{"id":474442,"date":"2026-10-23T11:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/474442\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T11:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:50:09","slug":"austin-crowned-no-1-college-town-in-america-besting-texas-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/474442\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin crowned No. 1 college town in America, besting Texas A&M"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Texas capital has been crowned the No. 1 college oasis in the United States, according to a WalletHub report<\/a> published on Tuesday, October 20. The report reviewed more than 400 cities around the country to determine which best offered students the most bang for their buck, evaluating factors like cost of living, academic and work opportunities, social environments and the quality of education.<\/p>\n

Leading the pack was none other than Austin, garnering specific praise for its higher education scene courtesy the likes of the University of Texas at Austin, Huston-Tillotson University, Concordia University, St. Edward’s University and Austin Community College. Coupled by the Texas capital being home to one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation, experts found the Live Music Capital of the World exemplified the work hard, play hard philosophy, representative by the city’s No. 15 academic opportunities and No. 16 social environment rankings.<\/p>\n

Austin swept\u00a0not only the nation, but its fellow in-state rivals. College Station, home to Texas A&M University, was the runner-up Lone Star city but only earned a No. 37 ranking overall, per WalletHub.<\/p>\n

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“Picking the right college is crucial, but it\u2019s also important to make sure that the surrounding college town will be a place where you\u2019ll truly love spending your college years,” WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo wrote in the report. “Towns with a low cost of living, plenty of activities and large student populations can make your college experience a lot less stressful and a lot more enjoyable. In addition, cities with a great economic environment can make it easier to get a job during or immediately after college.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Texas capital has been crowned the No. 1 college oasis in the United States, according to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,2108,847,820],"class_list":["post-474442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-mysaaustin","tag-mysanews","tag-mysastaff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}