From Business Insider:
In a recent report, WalletHub examined 415 cities of varying sizes across the country to rank the best college towns in America. WalletHub considered 31 different variables of cities with at least 7,500 college students across three categories: wallet friendliness (which weighted factors like housing costs, food costs and average student debt totals), social environment and academic and economic opportunities.

Total score: 66.49
Wallet friendliness ranking: 196
Social environment ranking: 2
Academic and economic opportunity ranking: 54

Business Insider Dec 15, 2019