St. Cloud ‘Middle of the Pack’ When It Comes To College Towns in America
This time around, the number crunchers at WalletHub have taken to the task of ranking college towns in America based on size -- dividing them into Large, Mid-size, and Small city categories. How did St. Cloud and other Minnesota college towns fare? Find out here.
St. Cloud was slotted in the 'small' city category and came in at #46 out of the 166 small cities ranked. Other Minnesota college towns in the 'small' category were Duluth (#42) and Rochester (#43).
Minneapolis came in at #5 on the 'large' list, and ranked #17 over all of the 326 cites rated.
St. Paul is listed at #17 on the mid-sized' city list, and came in at 75th overall. St. Cloud shows up at #121 on the overall list.
The researchers looked at housing & food costs, crime, nightlife, shopping, recreation, part-time job availability, and more.
You can see the full list of rankings HERE.