LACs in Cities

<p>No, not many (unless you are willing to relax your definition of “urban” or “LAC”).
If you want a selective LAC that is inside the limits of a city with a population larger than, say, 100K … then we’re talking about:</p>

<p>Barnard (women only)
Macalester
Colorado College
Holy Cross
Trinity College (Hartford)
Rhodes</p>

<p>Maybe I’m missing a few others. Many more possibilities open up if you’re willing to consider a school in a smaller city (such as Wesleyan in Middletown CT), or if you’d consider a small university (like Rice). Most other LACs are in suburbs, very small towns, or rural areas. There’s an historical reason for that, I think. Many small colleges located in cities of any size evolved into universities (in response to urban supply and demand factors). The ones in more remote locations did not (but figured out how to market themselves anyway.)</p>