First, it is a city with many famous universities, such as Boston (including Harvard University, Boston University, Boston College, Tufts University, Wellesley College, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Berkeley Conservatory of Music, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, brandeis University ...); Amherst (Amherst College, University of Massachusetts at amherst, Manhattan College, Smith College, Hampshire College); Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College, Temple University, drexel University); Durham Chapel Hill (Duke University, University of North Carolina, North Carolina State University).
The second is a district or satellite city in a big city, where universities are concentrated or there is an influential prestigious school, such as Pasadena-Sim (UCLA, California Institute of Technology, north of Los Angeles); Ann Arbor (satellite city of Detroit: University of Michigan, Eastern University of Michigan); Auckland, Pittsburgh (University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Carroll University); Berkeley (satellite city of San Francisco: University of California at Berkeley); Palo Alto (satellite city of San Francisco: Stanford University); La Horna (Satellite City of San Diego: University of California, San Diego); Santa Barbara (satellite city of Los Angeles: University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara City College); Morning Heights (a district of Manhattan, new york: Barnard College, Columbia University); Evanston (Chicago Satellite City: Northwestern University); Georgetown (a district of Washington DC: Georgetown University, Georgetown University, American University).
The third is some small and medium-sized cities, with a famous school or a small city built around this university. There are the most such cities, such as Urbana-Champaign (University of Illinois); State College (Pennsylvania State University); Syracuse (Syracuse University); Lansing (Michigan State University); Madison (University of Wisconsin); Ames (Iowa State University); Lincoln (University of Nebraska); Still water (Oklahoma State University); Davis (University of California, Davis); Tallahassee (University of Florida); Clemson (Clemson University); Arlington-Bethlehem (Lee Hai University, Lafayette College); Bloomington (Indiana University); Galeries Lafayette (Purdue University); Austin (University of Texas); Card City (Texas A&M University); Hanover (Dartmouth College); Ithaca (Ithaca College, Cornell University); Fort Blacksburg (Virginia Tech); Charlottesville (University of Virginia); Williamsburg (College of William and Mary); Princeton (Princeton University); University of Arizona at Tucson; Reno (University of Nevada); Eugene (Oregon State University); Polder (University of Colorado).