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18 Aug 2007, 22:56
Extended Proximity List Including Schools within roughly 90 miles of Metro Area (ranked by Personal Income in Economic Area)
1. New York (1.031 trillion USD): Columbia (UE), New York University (E), Fordham (NEF), Yale (E) 75 miles
2. Los Angeles (0.664 trillion USD): UCLA (E), USC (TE), UC Irvine (NEF)
3. San Francisco/San Jose/Oakland (0.420 trillion): Stanford (UE), UC Berkeley (E)
4. Washington/Baltimore (0.397 trillion): Georgetown (NE), Maryland (NE), George Washington (NEF)
5. Chicago (0.394 trillion): University of Chicago (UE), Northwestern/Kellogg (UE), Notre Dame (NE) 90 miles
6. Boston (0.346 trillion): Harvard (UE), MIT/Sloan (UE), Boston College (NEF), Boston University (NEF), Babson (NEF)
7. Philadelphia (0.271 trillion): Penn/Wharton (UE), Temple/Fox (NEF)
8. Dallas (0.259): SMU (NEF)
9. Detroit (0.244 trillion): Michigan/Ross (E), Michigan State/Broad (NEF) 90 miles
10. Houston (0.233 trillion): Rice (NEF), Texas A&M (NEF) 90 miles
11. Miami (.228 trillion): There are quality institutions but none in these clusters
12. Atlanta (0.228 trillion): Emory (TE), Georgia Tech (NEF), Georgia (NEF) 70 miles
13. Minneapolis (0.190): Minnesota (NEF)
14. Seattle (0.171): University of Washington (NEF)
15. Denver (0.150): There are quality institutions but none in these clusters
16. Cleveland (0.149): Case Western/Weatherhead (NEF)
17. Phoenix (0.137) : ASU (NEF), Thunderbird (NEF)
18. Orlando (0.125): University of Florida is within range (NEF)
19. San Diego (0.119): There are quality institutions but none in these clusters
20. St. Louis (0.113): Washington University/Olin (NE)
21. Indianapolis (0.105): Indiana/Kelley (NE) 50 miles, Purdue (NE) 60 miles
22. Pittsburgh (0.101): Carnegie Mellon (TE), University of Pittsburgh (NEF)
23. Portland (0.098): There are quality institutions but none in these clusters
24. Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill (0.091): Duke (E), UNC-Chapel Hill (TE)
25. Sacramento (0.090) : UC Davis (NEF)
This is not an exhaustive list of schools in these clusters