Best College Towns in America in 2024 – Boston is way down at #188?!?
My key takeaway from WalletHub’s list of the Best College Towns in America in 2024 is… that someone who works for WalletHub got some rejection letters with a return address of Boston, MA.
Every year WalletHub releases their Best College Towns list after comparing 415 cities of varying sizes across three key dimensions: 1) Wallet Friendliness, 2) Social Environment and 3) Academic & Economic Opportunities. I’m guessing we lost big on the first dimension then?! I’m guessing that because Boston did poorly on the 2024 Best College Towns (and Cities) list. Very poorly. We finished just below Kalamazoo, MI at #188. Kalamazoo!!!
I was going to list all 187 cities that beat Boston just to fire you up but here are some highlights (all of these cities and towns ranked as a better college town than Boston): Boone, NC, Naperville, IL, Oshkosh, WI, okay I’m done. Oshkosh and Kalamazoo are both better college towns than Boston? Who made this list for WalletHub, Dr. Seuss?!? No, that’s not possible because A) RIP Dr. Seuss and B) Dr. Seuss is from Massachusetts and would have surely put Boston higher on the list, in the mist, while typing with a fist.
Austin, TX was named the best college school in 2024 – tough to argue against that, I guess. Ann Arbor, MI took home second. Orlando, FL was named third best.
As for other notable New England entries: Cambridge, MA finished far higher than Boston at #58 though I’m sure if we let the students in Cambridge debate with the WalletHub staff it would finish in the Top 10 when all was said and done. Storrs, CT was the highest finisher for New England, coming in at #45. Providence, RI was #71 and New Haven, CT finished at #73.
If you’d like to check the full list, get it RIGHT OVER HERE!
So New England doesn’t have any of the Best College Towns in the Top 40 – BUT – we do have one of the Top 3 Best Colleges in the entire world!! Read on…
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Named #3 University... In the Entire World!
We have some amazing schools in Massachusetts – that we all know. Harvard University, Tufts University, UMASS, Boston College, Boston University, we could go on and on and on. Routinely when lists of top schools in America come out, Massachusetts is sure to eat up a handful of the top spots. But a new list of the best universities globally just came out… and congrats are in order for MIT.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology finished at #3 in the world! We had another at #4 in the world too, but we’ll get to that in a sec.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one of the world’s premier institutions for science, technology, and engineering, has a storied history dating back to its founding in 1861. MIT was initially established to address the industrial and scientific needs of the United States during the Civil War. Throughout its history, MIT has played a pivotal role in technological advancements, including contributions to radar, nuclear science, and the development of the World Wide Web. It has fostered innovation and entrepreneurship, becoming a hub for cutting-edge research and a breeding ground for some of the world’s most influential inventors and innovators. Today, MIT continues to lead the way in scientific and technological breakthroughs.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2024 looks at 1,904 universities across 108 countries and regions to determine the best on planet Earth. They crunch 18 calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across five separate areas: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry, and international outlook.
When all was said and done, Oxford University in England was tops of the tops – the #1 university in the world. Stanford University in California came in second while Massachusetts Institute of Technology took third.
New England also had 4 more schools that mad the Top 100 universities in the world list. We’ll run those by you below. Any guesses who the 4 are??
Jackson Blue has been on Boston airwaves for over 20 years. He is a foodie family person with a passion for having fun forever. Jackson likes to write about food, restaurants, Massachusetts and Boston happenings.
