Top 25 'Best Neighbor' Colleges & Universities

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1. University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
2. University of Dayton (Dayton, OH)
2. University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)

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2. University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
5. Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis (Indianapolis, IN)
6. Creighton University (Omaha, NE)
7. Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)
8. Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)
9. Portland State University (Portland, OR)
10. Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)
11. Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA)
12. University of Louisville (Louisville, KY)

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13. University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)
14. University of Houston (Houston, TX)
14. University of Missouri — Kansas City (Kansas City, MO)
14. University of Missouri—St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
17. Emory University (Atlanta, GA)
18. University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI)
19. Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
20. Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI)
21. Miami Dade College (Miami, FL)
22. St. Louis University (St. Louis, MO)

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23. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey — Newark (Newark, NJ)

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24. The George Washington University (Washington, DC)

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25. University of Nebraska Omaha (Omaha, NE)

Source: 'Saviors of Our Cities' by Dr. Evan Dobelle

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