Facts & Rankings
2010 Daily Beast Media Gallery, Smartest College Towns, Ann Arbor #2
2009 US News and World Report, American’s Best Hospitals, University of Michigan Hospitals and Medical Center #13
2009 Business Week, “Best Small Cities for Start-ups”, Ann Arbor #1 city in Michigan
2009 Business Week GreatSchools, Huron High best high school in Michigan
2009 Business Week “Best Places to Raise Your Kids,” Ann Arbor #23
2009 Princeton Review 2009 Best Colleges: Region by Region, Eastern Michigan University one of “Best in Midwest”
2009 Forbes magazine, Ann Arbor “Top Sports Town”
2009 Midwest Living Magazine, Ann Arbor “Best Midwest Food Town”
2009 League of American Bicyclists, Ann Arbor Silver ranking for bicycle friendly community
2009 Library Journal, “America’s Star Libraries,” Ann Arbor Public Library 5-star (highest rank)
2008 World University Rankings, University of Michigan #18, highest ranked US public university
2008 Country Home Magazine, “Best Green Places,” Ann Arbor #11
2008 AARP Magazine “Healthiest Hometowns” Ann Arbor #1
2008 US Department of Energy named Ann Arbor one of 13 Solar America Cities
2008 US News & World Report, “Brainiest Places to Retire,” Ann Arbor #1
2008 CNN/Money “100 Best Places to Live and Launch a Business,” Ann Arbor #42
2008 Popular Science Top 50 Green Cities, Ann Arbor #24
2008 US News and World Report, “America’s Best Colleges 2008” U-M #25 “Top National Universities” and #4 “Top Public National Universities”
2008 Prevention Magazine, “Best Walking Cities,” Ann Arbor #3
2008 Bicycling Magazine, “21 Best Cycling Cities in the US,” Ann Arbor #3
2007 Expansion Management magazine Educational Quotient Gold Star awarded to Ann Arbor Public Schools
2007 Fast Company Fast Cities “Cities on the Verge” Ann Arbor is Start-up Hub
2007 Sperling’s Best Places to Live, Ann Arbor #5
2007 Country Home Magazine, “Greenest Places in America,” Ann Arbor #11
2007 US News and World Report “America’s Best Colleges” UM #24 Top National Universities; #4 Public University
2007 US News and World Report, “American’s Best Hospitals,” University Michigan Hospital #14
2007 #6 Digital County, National Association of Counties
2007 Site Selection Magazine, Ann Arbor #4 Smaller City for Venture Capital Deals
2007 SmallTimes Media “Top 10 University for Nanotechnology” University of Michigan #3
2007 Frommer’s “Cities Ranked & Rated,” Ann Arbor #5
2007 Best Places to Live in the US, Ann Arbor #5 (up from #6 in 2006), Sperling’s BestPlaces
2007 Country Home Magazine, Ann Arbor #11 Best Green Places to Live in America
Expansion Management, 2007 Knowledge Worker Quotient
Top 10 Knowledge Worker Metros, Ann Arbor #1
Top Metros for College-Educated Workers, Ann Arbor #10
The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital was ranked as the top hospital in the state and 13th nationwide by Child magazine, 2007 “Best Hospital” ranking
Ann Arbor City #1 in “Top 10 Brainiest Small Cities”, Bizjournals 2006 (Ann Arbor 69.2% bachelor’s degree and beyond) Ann Arbor smartest small city
http://www.bizjournals.com/specials/pages/9.html’
2007 CNNMoney.com Best Places to Live, Saline #59
2006 Forbes.com Ann Arbor one of the 10 Smartest Cities in the U.S.
2006 MSNBC Ann Arbor #3 Smartest City
#3 Ann Arbor, Mich.
