Brenham
If you're looking for a smaller town with low-cost living and access to a major city, Blinn College might be the perfect fit. The college is known for its degree programs in business administration, nursing and criminal justice. While you can transfer credits from other universities to earn your bachelor's degree there, it also offers associate degrees in fields like accounting and paralegal studies.
Blinn has over 60 student clubs and organizations so students have plenty of opportunities to get involved outside of the classroom. There are also intramural sports teams like soccer, flag football and softball available if you want some fun competition on campus but aren't interested in sports leagues off campus (or perhaps even if you are!). Life at Blinn is exciting enough that they host an annual festival called "Campus Fest" every year where students can play games together or attend activities hosted by various clubs throughout campus!
A large portion of students live on campus during their time here at Blinn College because it's such low cost housing compared other cities nearby - so if this sounds interesting then it might be worth looking into what apartments near campus would cost before making any decisions about where else might work better financially speaking!
Bryan is a college town so there are lots of restaurants and shopping centers close by. This makes it easy to find off campus housing in the area if you don't want to live on campus.