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| | Of college towns its size, Pittsburgh ranked 2nd best (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18) |
 | | Pittsburgh is the second-most-attractive "college town" among 15 cities of its size, according to a new survey done by Massachusetts-based Collegia Inc., an organization specializing in connecting communities and colleges. |
 | | The Pittsburgh region, with a population of 2,358,695, was ranked in a group of 15 "Tier II" metropolitan areas with populations between 1 million and 2.6 million with at least one nationally ranked college institution. |
 | | The rankings were compiled by Collegia after looking at indices that covered factors including unemployment, safety, accessibility, performing arts venues, museums and historic sites, night life, spectator sports, nationally ranked institutions per capita, student concentration, innovation, percent of population 25 and older with bachelor's degrees or higher, student diversity and other factors. |
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