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Cornell College
600 First St. SW
Mount Vernon, Iowa 52314-1098
(Student count includes part-time and full-time; not all students live in the city or town. Data as of 2007.)
| City/Town | Colleges | Pop. (2000) | Students | Dorms |
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| Cedar Rapids Colleges | 8 | 120,758 | 18,162 | 1,505 |
| Iowa City Colleges | 2 | 62,220 | 29,255 | 5,583 |
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