Orlando Is 2018’s 2nd Best College City in America

With application season in full gear and college living costs reaching $24,980 per student for nine to 12 months, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Best & Worst College Towns & Cities in America as a follow-up on its College & University Rankings.

To help college-bound high school seniors determine their future home for the next several years, WalletHub compared more than 400 U.S. cities – also grouped by city size – based on 28 key indicators of academic, social and economic growth potential. The data set ranges from cost of living to quality of higher education to crime rate.

Student-Friendliness of Orlando (1=Best; 208=Avg.)

• 127^th – Cost of Living for Young People
• 56^th – Quality of Higher Education
• 48^th – Cost of Higher Education
• 1^st – Nightlife Options per Capita
• 81^st – Brain Drain
• 207^th – City Accessibility
• 57^th – % of Rental Units

Orlando’s ranks No. 2 overall and No. 2 among medium size cities.

For the full report, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-college-cities-and-towns-in-america/8974/