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Missoula Lands at No. 7 on Top College Towns List

Missoula, home to the University of Montana, recently was named the No. 7 best college town in America for 2013 by Livability.com.

For this fourth installment of the annual ranking, editors narrowed their search to cities with a high quality of life based on factors ranging from cost of living and walkability to cultural amenities and pollution levels. Then they focused on those cities where a university is the top employer and key economic driver.

And finally, they considered student-to-resident ratios, educational attainment, college-led community outreach programs and the percentage of 21- to 34-year-olds to show that people stick around or move in after graduation.

Full Story: http://news.umt.edu/2013/08/080513list.aspx

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