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Forbes: Best/Worst College Town in US.

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December 15, 2015 at 10:37am
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via Forbes

To determine the best and worst college cities and towns in America, personal finance site WalletHub reviewed 326 cities with a population of 7,500 students or greater, across 23 academic, social, and financial metrics, including the quality of higher education, crime rates, the cost of living, the number of students per capita. References to “cities” and “towns” include the surrounding metro areas.

Best

  1. Ann Arbor, *ichigan
  2. College Station, Texas
  3. Iowa City, Iowa
  4. Provo, Utah,
  5. Gainesville, Florida
  6. Pittsburgh, PA
  7. Atlanta, GA
  8. Austin, TX
  9. Cambridge, MA
  10. Columbia, MO
    11. Champaign, IL
    12. Cincinnati, OH
    13. Berkeley, CA
    14. Madison, WI
    15. Madison, WI
    15. Houston, TX
    ...
    21. Columbus OH

Worst

  1. Paterson, New Jersey
  2. Yonkers, NY
  3. Germantown, MD
  4. Bridgeport, CT
  5. Arlington, VA
  6. Compton, CA
  7. Carson, CA
  8. El Monte, CA
  9. Baldwin Park, CA
  10. Inglewood. CA

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