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- The Class of 2019 is getting ready to begin their post-college lives.
- We found a set of US cities with large and thriving populations of recent college grads and young adults.
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The Class of 2019 is getting ready to begin their post-college lives, and many new graduates are deciding where to start their careers and their lives.
We put together a list of 20 US cities with large and thriving populations of recent college grads.
We looked at five indicators in each of the 260 metropolitan areas for which data was available: size of the young-adult population, share of young adults with at least a bachelor’s degree, the unemployment rate among young adults, median earnings among young adults, and the cost of living relative to the national average.
Read about the details of our ranking method and list of sources here.
Many of the metro areas on the list are home to large universities, as such cities tend to have younger and more highly educated populations. Several major business and tech hubs appear on the ranking as well.
Here are the 20 best cities for recent college grads:
20. Gainesville, FL, is the home of the University of Florida, and had a much larger-than-average young-adult population.
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Young-adult population share: 29.8%
Share of young adults with at least a bachelor’s degree: 28.3%
Young-adult unemployment rate: 5.1%
Relative cost of living: 5.8% less expensive than the national average
Young-adult median earnings: $20,000
19. Lincoln is the capital of Nebraska and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln had a low unemployment rate among young adults.
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Young-adult population share: 24.6%
Share of young adults with at least a bachelor’s degree: 29.4%
Young-adult unemployment rate: 4.4%
Relative cost of living: 8.5% less expensive than the national average
Young-adult median earnings: $28,000
18. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, is a major Midwestern business hub. The twin cities had a relatively high share of young adults with bachelor’s degrees.
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Young-adult population share: 20.7%
Share of young adults with at least a bachelor’s degree: 35.9%
Young-adult unemployment rate: 4.1%
Relative cost of living: 2.2% more expensive than the national average
Young-adult median earnings: $32,000
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