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Austin is the capital of the state of Texas, the state’s fourth-largest city, and boasts a population of 690,252. To serve the immense population of local and transient students, Austin is home to the University of Texas at Austin, one of the largest colleges in the nation. Other institutions of note include Austin Community College, Concordia University, Huston-Tillotson University, St. Edward's University, the Acton School of Business, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and LeTourneau University. The program and course options at these fine colleges are diverse and accommodating.
Having fun in Austin is as easy as walking outside your front door. The Austin music scene is one that goes unrivaled as a parade of premiere artists and performers grace the stages throughout the year. From the nightclubs on 6th Street to the annual South by Southwest film/music/multimedia festival, Austin has something to offer every musical taste. Other points of interest include Blanton Museum of Art, the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, and the Pecan Street Festival.
For big city living in a hometown environment, Austin, Texas takes the lead. Come find out why this is the city of choice for thousands of college students each and every year.
A Little About Austin
Austin is the State Capital of Texas and is one of the 20 largest cities in the United States. Austin is situated on the Colorado River, with three lakes wholly within the city limits: Town Lake, Lake Austin, and Lake Walter E. Long. A popular point of prominence in Austin is Mount Bonnell. At about 780 feet above sea level, Mount Bonnell is a natural limestone formation overlooking Lake Austin on the Colorado River. Austin enjoys an average of 300 sunny days per year and slightly varying temperatures throughout the year: 70° F in the spring, 84° F in the summer, 70° F in the fall and 50° F in the winter.
Austin, home of Dell Computers, is the center of a high-technology region known as Silicon Hills. Austin's biggest employers include the State of Texas, the University of Texas, Dell, IBM and Freescale Semiconductor (spun off from Motorola in 2004). Other high-tech companies in Austin include Apple Computer, Vignette, AMD, Intel, Cirrus Logic,Samsung and National Instruments. Thousands of graduates each year from the engineering and computer science programs at the University of Texas provide a steady source of young, talented, and driven employees that help to fuel Austin's technology sector.
Austin has a vibrant live music scene (boasting more music venues per capita than any other US city) and is the self-proclaimed Live Music Capitol of the World. Residents of Austin are called "Austinites" and include a heady mix of university professors and their students, politicians and lobbyists.
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