Columbia, Missouri

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

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