COLLEGE TOWN HOME PRICE REPORT: Columbia pricey in Midwest

COLUMBIA, 11/17/10  (Beat Byte) --  Average home sale listing prices in Columbia are among the highest in Midwest college towns, but almost exactly at the center nationwide, according to a new survey published by realty giant Coldwell Banker, which did the survey because more and more parents are buying homes for their student-children rather than paying rent or dorm fees.

 

The College Home Listing Report provides the average home listing price of four-bedroom, two-bathroom properties listed for sale between April and September 2010 on coldwellbanker.com in 117 college towns.  

 

The results are below, with Midwest college towns in bold.

 

 

                   Home Listing 2010 Average Price

 

 Rank               College                   Town, State         Price

 

1       Ball State University               Muncie, Ind.            $105,115

2       SUNY Buffalo: The State            Buffalo, N.Y.               $117,223

3       University of Memphis               Memphis, Tenn.        $135,090

4       University of South Carolina      Columbia, S.C.         $137,707

5       University of Akron                 Akron, Ohio             $139,711

6       Eastern Michigan University      Ypsilanti, Mich.        $141,629

7       Ohio University                     Athens, Ohio            $141,964

8       Kent State University               Kent, Ohio              $153,662

9       University of Toledo                Toledo, Ohio            $155,286

10     Louisiana Tech University           Ruston, La.             $157,110

11     Western Michigan University         Kalamazoo, Mich.        $159,214

12     Tulane University                   New Orleans, La.        $163,818

13     Utah State University               Logan, Utah             $163,977

14     University of Nevada Las Vegas      Las Vegas, Nev.         $165,096

15     University of Nebraska              Lincoln, Neb.           $165,471

16     Kansas State University             Manhattan, Kan.         $167,478

17     Texas Christian University          Fort Worth, Texas       $170,505

18     University of Tulsa                 Tulsa, Okla.            $171,201

19     Oklahoma State University           Stillwater, Okla.       $171,458

20     Baylor University                   Waco, Texas             $171,490

21     Brigham Young University            Provo, Utah             $176,550

22     University of North Texas           Denton, Texas           $176,704

23     Bowling Green State University      Bowling Green, Ohio     $179,297

24     Central Michigan University         Mt. Pleasant, Mich.     $180,033

25     Syracuse University                 Syracuse, N.Y.          $180,201

26     Texas Tech University               Lubbock, Texas          $180,323

27     Southern Methodist University       Dallas, Texas           $180,885

28     University of Notre Dame            South Bend, Ind.        $183,120

29     Ohio State University               Columbus, Ohio          $184,045

30     Arkansas State University           Jonesboro, Ark.         $184,045

31     Wake Forest University              Winston-Salem, N.C.     $185,020

32     Purdue University                   Lafayette, Ind.         $186,360

33     University of Southern Mississippi  Hattiesburg, Miss.      $186,523

34     University of Louisiana Monroe      Monroe, La.             $188,192

35     University of Houston Rice          Houston, Texas        $189,891

36     Iowa State University               Ames, Iowa              $190,943

37     East Carolina University            Greenville, N.C.        $191,307

38     University of Texas El Paso         El Paso, Texas          $195,254

39     Western Kentucky University         Bowling Green, Ky.      $196,058

40     University of Pittsburgh            Pittsburgh, Pa.         $196,282

41     Boise State University              Boise, Idaho            $197,685

42     Troy University                     Troy, Ala.              $199,962

43     Indiana University                  Bloomington, Ind.       $201,005

44     University of Central Florida       Orlando, Fla.           $202,957

45     Vanderbilt University               Nashville, Tenn.        $203,058

46     University of Georgia               Athens, Ga.             $204,153

47     Miami University                    Oxford, Ohio            $205,275

48     University of Wyoming               Laramie, Wyo.           $206,000

49     University of Nevada                Reno, Nev.              $209,799

50     University of Louisville            Louisville, Ky.         $210,168

51     University of Oklahoma              Norman, Okla.           $211,352

52     University of Kentucky              Lexington, Ky.          $211,485

53     University of Mississippi           Oxford, Miss.           $211,883

