Today, I’m excited to announce the release of our annual Top 10 Best Cities for Recent College Grads list with Hartford-New Haven claiming the #1 spot!
Faced with a sluggish economy, many college graduates who collected their diplomas in the spring are still looking for jobs and a place to live as summer comes to a close. As competition for jobs soars, along with the cost of rent, there is hope for many of these newly minted graduates who know which cities afford them the best opportunity to jump-start their professional lives. To help give these post grads a leg up, Apartments.com and CareerRookie.com—the collegiate job website from CareerBuilder.com—have revealed their 4th annual best cities list to paint a realistic landscape of the current job market and cost of living in the most popular cities for young adults.
The Top 10 Best Cities for Recent College Graduates list was based on the ranking of top U.S. cities with the highest concentration of young adults, inventory of jobs requiring less than one year of experience along with the average cost of rent for a one-bedroom apartment.
The Apartments.com and CareerRookie.com 4th Annual Top 10 Best Cities for New Grads list:
| Top 10 Best Cities for Recent College Graduates |
Average Rent for a One Bedroom Apartment |
|---|---|
| 1. Hartford-New Haven | $1,047 |
| 2. Cleveland | $695 |
| 3. Boston | $1,625 |
| 4. Denver | $994 |
| 5. Minneapolis | $941 |
| 6. San Francisco | $1,560 |
| 7. Washington D.C. | $1,679 |
| 8. Philadelphia | $1,068 |
| 9. Atlanta | $813 |
| 10. St. Louis | $826 |
