WASHINGTON D.C. is the third best city for college students in the country

The American Institute for Economic Research, a non-profit, compiled the College Destination Index , which ranks the nation’s top cities for college students to live. After San Francisco and New York, our beloved Washington, D.C.,  is nominated  the best city for college kids in the country.

The AIER selected the top 75 cities for the index from 222 metropolitan statistical areas with at least 15,000 students.

The rankings are based on 12 criteria, including student diversity, cost of living and unemployment rate.

Here are the top 10 college cities :

1. San Francisco
2. New York
3. Washington
4. Boston
5. Seattle
6. Baltimore
7. Los Angeles
8. San Diego
9. Minneapolis-St. Paul
10. Philadelphia

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