Kirksville Recognized Among Best College Towns
The city of Kirksville was recently included on a list of the best college towns in the Midwest.
The nationwide apartment search website RentCafe.com placed Kirksville at No. 9 in its rankings for the Midwest. In examining towns with populations between 10,000 and 300,000 people, with students comprising at least 10% of the total population, 237 college towns competed to make the list. Factors included affordability, livability and education, which included metrics such as student-to-faculty ratio and graduation rate.
Kirksville was the only college town from Missouri to make the list.