54     University of Kansas                Lawrence, Kan.          $213,008

55     Middle Tennessee State University   Murfreesboro, Tenn.     $214,906

56     University of Missouri              Columbia, Mo.           $215,593

57     Washington State University         Pullman, Wash.          $217,954

58     University of Tennessee             Knoxville, Tenn.        $218,895

59     Texas A&M University                College Station,  Texas                   $219,445

60     Fresno State University             Fresno, Calif.          $219,857

61     Northern Illinois University        DeKalb, Ill.            $221,322

62     Mississippi State University        Starkville, Miss.       $224,201

63     University of Louisiana Lafayette   Lafayette, La.          $225,157

64     United States Air Force Academy     Colorado Springs,  Colo.     $228,245

65     University of Arkansas              Fayetteville, Ark.      $229,010

66     Arizona State University            Tempe, Ariz.            $229,223

67     New Mexico State University         Las Cruces, N.M.        $235,149

68     University of Cincinnati            Cincinnati, Ohio        $235,351

69     Marshall University                 Huntington, W. Va.      $235,666

70     University of Illinois              Champaign, Ill.         $235,702

71     Michigan State University           East Lansing, Mich.     $238,874

72     Louisiana State University          Baton Rouge, La.        $239,941

73     University of Idaho                 Moscow, Idaho           $240,558

74     Duke University                     Durham, N.C.            $241,625

75     Auburn University                   Auburn, Ala.            $241,667

76     University of Florida               Gainesville, Fla.       $247,974

77     University of South Florida         Tampa, Fla.             $249,614

78     University of Alabama               Tuscaloosa, Ala.        $250,261

79     University of Connecticut           Storrs, Conn.           $250,272

80     Florida State University            Tallahassee, Fla.       $259,080

81     University of Iowa                  Iowa City, Iowa         $259,952

82     University of Minnesota             Minneapolis, Minn.      $261,401

83     University of Michigan              Ann Arbor, Mich.        $269,283

84     Clemson University                  Clemson, S.C.           $272,155

85     Virginia Tech University            Blacksburg/Roanoke,  Va.     $272,492

86     Penn State University               State College, Pa.      $276,900

87     West Virginia University            Morgantown, W.Va.       $279,086

88     University of Miami Florida         Miami, Fla.           $281,449

89     North Carolina State University     Raleigh, N.C.           $282,326

90     University of Texas                 Austin, Texas           $292,326

91     University of Wisconsin             Madison, Wis.           $295,174

92     University of Alabama Birmingham    Birmingham, Ala.        $297,948

93     University of Arizona               Tucson, Ariz.           $301,652

94     University of Virginia              Charlottesville, Va.    $302,594

95     Georgia Tech University             Atlanta, Ga.            $318,666

96     Temple University                   Philadelphia, Pa.       $325,162

97     University of Oregon                Eugene, Ore.            $325,241

98     Oregon State University             Corvallis, Ore.         $326,526

99     University of Maryland              College Park, Md.       $338,215

100   University of New Mexico            Albuquerque, N.M.       $347,347

101   Florida Atlantic University         Boca Raton, Fla.        $378,692

102   Colorado State University           Fort Collins, Colo.     $390,168

103   University of North Carolina        Chapel Hill, N.C.       $393,220

104   United States Military Academy      West Point, N.Y.        $412,804

105   University of Utah                  Salt Lake City, Utah    $428,193

106   Rutgers University                  New Brunswick, N.J.     $457,810

107   San Diego State University          San Diego, Calif.       $540,709

108   Northwestern University             Evanston, Ill.          $559,855

109   University of Washington            Seattle, Wash.          $624,338

110   University of California Berkeley   Berkeley, Calif.        $636,958

111   San Jose State University           San Jose, Calif.        $650,111

112   United States Naval Academy         Annapolis, Md.          $671,151

113   Boston College                      Chestnut Hill, Mass.    $791,408

114   University of Colorado              Boulder, Colo.          $791,877

115   University of California LA         Los Angeles, Calif.        $833,087

116   University of Hawaii                Honolulu, Hawaii        $833,439

117   Stanford University                 Palo Alto, Calif.      $1,385,652