San Jose State University
Howard University
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There is a clearly defined “main campus”, but the “spillover” into adjacent parts of the city has increased over the decades.
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Colorado College, Reed, Trinity (CT).
Schools not already mentioned . . .
- Marquette, Seattle University, and University of San Francisco (Jesuit universities).
- Maybe George Washington? (Foggy Bottom campus is not self contained, but school owns entire area. Mount Vernon campus is self contained, but in a suburban section of DC.)
- Maybe Loyola Marymount and Chapman in So. Cal.? (Not sure if these two are urban enough for you.)
Wow I can’t believe no one has mentioned Georgia Tech!
The first time we visited, when we walked from Tech Square (in midtown Atlanta) across the 5th Street Bridge onto campus it was like walking into a different world. Gorgeous buildings, trees, flowers, quads with hammocks, benches, and statues, green spaces, and eco-friendly touches everywhere (check out the Kendada building and adjoining park-like area with hammocks, slides, and cool twine statues). Fraternity row with couches on the porches and sand volleyball courts in the backyard. Huge football stadium right in the middle of campus. Playing fields, open spaces, and, did I say flowers everywhere! Rainbow painted steps. Food trucks and student organizations set up on Tech Green. AMAZING views from the Clough library roof, of downtown, which seems both so close and so far away at the exact same time. We were in love the minute we stepped on campus.
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Also lots of catholic colleges. Some a little less selective which my son considered:
St Joseph
Duquesne
University of Scranton
Manhattan College
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Fair enough - I was thinking he meant had a defined campus though - and my recollection is it does. Sort of like Charleston - it blends - but it has a campus.
Adding another - as I just drove past - Kennesaw State.
Yeah, I think there’s many - given the OPs example which I copied below -it’s tough to know:
For instance, schools like Northeastern U, Boston U, Boston College, and Tufts. I have visited these schools with my high school and really enjoyed these types of campuses.
Yes! It’s like they dropped a college campus in the middle of midtown Atlanta. My dd did not like Northeastern, BU, or NYU as they were all too urban, but fell in love with Georgia Tech!!
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University of Denver, St Louis University, Xavier, University of Dayton, Loyola Marymount, St Joseph’s ¶, Catholic University, Marquette, Suffolk, Emerson
Parent of BU grad here. Boston IS the campus for Boston University. My kid loved that. Of course, that isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.
What about Emerson?
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Have you been to Northeastern’s campus?
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McGill University in Montreal. Middle of downtown but not a concrete campus.
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You can’t get any more large, beautiful self-contained campus right in the middle of a city than UMN.
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Rice! A beautiful self-contained campus at the center of the country’s fourth largest city.
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Here are a few more on the east coast.
The Citadel is one cohesive campus in Charleston with a river on one side and a large park on the other side within an urban grid of a residential neighborhood. They are investing in a lot of new facilities and have some unique programs. There are walls around most of campus.
College of Charleston has a core campus in a more urban area of the city. All campus buildings have brick sidewalks distinct from the other parts of the city. It is not walled in.
UMiami is a distinct campus setting in a residential part of Miami.
US Naval Academy and St.John’s in Annapolis are both their own campuses with in Annapolis, a smaller metropolis, but the state capital.
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You are right as usual. This college student agrees that Northeastern’s campus has a secluded feel despite being in the city. @7:41
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Emory. SMU. Both city-adjacent.
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American is definitely in the city. Metro buses serve that area, but it’s walkable to the red line.
GW’s main campus isn’t self-contained but the MV campus is.
Georgetown
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City limits. Bus or 10-15 minute walk to Tenley Town for restaurants and train.
When OP says city, to me, this isn’t what they mean.
But we can disagree.
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Well they liked Tufts and thats not even in Boston and they liked BC which is technically in Boston but on the outskirts, so I would say American has a similar feel.
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