Montana City Ranked In Top 5 For America’s Best College Towns

What do you think of when you think of a college town?

Higher education? Football games? Tailgating? Greek life? Bars and nightlife? I suppose a little bit of all of that goes into determining which college towns rank among the best.

According to a quick Google search, there are over 700 college towns in the United States, including a handful here in Montana. So, when selecting the best, there are certainly options to choose from, which makes it even more impressive that one Montana college town was ranked in the Top 5.

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Before we reveal which Montana town made the list, let's take a look at Montana's 5 Best Towns to Call Home.

Which Montana college town is the best?

Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Helena, and Missoula are all considered college towns, but when it comes to not only the best college town in the state, but one of the best in the country, one Montana town is heads and shoulders above the rest.

According to the folks at Athleticore-15, the city of Bozeman, the home of Montana State University, is ranked among the Top 5 Best College Towns in America.

Oh, and we're ranked in with some pretty impressive competition.

Bozeman came in 3rd, and for those who are wondering which other schools were included in the Top 5, we have the list below:

1. Chapel Hill (University of North Carolina)
2. Gainesville (University of Florida)
3. Bozeman (Montana State University)
4. Ann Arbor (University of Michigan)
5. Madison (University of Wisconsin)

This isn't the first time Bozeman has received high praise for being a great college town. Rent Cafe has named Bozeman the number one college town in the U.S. for two years in a row, so it seems that there might be something to all this hype.

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