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Best Colleges by City

Browse 256 cities with 3 or more colleges ranked by graduate outcomes.

Alabama

Montgomery(7)→Birmingham(6)→Mobile(5)→Huntsville(3)→Tuscaloosa(3)→

Arizona

Phoenix(6)→Mesa(4)→Tucson(4)→Glendale(3)→Prescott(3)→Scottsdale(3)→

Arkansas

Little Rock(5)→Conway(3)→Pine Bluff(3)→

California

Los Angeles(20)→San Diego(12)→San Francisco(8)→Claremont(6)→Oakland(6)→Sacramento(6)→Berkeley(5)→Pasadena(5)→Riverside(4)→San Jose(4)→Santa Barbara(4)→Stockton(4)→Costa Mesa(3)→El Cajon(3)→Fresno(3)→Fullerton(3)→Irvine(3)→Redding(3)→San Marcos(3)→Santa Clara(3)→Whittier(3)→

Colorado

Denver(9)→Colorado Springs(4)→Aurora(3)→Boulder(3)→

Connecticut

Hartford(3)→New Britain(3)→New Haven(3)→New London(3)→

Delaware

Wilmington(3)→

District of Columbia

Washington(11)→

Florida

Miami(14)→Jacksonville(9)→Orlando(9)→Tampa(8)→Lakeland(6)→Daytona Beach(5)→Sarasota(5)→Tallahassee(5)→Fort Myers(4)→Gainesville(4)→Melbourne(4)→West Palm Beach(4)→Boca Raton(3)→Clearwater(3)→Fort Lauderdale(3)→Kissimmee(3)→New Port Richey(3)→Pensacola(3)→Winter Park(3)→

Georgia

Atlanta(13)→Augusta(4)→Columbus(3)→Lawrenceville(3)→Macon(3)→Rome(3)→Savannah(3)→Statesboro(3)→Valdosta(3)→

GU

Mangilao(3)→

Hawaii

Honolulu(7)→

Illinois

Chicago(32)→Springfield(4)→Elgin(3)→Peoria(3)→Quincy(3)→Rockford(3)→

Indiana

Indianapolis(9)→Fort Wayne(5)→Richmond(4)→Anderson(3)→Evansville(3)→Kokomo(3)→Lafayette(3)→Marion(3)→Notre Dame(3)→South Bend(3)→Terre Haute(3)→

Iowa

Dubuque(4)→Sioux City(4)→Cedar Rapids(3)→Davenport(3)→Des Moines(3)→

Kansas

Overland Park(4)→Wichita(4)→Manhattan(3)→Topeka(3)→

Kentucky

Louisville(6)→Lexington(4)→Owensboro(3)→

Louisiana

New Orleans(10)→Baton Rouge(8)→Shreveport(6)→Lafayette(4)→

Maryland

Baltimore(15)→

Massachusetts

Boston(23)→Worcester(6)→Cambridge(5)→Springfield(5)→Amherst(3)→

Michigan

Detroit(7)→Grand Rapids(6)→Kalamazoo(4)→Lansing(4)→Ann Arbor(3)→Flint(3)→

Minnesota

Saint Paul(9)→Minneapolis(7)→Bemidji(3)→Bloomington(3)→Duluth(3)→Moorhead(3)→Rochester(3)→Winona(3)→

Mississippi

Jackson(4)→Hattiesburg(3)→

Missouri

Saint Louis(11)→Springfield(10)→Kansas City(9)→Cape Girardeau(3)→Columbia(3)→Joplin(3)→

Montana

Billings(4)→

Nebraska

Omaha(8)→Lincoln(5)→

Nevada

Henderson(3)→

New Hampshire

Manchester(5)→

New Jersey

Lakewood(17)→Newark(6)→Jersey City(3)→

New Mexico

Albuquerque(3)→Santa Fe(3)→

New York

Brooklyn(37)→New York(36)→Rochester(10)→Albany(8)→Buffalo(8)→Monsey(8)→Syracuse(7)→Bronx(6)→Staten Island(5)→Plattsburgh(4)→Poughkeepsie(4)→Schenectady(4)→Troy(4)→Utica(4)→Elmira(3)→Far Rockaway(3)→Geneva(3)→Oneonta(3)→

North Carolina

Charlotte(7)→Raleigh(6)→Fayetteville(5)→Greensboro(5)→Winston-Salem(5)→Durham(3)→Elizabeth City(3)→Salisbury(3)→

North Dakota

Bismarck(3)→

Ohio

Cincinnati(10)→Columbus(10)→Cleveland(7)→Lima(4)→Canton(3)→Dayton(3)→Mansfield(3)→Marietta(3)→Marion(3)→Newark(3)→North Canton(3)→Salem(3)→Steubenville(3)→Toledo(3)→Zanesville(3)→

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City(7)→Tulsa(7)→Shawnee(3)→

Oregon

Portland(12)→Eugene(4)→Salem(3)→

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia(19)→Pittsburgh(14)→Lancaster(6)→Scranton(6)→Reading(5)→Bethlehem(4)→Erie(4)→Johnstown(4)→Media(4)→York(4)→Harrisburg(3)→

PR

San Juan(10)→Bayamon(5)→Arecibo(4)→Carolina(4)→Manati(4)→Aguadilla(3)→Humacao(3)→Mayaguez(3)→Ponce(3)→

Rhode Island

Providence(6)→

South Carolina

Charleston(6)→Columbia(5)→Spartanburg(5)→Greenville(3)→Orangeburg(3)→Rock Hill(3)→Sumter(3)→

South Dakota

Sioux Falls(4)→

Tennessee

Memphis(13)→Nashville(13)→Jackson(4)→Knoxville(4)→Cleveland(3)→

Texas

Houston(17)→San Antonio(14)→Dallas(13)→Fort Worth(7)→Austin(5)→Lubbock(4)→Abilene(3)→El Paso(3)→Tyler(3)→Waco(3)→

Utah

Salt Lake City(6)→

Virginia

Lynchburg(6)→Richmond(6)→Norfolk(4)→Virginia Beach(4)→Hampton(3)→

Washington

Seattle(13)→Spokane(9)→Tacoma(6)→Bellingham(4)→Kirkland(3)→

West Virginia

Huntington(4)→Morgantown(3)→

Wisconsin

Milwaukee(9)→Kenosha(5)→Madison(4)→Green Bay(3)→La Crosse(3)→