Seemingly purpose-built for the 21st Century knowledge economy.
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Discovering A New Type of City…
University Cities share a singular DNA that produces a constellation of magical effects: highly educated populations, innovative economies with high rates of entrepreneurship, outsized arts and culture sectors, and large nonprofit sectors that indicate a vibrant civil society. These traits mirror the large, coastal cities, but they happen in mid-sized cities with low unemployment, low-cost living, and extremely low violent crime rates.
If one were designing a city from scratch for success in the 21st Century – where educated talent is to the knowledge economy what rivers and ports were to the 20th Century manufacturing economy – then it might look like a University City.
The six cities that have major research universities in their urban cores, have metropolitan populations between 250,000 and one million, and have more than 10 percent of their populations consisting of students, are: Ann Arbor, Durham Chapel-Hill, Fort Collins, Lexington, Lincoln, and Madison.
Seemingly purpose-built for the 21st Century knowledge economy.
Madison is a new species of city
Madison has the advantages of the big coastal cities…
60% GREATER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE
PERCENT OF POPULATION WITH BACHELORS DEGREE OR ABOVE 2016
Source: 2016 Census Bureau
UNIVERSITY CITIES MADISON0%
Cities of the same size0%
HIGHLY ENTREPREN-
EURIAL…
BUSINESS STARTS PER 100,000 2014
15.605% GREATER THAN THE SIMILARLY SIZED CITIES
Source: 2014 Census Bureau
UNIVERSITY CITIES - Business Starts per 100,0000%
Cities of the same size0%
GDP GROWTH 2009-2016
24.62% GREATER THAN THE SIMILARLY SIZED CITIES
Source: 2016 U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
UNIVERSITY CITIES - GDP Growth (%) 2009-20160%
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AND HAVE OUTSIZED ARTS & CULTURE SECTORS…
ARTS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS PER 100,000 2016
51.12% GREATER THAN SIMILARLY SIZED CITIES
Source: 2016 Census Bureau
UNIVERSITY CITIES - Arts and Cultural Institutions per 100,0000%
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These traits mirror the large, coastal cities, but they happen in mid-sized cities with low unemployment, low-cost living, and extremely low violent crime rates.
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These cities have outgrown their college-town status and created dynamic economies around the major research universities in the urban core.
These cities have outgrown their college-town status and created dynamic economies around the major research universities in the urban core.
These cities have outgrown their college-town status and created dynamic economies around the major research universities in the urban core.
What Is A University City
These cities have outgrown their college-town status and created dynamic economies around the major research universities in the urban core.
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