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[quote=Anonymous]As someone pointed out, these are land grant schools typically -- and to have enough land granted, the school needs more space.

That being said, of the big 10 schools that would be called flagships (i.e not Northwestern, Purdue...), Minnesota is certainly in a major city. Maryland is in a big city, more or less. Rutgers is in central NJ which is basically one big suburban expanse.

Two of the rest are in big cities, but not "big CITIES" if your definition of city is NY/Chicago/Miami/LA. Lincoln (Nebraska), Columbus (OSU). Michigan, IU, and Iowa are in mid-sized college towns (Ann Arbor is close to Detroit so deserves an asterisk). And then you have poor UIUC and Penn State, both of which are in the middle of nowhere. Really, I'd say UIUC/PSU and Iowa are the only truly rural or rural-adjacent campuses.

As a faculty spouse, I will say that Unis in cities have a huge advantage in attracting faculty because of the very common two body problem. No way in a million years would I move to State College PA, but sure, I'd move to Columbus. [/quote]

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