phoenix, AZ: Southwestern College, Arizona State University West, Arizona State University</p></li>
<li><p>San Antonio, TX: Our Lady of the Lake University of San Antonio, Trinity University, University of the Incarnate Word, Texas Lutheran University, St. Mary's University, Texas State University-San Marcos, University of Texas-San Antonio</p></li>
<li><p>San Diego, CA: University of California-San Diego, University of San Diego, San Diego State University, California State University-San Marcos, Point Loma Nazarene University, Design Institute of San Diego</p></li>
<li><p>Dallas, TX: University of Texas-Dallas, Dallas Christian College, Northwood University-Texas, Southern Methodist University, Dallas Baptist University, Texas Christian University, University of North Texas, Texas Wesleyan University, University of Texas-Arlington, University of Dallas, Texas Woman's University</p></li>
<li><p>San Jose, CA: Stanford University, University of California-Berkeley, San Francisco Art Institute, Art Institute of California-San Francisco, Bethany University, Holy Names University, Mills College, San Jose State University, San Francisco State University, Santa Clara University, St. Mary's College of California, University of San Francisco, California State University-Monterey Bay, California College of the Arts, University of California-Santa Cruz, Menlo College, Patten University</p></li>
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