- Population: 343,400
- Percentage with a bachelor’s degree or higher: 47.9%
- Percentage of population 25 and older whose highest educational attainment is a bachelor’s degree: 24.5%
- Percentage whose highest degree is a master’s degree: 15.01%
- Percentage whose highest degree is a professional degree, such as a degree from law or medical school: 3.75%
- Percentage whose highest degree is a Ph.D.: 4.66%
Zagat America's Top Restaurants names Zingerman's Delicatessen and the Common Grill as two of the top restaurants in the country (2006)
2006 Newsweek “Top 100 Global Universities” ranked University of Michigan #11
2006 Money magazine ranked Ann Arbor #25 “Top 100 Best Places to Live”
2006 Money magazine names Ann Arbor 15th Best Place for Singles
2006 Wall Street Journal, Stephen M. Ross School of Business was named the No. 1 business school in North America. The Ross School is one of only two business schools to be ranked in the top four every year since the Wall Street Journal began its rankings in 2001.
2006 Bicycling Magazine, Ann Arbor #3 “Best Cycling Cities (population 75,000 – 200,000)
Ann Arbor ranks 5th in the category "Top 5 Places to Retire" by Good Morning America (2005)
Bicycling Magazine, Ann Arbor in Top 21 Cities for Cyclists, 2005
2005, League of America Bicyclists awarded Ann Arbor “Bicycle Friendly Community” award
CNNMoney.com ranks Ann Arbor 1st in the category "Best Place to Live in Michigan"
Ladies Home Journal ranked Ann Arbor the #1 “Most Woman-Friendly City” in the United States in both 1998 & 1999, #2 in 2000 and 2001 and #3 in 2002.
Reader’s Digest polled 1,000 parents and selected Ann Arbor as one of the “Best Places in the Country to Raise a Family in their 1997 survey.
Reliastar Financial Corporation rated Ann Arbor as the “#1 City in the United States to Earn and Save Money” in 2000.
Outside Magazine ranked Ann Arbor the “Best Place to Raise a Family” based on the high quality schools and the numerous activities available for families in 1999.
Golf Digest ranked Ann Arbor the “4th Best Mid-Sized City for Golf and the 27th Overall City for Golf” out of 309 US cities in 1998.
Money Magazine ranked Ann Arbor “6th Best City to Live” in the Midwest in 1998.
ReliaStar Financial Corp., a Minneapolis-based financial services company ranked southeast Michigan, including Ann Arbor, as the “10th Best Place to Earn and Save Money" in 1998.
Ladies Home Journal named Ann Arbor the “10th Best City for Women” in 1997.
Reader's Digest named Ann Arbor the nation's “15th Best City for Raising a Family” in 1997.
Readers of 20-something magazine Swing voted Ann Arbor the nation's "3rd Best Plac"
Gerald Ford, Playwright Arthur Miller, Cartoonist Cathy Guisewite and Soprano Jessye Norman.
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US News and World Report 2007 America’s Best Colleges
U-M #24; Best undergrad business programs #3;
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/best-hospitals/directory/glance_6440110.htm
University of Michigan Hospitals and Health System, Ann Arbor
U.S. NEWS RANKINGS
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2006, PETA “America’s Best Vegetarian-Friendly Small Cities,” #10 Ann Arbor
http://babyfit.sparkpeople.com/articles.asp?id=621
Ann Arbor, Michigan is the second healthiest city for pregnancy according to BabyFit.com’s list of Top 100 Cities for Healthy Pregnancies.
Ann Arbor was rated in the top 10 in the category for “women receiving having access to an OB/GYN” and scored in the top 25 for two other healthy pregnancy indicators including the lowest levels of stress and the lowest levels of pregnant mothers receiving late or no care.
Employment Review Magazine rated Ann Arbor the 10th best city in the nation to live and work in June 2002. It also earned the number 10 spot in The Princeton Review ranking of the best college towns in the nation in September 2001. Additionally in 2001, American Style Magazine named Ann Arbor the 22nd best Arts Destination in the nation.
Universities that produced the most Peace Corps volunteers – UM #5
http://www.peacecorps.gov/news/resources/stats/pdf/schools2006.pdf#search=%22ann%20arbor%20rankings%22
Ann Arbor's Pioneer High School was named the 2006 Grammy Signature School, also known as the top program in the nation. Pioneer High School's music program has been designated as one of the top seven high school programs in the nation by the Grammy Foundation. Pioneer will receive a 2005 Grammy Signature School Gold Award and $7,000.00 in prize money. The Grammy Foundation is the nonprofit arm of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and has three main signature school categories. The top level honors one National Signature school (2005: Neuqua Valley