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Five College Consortium Case Study
Institutions: Five College Consortium
Population: 28,554
Median home: $259,200
Median monthly rental: $1,730

Northampton is the typical liberal arts college town with abundant cultural life. Lies in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains and home of Smith College, Northampton, the town is also part of an academic community called the Five College Consortium that comprises Smith College, Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The consortium subsidizes a program called Five College Learning in Retirement (5CLIR) on the Smith campus.

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