The Best Worst College Towns Cities

The Best — And Worst —Â  College Towns Cities by: Nathan Allen on December 10, 2019 | 0 Comments Comments 1,375 Views December 10, 2019Austins 6th Street. Courtesy photoWhat do Austin, Orlando, and Ann Arbor all have in common? Besides the presence of some retail and fast-food chains, probably not much. But, according to new research from WalletHub, those three cities are the best for college students. The financing platform examined 31 different data points to compile a ranking of more than 400 cities and towns with colleges in the U.S. The results were divided into three categories — large cities, midsized cities, and small cities. Austin placed first in the large cities category while Orlando topped the midsized cities and Ann Arbor led the small cities.Using the 31 different metrics all rated on a scale of 1 to 100 where 100 was the best, WalletHub based the rankings on three different categories — Wallet Friendliness, Social Environment, and Ac ademic Economic Opportunities. For Wallet Friendliness, WalletHub looked at factors like housing costs, an adjusted cost of living for young people, the cost of higher education, and loan debt per person. Social Environment included categories like students per capita, nightlife options per capita, share of population aged 18 to 35, and festivals per capita. The academic and economic opportunities category was weighted the heaviest at 50 points and included categories like the quality of higher education, the median income for part-time workers, and entrepreneurial activity.Austin is the state capital of Texas and one of the fastest-growing large cities in the U.S. It is rapidly becoming a tech outpost — known as Silicon Hills — for large coastal firms and is home to offices for Google, Amazon, Apple, Cisco, eBay, and PayPal, among others. Located in Central Texas, Austin is also within 200 miles of Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Besides being home to the Universit y of Texas-Austin, the city is home to about a dozen other higher education institutions.CITIES THAT ARE HOME TO FLAGSHIP CAMPUSES FAIR WELLFollowing Austin in the large city category is Tampa, Florida. Located on the states west coast, the city of about 400,000 is the third-largest in the state and is home to the University of South Florida and a few other colleges. Up next is Seattle, which is home to the University of Washington and Seattle University, again, among other higher education institutions. Rounding out the top five are San Diego and Las Vegas.As for medium-sized cities, Orlando tops the list. The city of just under 300,000 is also considered a tech hub and is home to the University of Central Florida. Orlando is followed by Scottsdale, Arizona, which rests just outside of Phoenix. After Scottsdale, Salt Lake City, Reno, and Gainesville, Florida round out the top five respectively. Those three cities serve as the home to the flagship universities in their respective st ates. Salt Lake City is home to the University of Utah, while Reno is home to the University of Nevada and Gainesville is home to the University of Florida.Leading the way for small-sized cities is Ann Arbor, the home to the University of Michigan. Following Ann Arbor is Provo, Utah, which is where Brigham Young University is located. After Provo, Rexburg, Idaho, Charleston, Illinois, and Stevens Point, Wisconsin round out the top-five. Rexburg is home to Brigham Young University Idaho. Charleston is where Eastern Illinois University is located and Stevens Point is home to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.!function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",function(a){if(void 0!==a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var e in a.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.getElementById("datawrapper-chart-"+e)||document.querySelector("iframe[src*='"+e+"']");tAt the other end, a few California cities rank as the worst large-sized cities for college students. Oakland is at t he bottom. Across the Bay from San Francisco and neighbors to Berkeley, Oakland has a high cost of living. And while nearby places like San Francisco and San Jose have been impacted by high salaried jobs, Oakland hasnt kept pace as much. Following Oakland as the next-worse city for college students is Santa Ana in the southern portion of California. Up next is Stockton, which rests in the northern part of Californias Central Valley. Rounding out the bottom five are Detroit and Arlington, Texas.Shreveport, Louisianna ranks at the bottom of mid-sized cities. Following Shreveport are Bridgeport, Connecticut, Jackson, Mississippi, Augusta, Georgia, and Yonkers, New York. As for small cities, Germantown, Maryland is at the bottom. Kendall, Florida follows as the second-worst small college city. Rounding out the bottom five are New Rochelle, New York, East Los Angeles, California, and Compton, California.!function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",function(a){if(void 0!==a. data["datawrapper-height"])for(var e in a.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.getElementById("datawrapper-chart-"+e)||document.querySelector("iframe[src*='"+e+"']");tThe entire report and methodology can be found here. Page 1 of 11

