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The home of Purdue University is Indiana's Lafayette-West Lafayette area. Conveniently located one hour northwest of Indianapolis and two hours southeast of Chicago, Lafayette-West Lafayette offers a small town atmosphere with convenient and easy access to major metropolitan cities.

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School	Location	Cost of Living Index	1-Bedroom Apartment Rent	Median House Price	Sales Tax
Purdue University	West Lafayette, IN	82.0%	$742	$187,900	7.00%
University of Illinois	Urbana-Champaign⁺	82.8%	$633	$149,500	7.60%
Northwestern University	Evanston, IL	134.1%	$1,539	$578,200	8.75%
University of Wisconsin	Madison, WI	93.5%	$826	$257,400	5.50%
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	98.7%	$824	$312,200	6.00%
The Ohio State University	Columbus, OH	86.4%	$720	$182,200	6.75%
University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	102.1%	$1,003	$260,700	7.00%
The Pennsylvania State University	State College, PA	97.8%	$747	$316,100	6.00%
Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	95.2%	$910	$258,500	8.25%
Massachusetts Institute of Tech.	Cambridge, MA	163.7%	$1,923	$825,100	5.00%
Georgia Institute of Tech.	Atlanta, GA	112.2%	$1,006	$433,900	8.00%
Texas A&M University	College Station, TX	76.55%	$605	$175,000	8.25%
University of Texas	Austin, TX	96.1%	$815	$312,500	8.25%
University of Arizona	Tucson, AZ	94.9%	$674	$264,900	7.60%
Stanford University	Stanford, CA	275.2%	$2,413	$1,781,200	8.25%
University of California	Berkeley, CA	170.8%	$2,007	$845,600	8.75%
University of California	Davis, CA	150.4%	$1,123	$674,900	7.75%
⁺The figures are averaged from both Urbana and Champaign