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Baton Rouge Makes Forbes List of Top College Towns

Reported by Logan Leger on Wed, May 20th, 2009 in News and tagged: , , , , ,

In a report published yesterday by Forbes Magazine, Baton Rouge was ranked eighth in the top 20 college towns in America. The ranking concludes that post-graduates who live in these cities should stay put because of fair economic conditions. Baton Rouge’s 2.16% job growth since 2008 played a major role in its selection, along with other key economic factors. Of course, the recent job cuts don’t help, but the presence of major Fortune-listed companies helps to stabilize our fairly strong economy.

The full report can be found at the Forbes web site.

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  1. Baton Rouge Wins Another Title: Hooters Girl of the Year — the Baton Rougean says:
    June 2, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    [...] Rouge has been racking up—pardon the pun—titles lately, with Forbes designation as a top College Town in America, our selection to host the NCAA baseball Super Regional, and now Grace Espinosa’s selection [...]

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