Courtesy of ApartmentAdvisor.
For students at Atlanta’s numerous colleges and universities, choosing where to live after graduation might not be a difficult decision, according to a new study by ApartmentAdvisor. It ranked Atlanta the fourth-best U.S. city for recent college graduates.
The online rental platform praised Atlanta’s relative affordability (it has the lowest cost of living among cities with more than 1 million residents), bustling arts and nightlife scene and booming economy in its 2023 Best Cities for College Grads report.
ApartmentAdvisor compared 84 of the largest U.S. cities by a variety of metrics, which were used to compute an “economic score” and a “desirability score” for each metro.
The economic score was based on unemployment, individual yearly earnings, rent-to-earnings, higher-education levels and cost-of-living, while the desirability score considered non-automotive mobility, young-adult population and restaurants/bars/nightlife opportunities per capita.
The top 10 cities for recent college graduates are listed below, and the full list can be found here.
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Minneapolis
- Seattle
- Atlanta
- Salt Lake City
- Pittsburgh
- Denver
- Austin, Texas
- Washington, D.C.
- St. Louis