Below is a list of college cities and towns and their fiscal year 2013 AMTRAK ridership data. Very large central cities with a 2010 Census population exceeding 500,000 (like New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Los Angeles, Fort Worth, Austin, Indianapolis, Dallas, Denver, Albuquerque, Seattle, etc.) with major universities were not included in the this since their student populations represent a significantly smaller proportion of the community’s total population and intercity transportation ridership.
- New Haven, CT (Yale) = 745,530
- Irvine, CA (Univ. of California/Irvine) = 425,041
- Davis, CA (Univ. of California/Davis) = 424,114
- Fullerton, CA (California State/Fullerton) = 313,949
- Bloomington-Normal, IL (Illinois State) = 263,235
- Champaign-Urbana, IL (Univ. of Illinois) = 190,851
- Raleigh, NC (North Carolina State) = 159,584
- Ann Arbor, MI (Univ. of Michigan) = 158,717
- Syracuse, NY (Syracuse) = 154,903
- Berkeley, CA (Univ. of California) = 153,080
- Kingston, RI (Univ. of Rhode Island) = 152,403
- Carbondale, IL (Southern Illinois) = 135,891
- Charlottesville, VA (Univ. of Virginia) = 131,127
- Kalamazoo, MI (Western Michigan) = 129,858
- Eugene, OR (Univ. of Oregon) = 118,006
- Durham, NC (Duke) = 83,232
- Reno, NV (Univ. of Nevada) = 78,827
- Macomb, IL (Western Illinois) = 77,082
- Toledo, OH (Toledo) = 68,463
- East Lansing, MI (Michigan State) = 66,398
- Williamsburg, VA (William & Mary) = 62,026
- Durham, NH (Univ. of New Hampshire) = 60,978
- Princeton, NJ (Princeton) = 45,685
- Mattoon, IL (Eastern Illinois) = 44,598
- Salt Lake City, UT (Univ. of Utah) = 43,903
- Minot, ND (Minot State) = 41,615
- Flagstaff, AZ (Northern Arizona) = 40,390
- Austin, TX (Univ. of Texas) = 38,929
- Columbia, SC (Univ. of South Carolina) = 36,349
- South Bend, IN (Note Dame) = 25,613
- Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN (Purdue) = 24,925
- Winona, MN (Winona State) = 23,507
- Fargo, ND (North Dakota State) = 22,497
- Grand Forks, ND (Univ. of North Dakota) = 19,422
- Norman, OK (Univ. of Oklahoma) = 13,902
- St. Cloud, MN (St. Cloud State) = 13,537
- Amherst, MA (Univ. of Massachusetts) = 13,357
- Lincoln, NE (Univ. of Nebraska) = 13,160
- Hattiesburg, MS (Southern Mississippi) = 13,056
- Newark, DE (Univ. of Delaware) – 12,971
- Chico, CA (Chico State) = 12,870
- Tuscaloosa, AL (Univ. of Alabama) = 11,598
- Huntington, WV (Marshall) = 11,186
- Topeka, KS (Washburn) = 10,571
- New Brunswick, NJ (Rutgers) = 9,052
- Santa Clara, CA (Santa Clara) = 8,635
- San Marcos, TX (Texas State) = 7,995
- Lawrence, KS (Kansas Univ.) = 7,204
- Lafayette, LA (Louisiana-Lafayette) = 6,590
- Provo, UT (Brigham Young) = 6,262
- Clemson, SC (Clemson) = 5,597
SOURCE: AMTRAK