Thanks to the Puget Sound Business Journal, I discovered today that a survey compiled by economics survey team analysists at the American Institute for Economic Research reveals that out of 360 metropolitan statistical areas, Seattle ranks fifth in the nation as the best place to go to college.

Seattle is ranked in the “major metro category” and came in behind NYC, San Francisco, Boston, and Washington, DC and was ranked positively in the “cost of living” category. Well, sure, Seattle seems so much more “affordable” when you compare it to those over-overpriced cities, doesn’t it? I think Seattle’s colleges and universities offer excellent educational opportunities, but you’re not going to get them at bargain pricing. Other advantages to going to school in Seattle are “entrepeneurial activity” and “city accessibility”.

On the “small college town” list, Bellingham, WA was ranked 20th in the nation, coming in first in the “entrepeneurial activity” category.