Scholarships with August and September Deadlines

HomeFinanceScholarshipsScholarships with August and September DeadlinesThis page may contain affiliate links.Aug 5, 2015 Looking for money to pay for college? Dont wait, apply to these 18 scholarships with August and September 2015 deadlines.   Race To Inspire Scholarship Type: Essay Award: $500 Eligibility:  Participants must be able to verify enrollment for college at an accredited university inside the USA during the fall semester of the same year the essay is submitted. Notes:  Whether you ran a 5K, 10K, half marathon, or marathon, write a short essay explaining what inspired you to run, what challenges you faced, and what you learned through the experience. Prepare an essay sharing your race story between 1,000 and 2,000 words in length. Send your essay to [emailprotected] with â€Å"Race to Inspire – Scholarship† in the subject line Deadline: August 15, 2015    Checks Superstore Scholarship Type: Essay Award: $1,000 Eligibility: Must be a US citizen and a full-time student attending (or planning to attend on a full-time basis) an accredited institution of higher education. Deadline:  Aug 15, 2015    Tutor the People Essay Scholarship Type: Essay Award: $1000 Eligibility: High School Juniors through College Seniors   The Tutor the People Essay Scholarship is open to current high school seniors and undergraduate students attending an institution in the United States. You must be at least 16 years of age, be in good academic standing, have a minimum  GPA  of 3.0 and submit a 500 to 1,000 word personal response to the prompt on the sponsor’s website in order to qualify for this award. Deadline:  Aug 15, 2015    CollegeSTEPS Sweepstakes Type: Essay Award: $1000 Eligibility: Open to full or part-time students who are in an accredited secondary or post-secondary educational institution or program. To enter, you must enroll in the Wells Fargo CollegeSTEPS educational resource program. Deadline:  8/13/15    Courage to Grow Scholarship Type:  Essay Eligibility:  Student must be a junior or senior in high school and have a minimum 2.5 GPA. It is open to US citizens only. Notes:  Must write a 250 word essay explaining why you deserve the scholarship; Past winners have discussed overcoming such obstacles as foster care, living in a poor neighborhood, attending low-income schools, and working hard toward a career goal. Award:  $500 Deadline:  Ã‚  August 31, 2015    Arctic Physical Therapy Scholarship Type: Essay Eligibility: Must be attending a college or university no later than January of 2016 and have a GPA of 3.0 or greater during the last academic year. Award: $500 Deadline:  Aug 31, 2015    Vectorworks Design Scholarship Type: Essay Award: $10,000 Eligibility: Must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in undergraduate or graduate studies for six or more credits at an accredited college or university, and pursuing a design-oriented degree. Deadline:  Aug 31, 2015    SwissGear Ultimate Backpack Scholarship Type: Essay Award: $5,000 Eligibility: Incoming college freshman for the fall 2015 academic semester or a current undergraduate or graduate student that is enrolled by August 31, 2015 at any accredited two or four year college, university or institute. Deadline:  Aug 31, 2015    Clubs of America Scholarship Type: Essay Award: $1,000 Eligibility: Any current college student of an accredited U.S. college or university with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 is welcome to apply. Deadline:  Aug 31, 2015    CreditRepair.com Scholarship Type: Essay Award: $3000 Eligibility: Any current, full-time, student of an accredited US university or college with a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.5 is welcome to apply. There is no age requirement. Deadline:  Aug 31, 2015    Commerce Bank Scholarship Sweepstakes Type: Sweepstakes Award: $2500 Eligibility: 18 years and older.  The Commerce Bank Scholarship Sweepstakes is open to students enrolled in a post-secondary educational institution. Winners will be selected at random. Deadline:  Aug 31, 2015    S.L.A.C. Scholarship Type: Essay Award: $500 Eligibility: SLAC Scholars are selected on a rolling basis from a national applicant pool of college freshmen, sophomores and juniors. Deadline:  Sept 15, 2015    Glamours 2016 Top 10 College Women Competition Type: Essay Award: $20,000 Eligibility: Glamour Magazine provides nine $3,000 and one $20,000 scholarship to women who are full-time juniors in college. All winners will also receive a trip to New York City and recognition in the magazine.   Deadline:      U.S. Bank Financial Genius Scholarship Type: Application and Online Class Award: $5000 Eligibility: The U.S. Bank Financial Genius Scholarship is available to high school seniors and college undergraduate students who complete all eight Financial Genius for Life education modules located at atwork.everfi.net/usbankscholarship. You must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident to be eligible for this award. Deadline:  September 17, 2015 Tweet for Success Scholarship Type: Essay Award: $5000 Eligibility: If you are a current undergraduate student, you may be eligible for one of four $500 scholarships provided through this fun contest. No application is needed, just a simple tweet to explain the benefits of online courses and degrees vs. traditional schooling.   Deadline: September 18, 2015.    Hit the Books Scholarship Type: Essay Award: $500 Eligibility: Eligible students will be aged 18-25 and enrolled in an accredited college or university. Deadline:  Sep 30, 2015    Odenza Marketing Group Scholarship Type: Essay Award: $500 Eligibility: In order to apply for the Odenza Marketing Group Fall Scholarship you must like our facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/odenza and write two small essays. Deadline:  Sept 30, 2015    JW Surety Bonds Scholarship Type: Essay Award: $1000 Eligibility: The JW Surety Bonds Scholarship is open to current college students. You must submit an informational article of between 500 and 1,000 words on one of the sponsor approved topics in order to qualify for this award. Videos of between one and five minutes and slideshows of between 10 and 30 slides are also acceptable. Deadline:  Sept 30, 2015 Road2College Debbie Schwartz is former financial services executive and founder of Road2College and the Paying For College 101 Facebook group. She's dedicated to providing families with trustworthy information about college admissions and paying for college. With data, tools and access to experts she's helping families become educated consumers of higher ed. View all posts CATEGORIES FinanceScholarships TAGS ScholarshipsNEWER POSTThe R2C Takeaway Wk of 8/24OLDER POSTShould You Use The College Board Search Tool To Research Colleges?