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A student ghetto is a residential neighbourhood, usually in proximity to a college or university, that houses mostly students. Student ghettos arose from the rise in post-secondary enrollment after World War II. Many colleges and universities became unable to house their students, while homeowners in adjacent neighbourhoods sought refuge from the influx of students. Such neighbourhoods often filtered down from faculty and other affluent (permanent) residents, as the housing stock in these areas deteriorated.

Many local governments have worked to control the spread of student ghettos and improve their appearance.

An interesting hybrid of this the University of Dayton South Student Neighborhood in Dayton, Ohio, where the school bought formerly privately owned houses in an adjacent neighborhood to house its upperclassman. Today over 95% of the houses in that area are owned by the school. Additionally, a high-end example of a purpose-built, student residential neighborhood is The Cotton District in Starkville, Mississippi, which was privately developed by a former university faculty member who was elected the city's mayor in 2005.

• Scottlandville (B.R community) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Southern University)
• Cathays in Cardiff, Wales, UK (Cardiff University)
• Central Oakland in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (University of Pittsburgh)
• Collegetown in Ithaca, New York (Cornell University)
• Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota (University of Minnesota)
• Fort Wood in Chattanooga, Tennessee (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
• Allston, Mission Hill, Fenway-Kenmore in Boston, Massachusetts (Primarily Boston University and Northeastern University but also Harvard University and Boston College)
• Hyde Park in Leeds, UK
• Headingley in Leeds, UK
• Cowley Road in Oxford, UK
• Hyde Park in Chicago, IL (bounded by E 53rd, E 55th, S Greenwood Ave and S Kimbark Ave, as well as the area immediately surrounding the intersection of E 55th St and S Hyde Park Blvd) (University of Chicago)
• Home Park in Atlanta, Georgia (Georgia Tech)
• The Student Ghetto in Kingston, Ontario (Queen's University)
• McGill Ghetto and Concordia Ghetto in Montreal, Quebec (McGill University and Concordia University)
• The Mile Square in Oxford, Ohio (Miami University)
• Old Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky (University of Louisville)
• Southside in Berkeley, California (University of California, Berkeley)
• University City in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• University Hill in Boulder, Colorado (University of Colorado at Boulder)
• University Hill and University Neighborhood in Syracuse. New York (Syracuse University)
• Isla Vista in Goleta, CA (University of California, Santa Barbara)
• Westwood in Los Angeles, CA (University of California, Los Angeles)
• The College Ghetto in the Pine Hills section of Albany, NY (University at Albany and College of Saint Rose)
• Eben Street, Main Street, the Beau Rivage townhomes, and Campus Terrace apartments of Glassboro, NJ. (Rowan University)
• College Hill in Pullman, Washington (Washington State University)

• Gumprecht, Blake. "Fraternity Row, the Student Ghetto, and the Faculty Enclave: Characteristic Residential Districts in the American College Town." Journal of Urban History, v.32, no.2, January 2006.

• College town
• Studentification
• Town and gown

• Town & Gown information from Daily Information, Oxford, UK
• College Town Issues Town/Gown Issues
• Town and Gown Association of Ontario
• Student advice on maintaining good neighbourly relations

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