0Smartest College TownsThe Daily Beast crunched the numbers to determine the smartest college town in America. Updated Jul. 14, 2017 8:16PM EDT / Published Dec. 05, 2009 7:42AM EST Diego Lezama / Getty Images #1, Cambridge, MassachusettsDiego Lezama / Getty Images #2, Chapel Hill, North Carolina #3, Berkeley, California #4, Ann Arbor, Michigan #5, Ithaca, New York #6, East Lansing, Michigan #7, Boulder, Colorado #8, Amherst, Massachusetts #9, State College, Pennsylvania #10, College Park, Maryland #11, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois #12, Davis, California #13, Madison, Wisconsin #14, Charlottesville, Virginia #15, Ames, Iowa #16, Columbia, Missouri #17, Auburn, AlabamaKevin C. Cox / Getty Images #18, Kent, OhioTony Dejak / AP Photo #19, Gainesville, Florida #20, Norman, OklahomaWesley Hitt / Getty Images #21, College Station, TexasWesley Hitt / Getty Images #22, Corvallis, Oregon #23, Athens, GeorgiaMary Knox Merrill / Getty Images #24, Lawrence, Kansas #25, South Bend, IndianaJonathan Daniel / Getty Images
#1, Cambridge, MassachusettsDiego Lezama / Getty Images #2, Chapel Hill, North Carolina #3, Berkeley, California #4, Ann Arbor, Michigan #5, Ithaca, New York #6, East Lansing, Michigan #7, Boulder, Colorado #8, Amherst, Massachusetts #9, State College, Pennsylvania #10, College Park, Maryland #11, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois #12, Davis, California #13, Madison, Wisconsin #14, Charlottesville, Virginia #15, Ames, Iowa #16, Columbia, Missouri #17, Auburn, AlabamaKevin C. Cox / Getty Images #18, Kent, OhioTony Dejak / AP Photo #19, Gainesville, Florida #20, Norman, OklahomaWesley Hitt / Getty Images #21, College Station, TexasWesley Hitt / Getty Images #22, Corvallis, Oregon #23, Athens, GeorgiaMary Knox Merrill / Getty Images #24, Lawrence, Kansas #25, South Bend, IndianaJonathan Daniel / Getty Images